Working into late autumn
Epoxy becomes unpredictable as your slab cools. Polyaspartic keeps curing lower, which extends our season by weeks at both ends and is often what decides whether your job happens this year.
Polyaspartic
Polyaspartic holds its color and goes down fast.
Polyaspartic cures in hours rather than overnight, stays clear where sunlight reaches it, and can be applied at temperatures that stop epoxy working. It is normally the top coat rather than the whole floor, and it is what makes a same-week turnaround possible.
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Why Choose a Polyaspartic Floor Coating
Three reasons, and if none of them apply to your room you may not need it.
It holds its color in sunlight
Clear epoxy ambers where daylight falls on it directly. Polyaspartic does not. If your space has a glass door, a window wall or is outside, this is the difference between a floor that looks right in three years and one that does not.
It gets you back in faster
Because we recoat it in hours, we can grind, coat and top your floor in a much shorter window. If you are losing trading days, that is the whole argument.
It goes down when it is cold
Epoxy gets unreliable as the temperature drops. Polyaspartic keeps working lower, which here decides whether your job happens in November or waits until spring.
Polyaspartic vs Epoxy Coatings
It is different, and the good floors use both. If you treat it as a straight upgrade you are thinking about it the wrong way.
Epoxy builds, polyaspartic protects
Epoxy is thicker and bonds hard to prepared concrete, which is why we make it the body of your floor. Polyaspartic is thinner and tougher at the surface.
Fast cure cuts both ways
A coating that sets in hours gives us less working time. On your flake floor that matters, because the chips need time to lie flat. It is a reason to have it installed rather than attempt it.
Every floor on this page is one we poured
What Polyaspartic Actually Is
A polyurea, and we find you are best off thinking about it as a top coat with three specific properties rather than as a competitor to epoxy.
It cures in hours, not overnight
Which compresses your whole job. Three coats that would each need a night can go down inside a day or two.
It does not amber
Aliphatic chemistry means it holds its color under ultraviolet light where clear epoxy yellows. That is the property that matters to you outdoors and anywhere with real daylight.
It works cold
It keeps curing at temperatures where epoxy becomes unreliable, which here decides whether your floor happens in November.
It is thinner
Which is why we normally use it as the top coat over an epoxy body rather than as your whole floor. Epoxy builds, polyaspartic protects.
When Paying for Polyaspartic Is Worth It
Three situations we see. If none of them is yours, an epoxy top coat is a reasonable choice and it costs you less.
Daylight reaches the floor
Glass garage doors, window walls, patios, pool decks. Without a UV-stable top coat the floor is two colors within a couple of summers, and where the sun falls is exactly where you notice.
Downtime costs money
If you are a shop, a restaurant or a warehouse losing trading days, the fast recoat window is the entire argument and it is usually decisive.
The job is happening in the cold
Late autumn and winter work here. Epoxy gets unpredictable on us; polyaspartic keeps working.
If none of those apply
An epoxy top coat is fine, and we would rather put your money into preparation.
The Trade-offs Nobody Mentions
Fast cure is not free.
Less working time
A coating that sets in hours gives the installer less time to work it. On a broadcast floor the chips need time to lie flat, which is one reason a DIY polyaspartic kit goes wrong.
It is less forgiving of preparation
A thinner film over a poorly prepared slab has less to hide behind, so your preparation matters even more.
The material costs more
Which on your small floor is noticeable, and on a large one is dwarfed by the labour it saves.
What customers wrote
4.7 from 15 Google reviews. We publish every one of them on the reviews page, including the one star and what came of it.
great job on my Epoxy floors and countertops
amazing job on my basement thanks again Brad the epoxy flooring was better then even i expected
great job on my shop Floor thanks again Brad
Polyaspartic in Connecticut Weather
The property that matters most to you here is not the fast cure, it is the temperature range.
Unheated garages
Your detached, unheated garage in November is at ambient. That is a polyaspartic conversation rather than an epoxy one, and it is common in the older shoreline towns.
Humidity and dew point
Fast cure cuts both ways outdoors. Moisture settling on a curing coat ruins it, so our window is about dew point as much as temperature.
Which is why Brad watches the forecast
Rather than committing to a date a fortnight out and hoping.
Where Polyaspartic Is Oversold
It is a genuinely good material and it gets sold to you as a solution to things it does not solve.
It does not fix preparation
A thin, fast film over an unground slab fails exactly as epoxy would. Nothing in the chemistry substitutes for our grinding.
One-day floor claims
Physically possible with the right system and crew. It also removes every margin for error, and a floor rushed to fit a marketing promise is not a bargain for you.
It is not more scratch resistant in every case
It is tougher and thinner. On impact, a thicker epoxy build we lay can do better for you. Thickness and hardness are different properties.
The material itself costs more
Which on your small residential floor is a real difference, and on a large commercial one is dwarfed by the labour it saves.
Polyaspartic Over an Existing Floor
A common and sensible thing we do with it that has nothing to do with new installations.
