Our garage floor coating process
- Free on-site quote. Call (404) 480-0962 or request one online. We check the slab age, moisture, and condition in person, not from a photo.
- Diamond grinding. We grind the slab to open the surface, removing any builder-applied cure-and-seal.
- Crack and spall repair. Shrinkage cracks and any surface flaws are filled and honed flush before coating.
- Base coat and flake broadcast. A high-solids epoxy base goes down, and vinyl flake is broadcast into it while it is wet.
- Topcoat and cure. A clear, hot-tire rated topcoat seals the floor. Walk on it in about a day, park on it in three.
Cumming garage floor coating: common questions
How long should a new garage slab cure before coating?
Concrete needs at least 28 days of cure before any coating, and we prefer to verify with a moisture test rather than the calendar alone. New builds in Cumming sometimes carry extra moisture well past a month, especially slabs poured in humid months. Testing first costs nothing and prevents the peeling that rushed coatings are known for.
Do you test for moisture before coating?
Yes, on every slab, new or old. Moisture pushing up through concrete is the leading cause of coating failure in Georgia, and it is invisible until the floor bubbles. If readings are high we can use a moisture-mitigating primer or simply wait, and we will tell you which honestly. It is a five-minute check that protects a multi-year floor.
How long does a garage floor installation take?
Most Cumming garages are coated in one to two days. Plan on light foot traffic after about 24 hours and parking after 72, or ask about polyurea if you need the garage back faster. We schedule around builder punch lists and move-in dates all the time.
Why not just use a DIY epoxy kit on a new slab?
A new slab actually makes kits look better than they are: the concrete is clean, so the kit sticks at first. But thin, water-based coatings still fail under hot tires, usually within a couple of years. A professional system is several times thicker, ground in rather than painted on, and topcoated for hot tires. Coating once properly is cheaper than coating twice.
