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From the blog · 2026-08-12

Why Coatings Peel Under Hot Tires

It's July, you pull in off I-15, and the next morning the coating is stuck to the tread. Hot-tire pickup is the most common garage floor failure in Utah — and the most avoidable.

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Why Garage Floor Coatings Peel Under Hot Tires

The physics

Tires come off the freeway at 120–140°F. On a thin coating with a weak bond, that heat softens the film; the tire's plasticizers migrate into it; and when the tire cools and the car backs out, the coating comes with it. The bond to the concrete was never strong enough to win that tug-of-war.

Why some floors don't

  • Diamond-ground concrete gives the base coat something to grip.
  • A polyurea base penetrates instead of sitting on top.
  • Polyaspartic stays hard at tire temperatures.
  • 25+ mils of film has the mass to resist heat.
  • Full cure before vehicles.

What to do about yours

Full removal and reinstall. Patching the four spots leaves the same weak bond everywhere else. The fix.

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