When Is the Best Time to Have Your Garage Floor Finished in Cleveland?

WSI ALM • September 2, 2021

When Is the Best Time to Have Your Garage Floor Finished in Cleveland?

If you run an auto shop, parking garage, warehouse, or other business with a plain concrete floor, you have much better options in flooring! A good Cleveland Garage Finisher service can add a resinous coating to your concrete floor which will significantly improve its lifespan, usability, durability and even make it easier to clean.

However, this is an upgrade that will need to be planned for ahead of time, especially if you're looking to use epoxy. Epoxy floor coatings are one of the most popular options, but you'll be looking at significant disruption to your workplace. There are weather and seasonal-related considerations as well.

Major Considerations When Scheduling an Epoxy Garage Floor Finish in Cleveland

1 - Planning around the timeframe

Epoxy floor coatings take a long time to fully cure, anywhere between 48-240 hours. While the floor is theoretically walkable after 12 hours or so, it can't be used for business purposes until it's completely dry. Otherwise, it may set incorrectly, or develop cracks that undermine the coating before it's even finished.

2 - Weather

Moisture is the enemy of epoxy and most other floor coatings. For one thing, the floor itself needs to be thoroughly cleaned and then dried completely. Otherwise, any remaining moisture will ruin the epoxy finish. This also applies to the weather - a rainstorm that brings heavy humidity can also potentially wreck an epoxy install. So, you'll need to watch weather reports and schedule installation when rain is unlikely for 2-3 days.

3 - Seasonal temperature

Epoxy needs relatively high temperatures to set, above 50 degrees Fahrenheit. If it's colder than that, the epoxy either won't set at all or will require even more time to cure. This means that installations in the fall or winter are a bad idea, as a cold snap - particularly at night - will also wreck the installation.

A Better Option: Polyaspartic Coatings

Polyaspartic floor coatings are the newest form of resinous flooring, and quickly gaining popularity due to their clear benefits. Polyaspartic coatings are much stronger than epoxy, but they cure in less than twelve hours, and at virtually any temperature. Polyaspartic coatings cost a bit more than epoxy, but will immediately pay for themselves by reducing disruption to your work and lasting much longer.

Garage Finishers in Cleveland offers the best polyaspartic blend on the market, our proprietary "Forever Floor" with an unconditional lifetime warranty. If it's time to upgrade that concrete slab, contact us to learn how it can be done quickly, affordably, and at any time of the year.

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