Polyaspartic floor coating vs epoxy
Polyaspartic cures faster than epoxy and keeps its color in the sun. Here is where it wins, and where epoxy still does the job better.Polyaspartic cures faster than epoxy and keeps its color in the sun.
- 5 to 10 year limited warranty
- A typical job takes 2 to 3 days
- Flake, metallic, quartz and solid color
- Owner-run, based in Brooksville
- Insured
- Hernando, Pasco, Hillsborough, Pinellas and Polk
The basics
What polyaspartic is
Polyaspartic floor coating is a type of polyurea. If an ad offered you a polyurea garage floor, it was talking about the same family. It goes on over ground concrete as a clear or tinted coat, often over flake, and it hardens much faster than epoxy does.
It suits floors that get sun.
Think of a garage in Hernando County with the door open all afternoon and the light falling right across the slab.
The comparison
Epoxy vs polyaspartic, side by side
Neither one wins on everything. Most of the choice comes down to sun, and to what goes under the top layer.
Side by side
Cure speed
Heat and light
Hot tires and Florida sun
Hot tire pickup is when a tire, fresh off a hot road, pulls the coating up off the concrete where the car sits. It shows up most on floor paint and kit epoxy rolled onto a slab that was never ground. So the fix starts under the coating. A ground slab gives any system something to hold on to, and polyaspartic topcoats are a common choice in garages for this exact problem.
Sun is the other half. A garage door open to the afternoon or an uncovered patio gets enough UV to turn standard epoxy yellow. Polyaspartic keeps its color, which is why it shows up on outdoor jobs too.
Step by step
Where it sits in the system
Polyaspartic can be the whole system or the clear coat over an epoxy base and flake. A typical job takes 2 to 3 days either way.
Grind
Diamond grinding with a dust extractor, so the coating bonds to clean, open concrete.
Repair
Cracks get filled before anything else goes down.
Base and flake
The base coat, with flake broadcast into it if you want the chip look.
Polyaspartic topcoat
The clear layer that faces the sun and the tires.
Backed for 5 to 10 year limited warranty
On the system we agreed to install, depending on maintenance and care.
Read the full warranty terms- Covers system failure
- Covers prep failure
- Holds when you follow the care instructions
Price guide
What polyaspartic costs
Polyaspartic runs $5.60 to $14.50 per square foot. Where your floor lands in the range depends mostly on the moisture barrier, and in Florida we recommend one on every slab. Crack repair and a full flake broadcast add to it too.
Worked example: A 20 x 20 ft two-car garage (400 sq ft) in polyaspartic runs about $2,250 to $5,800.
About a 20 x 20 ft floor.
About
$2,250 to $5,800
At $5.60 to $14.50 per sq ft. We price every job on its own, so use this as a guide.
Polyaspartic questions
Still have a question? Call us at (352) 851-8506.
For a garage that gets afternoon sun, polyaspartic is the usual step up, because it holds its color. For grip on a wet floor, quartz. Epoxy still earns its place as a base coat. Ask us which one we would put on your floor.
Polyaspartic cures faster and keeps its color in UV light. Epoxy cures slower, builds thicker and yellows in the sun. Many garage floors use both, with epoxy underneath and polyaspartic on top.
Polyaspartic is one type of polyurea. Plain polyurea sets too fast to roll out on a floor. Polyaspartic slows it down enough to install by hand.
Polyaspartic runs $5.60 to $14.50 per square foot. A 400 sq ft two-car garage comes to about $2,250 to $5,800. We price every job on its own, so tell us the size of the floor when you ask for a quote.
That's a common garage system: flake for the look, polyaspartic on top for sun and tires. Ask us about it when we call you back.
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- You answer five short questions.
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- We come out to look at the slab and price your floor.