Refreshing a worn epoxy floor
If your existing floor is sound but dull we abrade it and give it a polyaspartic top coat. It comes back looking new and gains UV stability it may not have had.
Adding UV stability retrospectively
If your epoxy floor is ambering where the sun falls, our polyaspartic recoat stops it going further. It does not reverse what has already yellowed.
Doing it in a short window
The fast recoat is exactly why this suits your working floor. We can often refresh it over a weekend.
What it will not fix
A floor that is lifting or delaminating. If your bond has failed, recoating puts a new surface on a failure and buys you a season.
What's under your finished floor
We put down four layers, and each one has its own job. Scroll and we'll take your floor apart so you can see them.
- Polyaspartic top coatWe finish with a UV-stable, hard-wearing coat that takes your tires, your chemicals and the sunlight so the color underneath doesn't.
- Color and flake coatOur body coat carries your flake blend or metallic pour, so this is the layer you picked.
- Primer and moisture barrierWe work it into the opened concrete, and it locks everything above it to your slab.
- Concrete substrateYour slab. We diamond grind it back to bare concrete so everything we put on top has something to grip.
Coatings we install
We install six systems, and most floors we put down combine two of them.
Polyaspartic
- Where it fits
- Top coat over any system, patios
- How it looks
- A UV-stable clear coat that cures in hours.
- Where we use it
- We use it for sunlight, cold weather and fast turnarounds.
Flake
- Where it fits
- Garages and basements
- How it looks
- Vinyl chip broadcast into the body coat. Busier blends hide more of a working slab.
- Where we use it
- The garage floor we put down most.
Solid color
- Where it fits
- Workshops, warehouses, basements
- How it looks
- One flat color, sealed and cleanable.
- Where we use it
- Floors you need easy to clean, where we can add line marking.
Metallic
- Where it fits
- Attached garages, showrooms, countertops
- How it looks
- Pigment moved through the resin while it's wet, so no two floors come out the same.
- Where we use it
- Floors you look at as part of the house, which is where we get asked for it most.
Quartz
- Where it fits
- Commercial kitchens and wet areas
- How it looks
- Colored quartz aggregate for a hard, textured floor.
- Where we use it
- Floors where we have to meet a slip specification.
Anti-slip
- Where it fits
- Pool decks, ramps, plant floors
- How it looks
- A coarse broadcast texture in the surface.
- Where we use it
- We put it where your floor gets wet or sits outdoors.
How your epoxy floor gets done, from first call to parking on it
Three steps, and Brad does every one of them himself. Most residential floors are finished in a day.
- 1
You call, text or send the form
Tell us the room and roughly how big it is. We'll talk you through the range and book a time to come and look, often the same day. Weekends count, and there's nothing to sign.
- 2
Brad reads your slab and you pick your finish
He checks for cracks, old coating and moisture, then measures up. You choose your flake blend or metallic against your own floor, not a brochure. Your written quote comes back the same day.
- 3
We grind it back and build your floor up
Your slab goes back to bare concrete under a diamond grinder with dust extraction. Then the primer, the body coat with your flake or metallic, and the top coat. You get your walk-on and park-on times with the quote.
Goes down when epoxy will not
It cures in hours and in cold weather, and it holds its color in direct sun. On most Atlas floors it is the top coat over an epoxy body.
Get my free quoteQuestions people ask
Can polyaspartic go straight on the slab?
It can in some situations. Whether we would depends on your slab and what the floor has to do.
Will it yellow?
It is the coating we choose specifically because it holds its color in UV. That is why we specify it for your space if it has real daylight.
Is it worth it in a garage with no windows?
The UV argument disappears. The fast turnaround argument does not.
What is polyaspartic floor coating?
A fast-curing, UV-stable polyurea coating. We normally use it as the top coat over an epoxy body rather than as your whole floor.
Is polyaspartic better than epoxy?
It is different. Epoxy builds thickness and bonds hard to your concrete; polyaspartic cures fast, holds color in sunlight and works cold. We use both on good floors.
Will polyaspartic yellow?
No. We specify it precisely because it holds its color under UV.
Can polyaspartic be applied in winter?
It keeps curing at temperatures where epoxy becomes unreliable, which here is often the difference between your job in November and waiting.
Can polyaspartic go straight onto the slab?
In some situations. Whether we would depends on your slab and what the floor has to do.
Can polyaspartic be installed in cold weather?
It keeps curing at temperatures where epoxy becomes unreliable, which in Connecticut extends the season by weeks at both ends.
Is a one-day epoxy floor a good idea?
It is possible with the right system. It also removes our margin for error, and preparation is still what decides whether your floor lasts.
Can polyaspartic go over an existing epoxy floor?
Yes, if your floor is sound. It refreshes the surface and adds UV stability, and it will not fix a coating that is already lifting.
Ready to stop looking at that floor?
Tell us roughly what you have and we'll come and look at it. The quote is free, there's nothing to sign, and you'll know what your floor costs before you commit to anything.
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