Hummelstown Garage Needed Repairs and Professional Coatings
When Steve met with this homeowner, he knew we could help. The garage’s concrete slab had considerable pitting from road salt damage. Plus, it had a higher amount of cracking than normal, probably due to the lack of any control joints. If that wasn't enough, the floor also had oil stains and tire marks. With all these issues, it made for one ugly garage floor.
Steve explained that to make this look like our typical decorative chip, epoxy coating, our crews would need an extra day to skim coat the damaged areas with an epoxy mortar. That mortar would cure overnight so the crew could grind it flush with the existing concrete surface.
This garage also featured concrete steps, landing, and stem walls (the vertical concrete rising to meet the drywall). Steve advised the homeowners to have us apply the chip finish to all horizontal, concrete surfaces and use a solid color (in this case gray) to all vertical surfaces. The contrast created by the two different styles of coatings makes it easier to see the walls when parking and the steps when entering the home.
Lastly, the homeowner didn’t want to see the chip blend on the aprons, so Steve suggested an all black coating comprised of black epoxy and jet black flakes (with a polyaspartic mid and top layer – since this was a double broadcast of the black flakes to enhance UV resistance).
This 485 square foot garage floor coating is comprised of:
- Base coat: 100% solids, medium gray epoxy with full broadcast of flakes.
- Color: Adams decorative chip blend 1/4''.
- Top coat: Clear polyaspartic with 46 grit aluminum oxide.
The repairs required in this Hummelstown garage are not uncommon in Pennsylvania. Our crews regularly need to apply these repair mortars in the State College and Harrisburg areas.
