Concrete Coatings & Restoration
January 5, 2015 
James Maleki 
Concrete Coatings
There are many factors to consider when choosing the right type of material for commercial floors. Among the available types, concrete is the most popular flooring material of choice for most designers and builders of commercial spaces like offices, restaurants, retail stores, and commercial kitchens. West Pacific Coatings offers epoxy and urethane types of concrete floor coating. These floor coatings offer many advantages and are the ideal solution for many types of flooring situations. Consider the following advantages of concrete floor coatings as an investment that goes into your commercial floors.
Concrete floor coatings, especially concrete epoxy coatings, are universally recognized as durable, tough, and high-performing. They provide a durable, hard-wearing surface with non-skid protection. A concrete floor coating is considered the best solution for covering up, protecting, and prolonging the life of concrete and steel.
There are varying levels of durability available like solvent-based industrial-grade coatings. West Pacific Coatings will consult with you to help determine the exact type and strength of epoxy floor coating to use for your commercial floors.
One important factor to consider in commercial flooring is whether it’s easy to maintain. Since commercial floors sustain constant foot traffic, it’s important that the surface be easily cleaned and maintained. Concrete floor coatings dry easily when applied and the surfaces can be just as easily wiped clean of dirt, debris, dust, and stains. Because of this, concrete floor coatings are perfect for commercial establishments involving food and beverage preparation like restaurants and commercial kitchens.
Concrete floor coatings provide added safety by being resistant to heat, fire, impact, slips, and spills. When used in offices and work spaces, it prevents wear and damage, allows for faster movement of materials and equipment, and reduces wear on transport vehicles.
Concrete floor coatings with its glossy shine can also improve brightness in a work space by about 300%.
Concrete floor coatings are also preferred by companies, designers, and builders for being affordable and environment-friendly. Epoxy polymers in concrete floor coatings act as a barrier to the elements, minimizing damage and wear inflicted on the concrete itself. The concrete floors will last for a long time, leading to a huge amount of savings when it comes to foundation maintenance, repair, and replacement costs since you wouldn’t have much need for them.
Concrete floor coatings are versatile and can accommodate any of your commercial floor needs whether it’s for chemical protection, crack and joint treatments, secondary containment, slip resistance, or decorative flooring. It is a perfect choice for various types of commercial spaces like homes, offices, workshops, and restaurants. Aside from commercial spaces, it is also widely used in industrial environments like factories and chemical plants.
The application of concrete epoxy floor coating in particular involves the mixing of color chips. This lends to flexibility since you get to choose your color chip preference, the tint of the epoxy itself, and the strength of non-skid protection. This non-skid quality is made up of different solutions which vary according to the type of environment involved and is dependent on factors like the presence of gas, moisture, water, etc.
What was once boring, dull, and gray cement floors isn’t the case now. Concrete floor coating dries to a high glossy sheen and is available in a variety of colors and styles from plain solid colors to decorative patterns in multiple colors. What’s exciting is that you get to choose the combination of colors to achieve attractive and functional flooring. Because you can choose the colors and styles, this also allows you to designate specific spaces like traffic, public, and work zones.
