Flooring
Epoxy Garage Floor Coating in Charleston, SC
A coated slab that takes hot tires, oil and a hose.
A coated slab that takes hot tires, oil and a hose.
Quick answer: An epoxy or polyaspartic coating turns a dusty concrete slab into a sealed floor that cleans with a hose, if the slab is ready: it must be mechanically ground, not just washed, and tested for moisture rising from below, which is common here. A coating that lifts under hot tires is a bond failure. Southeastern Renovation coats garage floors in the Charleston area and York County. Call (843) 718-8177.
Preparation is the entire job. The coating is only as good as its bond to the concrete, and that bond depends on grinding the surface properly rather than washing it and hoping. A coating applied over a sealed or contaminated slab lifts, usually in sheets, usually within the first year.
Moisture is the local factor. Slabs here can carry moisture from below, and a coating over a slab that is pushing moisture upward will blister. Testing before coating is cheap; stripping a failed coating is not.
Hot tire pickup is the failure people describe most — the coating lifting where warm tires sit. It is a bonding failure, which comes back to preparation.
We take this work across greater Charleston, from Summerville and Goose Creek to Mount Pleasant, West Ashley and the sea islands, and on the York County side around Rock Hill, Fort Mill, Tega Cay and Lake Wylie. More on our flooring services.
Almost always bond failure, and almost always preparation. The slab has to be mechanically ground, not just cleaned, and it has to be dry.
A coating over a sealed, damp or contaminated slab lifts — often in sheets where the tires sit.
Yes. Slabs here can push moisture up from below, and a coating over one that is doing so will blister.
The test costs very little compared with stripping a failed floor.
It varies by product and by conditions, and anyone quoting an exact figure without knowing both is guessing.
What is consistent is that walking on it and parking on it are different thresholds, and parking is the later one.