A garage floor that looks better than the rest of the house.

Most two-car garages in the Raleigh area run $2,400–$3,800 for a full-flake system with a polyaspartic topcoat. The spread depends on the condition of your concrete — cracks, previous coatings that need grinding off, and moisture issues add prep time. Metallic floors start around $3,900 because the pour is slower and the material costs more. We give exact, line-item quotes after seeing the slab, and the number we quote is the number you pay.

Not with proper prep and the right topcoat. Hot-tire pickup happens when a coating sits on top of concrete instead of bonding into it — usually from acid etching or skipping prep entirely. We diamond-grind every slab to open the pores, then use a polyaspartic topcoat that stays stable well past tire temperatures. It's the single most common failure we're called to fix on floors other companies installed, and it's why our warranty specifically covers adhesion.

A standard garage is one day on site. Polyaspartic cures fast: you can walk on the floor the same evening and park on it in 24–48 hours depending on humidity. Traditional epoxy-only systems need 3–5 days before vehicle traffic, which is one reason we use polyaspartic topcoats on nearly every residential job.

Epoxy is a thick, self-leveling resin that's excellent as a base coat — it builds thickness and bonds hard to prepped concrete. Polyaspartic is a faster-curing, UV-stable coating that's better as a topcoat: it won't yellow in sunlight, handles NC temperature swings, and cures in hours instead of days. Our standard system uses both — epoxy or polyaspartic base for bond strength, polyaspartic top for durability. Companies that pitch "100% polyaspartic" or "100% epoxy" are usually selling what they stock, not what's best for the slab.

It matters more here than almost anywhere. Concrete slabs in the Triangle often read high on moisture, especially in basements and homes without vapor barriers. Coating over a wet slab causes bubbling and delamination months later. We take calcium-chloride or RH readings on every slab before quoting, and when moisture is elevated we install an epoxy moisture-vapor barrier as the base coat. It costs more upfront and it's the difference between a floor that lasts 15 years and one that fails in two.

A properly prepped residential floor with a polyaspartic topcoat should last 15–20 years with normal use, which is why we're comfortable putting a 15-year adhesion warranty behind it. The finish will show fine scratch swirl in heavy-traffic lanes over many years — a maintenance recoat of just the topcoat refreshes it without redoing the floor.