One-third of Americans don’t put their cars in their garages. That means two-thirds of Americans do. Those two-thirds have likely discovered how easily their cars can wear down their bare concrete garage floors.
Luckily, they don’t need to leave their garage floor bare. They can add a garage floor coating. This will give their garage floor the extra bit of protection that it needs.
This also isn’t the only benefit that garage floor coatings can provide. Read on to learn about eleven of these benefits.
1. Protect Your Garage Floor
Most people believe that concrete is indestructible. It isn’t. There are plenty of ways you can damage your concrete garage floor.
Dropping some heavy on the floor will crack it. Sharp metal objects can scratch the floor’s surface. Oil and chemicals can stain it.
Your concrete floor won’t sustain this damage if you add a garage floor coating on top of it. The best garage floor coatings are resistant to all kinds of elements.
Shock
The best garage floor coating you choose won’t crack if you drop anything heavy on it. It can also resist scratches fairly well. Of course, it will be difficult to notice any scratches if you choose one of the more complicated floor coating designs.
Chemicals
Chemicals won’t stain garage floor coatings. The floor coatings will also be too solid for the chemicals to seep through them. If you spill oil, harsh cleaners, red wine, etc. on your garage floor coating, you can easily just mop it up.
Slip Resistant
Yes, water will also stay on the surface of an epoxy, polyurea, or polyaspartic garage floor coating. This can make the floor slippery. But if you add certain aggregates to your garage floor coating, you can make it less slippery.
2. Easy to Clean
You can’t clean a bare concrete garage floor as effectively as a floor with a coating. Yes, you can sweep up any debris that falls onto a concrete floor. But you can’t mop up any chemicals.
Absorption
Concrete loves to absorb all kinds of moisture and chemicals. If any of these materials fall onto your concrete floor, they will likely sink deep into the concrete. Once they’re there, you cannot remove them until you remove the concrete floor.
You also can’t use your typical house cleaning chemicals or even water to clean the concrete. The concrete will absorb these liquids as well.
No Absorption
This issue won’t happen after you apply the best garage floor coatings to your garage floor. Most liquids, chemicals, etc. will just sit on the surface and you can wipe them right up. You can even use household cleaning solutions on the garage floor coatings and you won’t cause any damage.
3. Looks Better
Who likes the look of a plain concrete garage floor? No one likely does.
Concrete is certainly sturdier than the tile or wood you’d put in the rest of your home. It also won’t get as dirty as a carpet. But it does not look beautiful at all.
Many Options
The case is completely different when it comes to a polyaspartic, polyurea, or epoxy floor coating. You can get a clear coating if you wish. But there are also several beautiful options for garage floor coatings that can beautify your garage space.
Full Chip Systems
A full chip system will give your garage floor a beautiful finish with a wide variety of color options. There are even some options that look like natural stone, and many blends can be created to compliment the existing colors and style of your home.
Colored Coatings
You can also get a concrete floor coating in just about every color of the rainbow. This could be a great idea if you want your garage floor to match the color of your garage walls.
Aggregates
Adding aggregates such as aluminum oxide to your garage floor coating doesn’t just make it less slippery. Doing this also creates a gorgeous speckle effect that anyone in your home and any guests are sure to love.
4. Less Dust
If you have a bare concrete garage floor, you may have noticed that it’s always dusty. You may have tried sweeping and sweeping but you’re still finding a whole bunch of dust. Well, there’s a reason why this happens.
Concrete Creates Dust
The dust you’re sweeping up in this situation is not just coming from outside your garage. It can also come from your concrete itself. Concrete produces dust as it erodes.
What’s worse is that your sweeping efforts can erode the concrete further. So you’ll end up producing even more dust as you’re trying to clean up the dust.
Goes Everywhere
This concrete dust won’t just stay in your garage. Anyone who ventures into the garage will likely track it into the rest of your house. So you’ll end up having an even bigger mess to clean up.
Floor Coatings Prevent This
An epoxy, polyaspartic, or polyurea garage floor coating will seal your concrete floor completely. None of the concrete dust should escape from under the coating. Therefore, you shouldn’t have to deal with concrete dust if you get a garage floor coating.
5. Easy and Cost-Efficient to Install
What’s better: a complete replacement of your concrete garage floor or the installation of a garage floor coating? The latter option is cheaper and can take a lot less time to perform.
New Flooring
No matter which one you choose, both of them will give you a whole new floor. It doesn’t matter if some people think that a garage floor coating isn’t technically a new floor. People that visit your home won’t notice the difference.
Less Time
Admittedly, in some situations, a garage floor coating can take longer to cure than it will take workers to install a concrete floor. But this isn’t always the case.
Polyurea coatings can be cured completely overnight. The same can happen with epoxy coatings. But the latter can take around a week to cure.
In contrast, it can take workers anywhere from a few days to a week to completely replace a concrete floor and perform concrete floor resurfacing. It will likely take them longer to install decorative concrete flooring.
Let Workers Install It
You can install garage floor coatings yourself. But unless you’re a professional garage floor installer, the result will likely be less than satisfactory.
It’s better to hire professional garage floor coating installers to install a garage floor coating on your garage floor. They have the know-how and experience to give you the best-looking and functioning garage floor coating possible.
6. Perfect for Cars
Though epoxy looks like glass, it is not as fragile as glass. It can handle a huge amount of weight. It also has a smoother surface than concrete.
As you’ll see, this makes it perfect for cars.
Less Tire Wear
The rougher surface of concrete can more easily wear down the rubber surface of tires. So if you keep your bare concrete garage floor, you’ll likely find yourself replacing your tires more often.
This won’t happen if you install an epoxy, polyurea, or polyaspartic floor coating. The surface of such a coating is much smoother.
Withstands Weight
As mentioned, placing a heavy weight on top of concrete flooring can make the concrete flooring crack. This won’t happen when you add a garage floor coating to your garage floor. The coating will support the weight of your car well without sustaining damage.
Great For Maintenance
Do you want to perform car maintenance but feel wary about spilling chemicals on your bare concrete floor? You won’t have this problem after you install a garage floor coating.
You can easily clean up any of the chemicals that you may spill while you’re working on your car. These chemicals also won’t damage the garage floor coating.
7. Increases Your Home Value
Look back at all the benefits of installing a garage floor coating on your concrete garage floor. Do you want them? If so, there’s a high possibility that any potential home buyers in the future will want them as well.
The more buyers want certain features in a home, the more they’ll be willing to pay for that particular home.
Presentation
Beautiful aesthetics are a great selling point for any home. How a garage floor enhances the look of your garage is sure to wow your potential buyers.
Warranty
Workers who install your garage floor coating will likely give you a warranty. This means that the coating should last a certain amount of time. If it doesn’t, you will receive a certain compensation.
If you sell your house, the warranty will pass to the new buyers. Potential buyers should appreciate the security that comes with such a warranty.
We’ll Install Your Garage Floor Coating
So, in sum, a garage floor coating will protect your concrete garage floor, make your garage floor easier to clean, and enhance the look of your garage. A bare concrete floor simply cannot compete with a floor with a coating.
If you want a garage floor coating installed in your home, we at Garage Force will be here for you. You can also get a patio floor coating, business floor coating, and more. Find the location nearest to you and book an appointment today.