Searching for an epoxy garage floor? You'll get one that actually lasts: 100%-solids epoxy where it belongs, diamond-ground prep, and a UV-stable polyaspartic topcoat so it never yellows or peels. Same price as our polyaspartic system.
Almost everyone starts by searching for an epoxy garage floor, and that's fine — epoxy is the word people know. The important thing to understand is that there are three very different products sharing the name. The $150 hardware-store kit is a thin water-based epoxy paint. A contractor-grade 100%-solids epoxy is a thick, hard, industrial resin that builds real film thickness. And a hybrid system uses that epoxy (or a polyurea) as the bonded base and a polyaspartic as the clear top so the floor gets epoxy's build and polyaspartic's UV stability and speed.
SwiftHand installs the second and third kinds, never the first. For most northern Utah homes we recommend the hybrid: a polyurea base, full flake, and a polyaspartic topcoat. Where a customer specifically wants a 100%-solids epoxy body coat — a heavy-use shop floor, a basement that will never see the sun, a commercial space on a budget — we build the floor with epoxy and still top it with polyaspartic so it doesn't amber.
Whichever resin goes down, the prep is identical: diamond grinding, crack and pit repair, and a moisture test. That is what makes the difference between an epoxy floor that peels in two summers and one that's still there when you sell the house.
100%-solids epoxy builds real film and self-levels into minor slab texture, which is why it's still the standard under many commercial floors.
Straight epoxy ambers in UV. Our polyaspartic clear coat keeps the color true in a garage with the door open all day.
We don't charge a premium for one chemistry over the other. We recommend the right one for the room and price it the same.
Full flake, metallic, quartz broadcast or solid color all work over an epoxy base.
Gas, oil, brake fluid and road salt wipe off a properly topcoated epoxy floor.
15-Year transferable warranty against peeling, delamination, hot-tire pickup and yellowing.
| Layer | What it does |
|---|---|
| Diamond-ground concrete | CSP-2/3 profile for a mechanical bond. Acid etching is never used on a SwiftHand floor. |
| Epoxy or polyurea base coat | Epoxy where build and budget matter; polyurea where penetration and flexibility matter. We'll explain which we're proposing and why. |
| Flake, metallic, quartz or solid color | The decorative layer you choose. |
| Polyaspartic topcoat | UV-stable clear wear layer. This is the layer that keeps an 'epoxy floor' from ever looking like an old epoxy floor. |
Every SwiftHand floor follows the same sequence. Skipping a step is how coatings fail, so we don't.
Measure the space, check the slab for moisture and old coatings, pick a finish. You get a written price — online in minutes or in person.
We grind the concrete with dust-controlled diamond grinders to open the pores. Never acid etching, which is why our floors don't peel.
Cracks, pits, spalls and control joints are filled with polyurea joint filler and mender, then ground flush. Moisture is tested before anything goes down.
A pigmented polyurea/polyaspartic base coat is rolled on and wets into the ground concrete for a mechanical bond.
Vinyl flake is broadcast to full rejection (or metallic, quartz or solid color applied), then scraped smooth once set.
A clear polyaspartic topcoat locks it all in — chemical, UV and hot-tire resistant. Walk on it that evening; park on it in about 48 hours.
Epoxy-based systems price the same as our polyaspartic systems: about $5–$9 per square foot installed for a full-flake garage floor, and less per foot on large open commercial floors. If a competitor is quoting a DIY-grade epoxy at $2–$3 per square foot, you're paying for a floor you'll be paying to remove in a few years.
Financing: 0% APR for up to 12 months and $0 down through Wisetack on approved credit — a $3,000 floor is $250 a month, interest-free. Financing details.
Representative photos of the systems on this page. Photos of SwiftHand projects are added as jobs complete.
Both, and usually together. Our standard residential floor is a polyurea base with a polyaspartic topcoat; we use 100%-solids epoxy as the base where its build or price makes sense. The topcoat is always polyaspartic so the floor never yellows. Here's the full comparison.
Almost always prep. Kits and cheap installs acid-etch or simply clean the slab, and epoxy sitting on unprofiled concrete lets go the first time a hot tire or moisture pushes on it. See how we fix peeling floors.
Not well — most epoxies won't cure below about 50°F. That's one reason we top with polyaspartic and often base with polyurea in winter; they cure in temperatures epoxy can't.
A smooth solid-color epoxy can be when wet. We add an anti-slip aggregate to every topcoat, and a flake or quartz finish adds texture that gives real grip.
A properly ground, 100%-solids epoxy base with a polyaspartic top should last 15–20+ years in a residential garage. A kit epoxy lasts one to three. How long coatings last.
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