Metallic Epoxy Flooring in Downers Grove, IL

Metallic epoxy flooring for Downers Grove businesses and finished basements: a resin floor tinted with metallic pigment and worked by hand while it is wet, so every floor is one of a kind, sealed in high gloss and installed by our own crew.

What makes a floor metallic epoxy

A metallic epoxy floor is built from a self-leveling epoxy resin mixed with metallic mica pigments. It goes down over a ground and primed slab as a thick base coat and is then sealed under a clear topcoat. What makes it metallic is the mica: it catches the light, and because the resin is worked by hand while it is wet, the pigment swirls and moves as the floor cures.

That makes every floor one of a kind. No two pours come out the same, even in the same pigments, which is why it is chosen for rooms that are meant to be noticed: in Downers Grove that means shops, salons, offices and restaurants along the business streets, and finished basements the household wants to feel like a real room.

Finished, it is a hard, seamless, high-gloss floor with a three-dimensional look, closer to polished stone than to anything painted. The range of metallic floors we have poured is on our gallery.

Metallic epoxy floor with depth and movement in a finished room
Chicago tattoo studio with black and white metallic epoxy flooring

Why choose metallic over tile or polished concrete

Tile gives you a pattern that repeats and a grout line every foot, and polished concrete gives you the slab's own gray. A metallic floor sits between the two: seamless like concrete, decorative like stone, with movement no manufactured tile can repeat because it was never manufactured.

It is laid on the concrete you have. The slab is ground, repaired and primed, and the resin is poured onto it, so there is nothing to rip out and no subfloor to build. Because the resin is self-leveling and one of the thickest epoxy systems, it also evens out a floor with minor dips and ridges.

For a business it is a floor that does part of the selling, and for a house it is a finish that enhances property value. Either way it is a worthwhile investment in a floor people remember, and we install it with fast turnaround and minimal downtime.

Owning a metallic floor, at home or at work

Tough under traffic. The resin and topcoat resist impact, abrasion, chips, scratches and chemicals, so a basement floor takes furniture and a home gym, and a shop floor takes customers, carts and cleaning products, without wearing through the pattern.

Easy to clean. There are no grout lines, no joints and no pores for a spill to soak into, so wine, coffee, mud and road salt sit on the surface and wipe up. A sweep and a damp mop is the whole routine, and there is never any waxing.

Stable and long-lasting. Every floor starts with grinding, repair and moisture control so it does not peel or bubble, which matters most on a basement slab. The topcoat is UV resistant and does not yellow, and the whole system is low odor and low VOC while it goes in.

Choosing the pigment, the pattern and the finish

The pigment. The palette runs from pearl through bronze to graphite, plus custom blends mixed for the job, over a base color that sets the tone of the room. A commercial room usually wants more contrast, so the floor is noticed by people coming in for the first time; a basement usually wants less, because it is a room lived in every evening.

The pattern. Worked by hand, the resin can be pushed toward marble with fine veining, toward flowing liquid metal, or toward stone, granite, wood grain or water. The pattern is set by how the installer works the wet resin, so it is agreed with us before the pour rather than left to chance.

The surface. Every metallic floor is finished in high gloss under a clear, UV-resistant topcoat, and an anti-slip agent can be added to that final coat for an entrance, a salon or the foot of a basement stair. The gloss suits spaces lit artificially, which covers most basements and a lot of shops.

Grinding and repairing the concrete first

Mechanical grinding comes first on every floor. Diamond grinders remove old paint, coatings, adhesive, stains and contaminants and open the pores of the concrete, so the primer bonds into the slab rather than sitting on it.

Cracks, holes and divots are then filled and ground flush to give a smooth base. A metallic floor is reflective, and anything left in the slab tends to show through it, so repair is the part of the job that decides how the finished floor looks.

Moisture control is part of the preparation too, and in a basement it is the step that keeps the floor bonded. Joints are treated, edges along walls and under door frames are ground as carefully as the middle, and the slab goes into the pour clean, open and even.

Metallic epoxy floor worked by hand into a marbled pattern

Installing it: primer, metallic coat, topcoat

A primer is rolled onto the ground concrete and fuses into it, forming the bond that keeps the floor from peeling. The metallic base coat follows: industrial resin tinted with the metallic pigment and poured across the floor.

Then comes the part that makes it metallic. While the base coat is still wet, our installers manipulate the pigment by hand to build the depth and movement you chose, working it until the pattern runs evenly across the room.

The clear topcoat goes on last. It is durable, glossy and UV resistant, it resists yellowing and wear, and it is the layer that protects the metallic pattern underneath.

Metallic epoxy floor in a living space beside a fireplace

Where metallic floors go around Downers Grove

Downers Grove has both kinds of room this floor suits: commercial interiors along its business and retail streets, and a large stock of houses with basements worth finishing. We pour metallic epoxy in shops, salons, offices, restaurants, basements and family rooms across Downers Grove and the neighboring DuPage suburbs.

We run from our shop in Roselle with our own installers, not subcontracted crews. The business is owned and operated by a Marine Corps veteran, licensed and insured, and we back every floor with an extended warranty on craftsmanship.

Request a Downers Grove metallic floor quote

Our visit is free. We look at the concrete and the room, talk through pigments and pattern, recommend what suits the space and quote the job. We offer discounts for military, veterans and first responders. Call (630) 206-5602 or email info@evolveconcretecoating.com to arrange a visit. We answer Monday to Sunday, 9 AM to 6 PM.

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