Epoxy Garage
Floor Designs
Are you looking for a way to turn your boring and gray garage into a spectacle that will make your home the envy of your neighborhood? While there are decorative concrete flooring options like polished concrete and stamped concrete, these options don’t really get the job done for the performance you require from your garage. But, all that matters to you is how your garage looks. Well, why not have the best of both worlds with an epoxy flooring system? Epoxy flooring offers amazing finishes that no other flooring system on the market can replicate and today, we are going to be going over a few types of epoxy and the design they can bring to your garage, so let’s get started!
Metallic Epoxy Flooring
Perhaps one of the best ways that you could possibly finish your garage is with one of the metallic epoxy flooring options. Metallic epoxy offers a one of a kind finish that no other flooring system on the market can compete with all at a reasonable price. Are you curious to as how you can customize a metallic garage floor epoxy? Well down below, we have taken the liberty in outlining the best possible ways to customize this coating:
- Metallic pigments provide the dazzling effects in this coating
- One finish is glitter flooring, which provides a shimmering finish
- Can be used to craft clouds, embers, and even wave effects
- Is customized using solvents, brushes, and blowers
Epoxy Flake Garage Flooring
Where metallic epoxy is one of the coolest ways to customize your garage, the epoxy flake garage flooring is the most popular customization in garages around the world. Epoxy flake flooring offers much more than just a stylish appearance as well with functional customizations to pair with its appearance. Want to know what we are talking about? Down below, we have outlined the top features of an epoxy flake garage floor coating:
Pros
- Provide a textured surface for added slip and skid resistance
- Use of multi-colored or single-colored paint flakes
- A selection of base colors depending on the epoxy manufacturer
- Hide imperfections on your concrete slab
Epoxy Terrazzo Flooring
Where Terrazzo flooring was originally created by the Venetians in the 1500s, there has been innovation in the flooring market that has made the concrete based finish obsolete and have in favor used epoxy flooring in its place. One of the main reasons why epoxy was used in concretes place is the fact that the concrete based Terrazzo was as thick as 2-3 inches! The epoxy version, on the other hand, is only 3/4 inches thick and provide the following options for customization:
Pros
- Recycled glass can be implemented
- Bits of ground-up marble or granite
- Can last upwards of 40 years
- Has the ability to be used in high traffic settings
Wood Epoxies
Are you a fan of the timeless and elegant finish of wood flooring but feel limited to where wood can be used? Well, what if we told you that there was a way to get wood flooring into your garage with little to no hassle at all? With a wood epoxy, that is as possible as ever! Wood epoxy can provide a finish that almost looks exactly like wood with the durability of concrete! Down below, you will find the benefits of using a wood epoxy in your garage:
- Mimic the natural grain of the wood flooring system
- Is completely waterproof and stain resistant
- Require minimal maintenance to get clean
- Have natural resistance to many harsh chemicals in your garage
Logos and Emblems
One of the most interesting customizations that can be implemented into the epoxy flooring system is the use of stencils to craft images directly into your epoxy. That’s right, with epoxy flooring you have the ability to craft your favorite sports teams logo, car manufacture logo or even your family crest directly into your epoxy! But you can go even farther with full stencil work being used in entire garages to make the flooring look like a football field or a basketball court.
At the end of the day and doing all of the research, we can confirm that there is no other flooring system on the market that offers the level of customization you can achieve with epoxy.
Pros
- Increase the value of your home up to 5%
- Help your concrete last 2-3 times longer
- Epoxies can last 20-30 years
Cons
- Epoxy is not attractive to all
- Will be hard to replace or remove
- Will always end up cracking
The bottom line is if you want a luxury flooring system installed in your garage without having to dig deep into your savings, there is only one option that outshines the rest, garage floor epoxy! Now that you know everything there is to a garage epoxy, we wish you well on all of your home improvement projects to come!