Epoxy Flooring Glen Ellyn, IL

Epoxy over old and new Glen Ellyn concrete

Epoxy flooring is built up on the slab in layers: mechanical grinding, repairs, a primer that fuses into the concrete, a base coat, your finish and a polyaspartic topcoat. The grinding removes old paint, coatings, stains, dirt and contaminants and opens the pores of the concrete, and it is what decides how long the floor lasts. That is why the preparation is matched to the slab in front of us rather than applied the same way every time.

Glen Ellyn homes span many decades of building, so slabs range from older, softer and patched concrete to dense, glassy troweled floors. Older floors need deeper grinding and more crack and hole repair; newer ones need the closed surface opened so the coating keys in. Either way you get a seamless, non-porous floor that resists oil, chemicals and road salt, with a primer that fuses into the concrete so it will not peel, and a topcoat that does not yellow or fade. A well-prepared floor can still look good 15 to 20 years on.