Patio Concrete Coating in Villa Park, IL

An epoxy flake coating for the back-door patios, walks and stoops of Villa Park homes: a colored, textured, waterproof floor bonded onto the small slabs that do all the work, sealed under a UV-stable topcoat and hosed clean, installed by our own crew.
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What is a flake patio coating made of?

A flake patio coating is an epoxy system bonded into the top of the concrete you already have. It has four layers: a primer rolled into the ground slab that fuses into the concrete, a pigmented base coat, colored flakes broadcast into that coat until it is fully covered, and a clear polyaspartic topcoat over the flake. The four cure into one seamless, waterproof surface a fraction of an inch thick, with no joints and nothing to lift.

We install it for Villa Park homeowners whose outdoor concrete is modest and hard used: a patio off the back door that is the grill spot, the toy area and the route to the garage all at once, a walk running out to a detached garage, and a stoop at every door. It suits a slab that is sound but gray, stained or dusting, and a slab that has to be walked on wet.

The finished floor is colored to suit the house, textured enough to grip and closed so water runs off it, and it rinses clean with a hose at the end of the day. Patios and walks we have coated are on our gallery.

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Why a small slab is worth coating rather than painting

The cheap fixes for a tired patio are outdoor paint or a stain, and on a slab this size they are tempting. Both sit on the surface rather than bonding into it, so they scuff at the grill, peel at the door and fade in the sun, and the job is back within a couple of seasons. A flake coating is bonded into ground concrete under a topcoat built for weather, and it is done once.

The expensive fix is to break the slab out and pour again, and on a compact lot that means a truck, a dumpster and a lawn to repair afterward. A coating keeps the slab you have. Nothing is demolished, nothing is hauled, and the step at the door, the fall toward the yard and the height at the garage threshold all stay exactly as they are.

A coating also lets a small slab do its several jobs properly. The blend hides the marks of grilling and traffic, the texture grips when the sprinkler has been on, and the same floor runs from the patio down the walk to the garage so the yard reads as finished rather than patched.

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The benefits on a floor that is used every day

Rinsed clean, not scrubbed. The coated surface is seamless and non-porous, so grill grease, spilled drinks, chalk, mud and whatever the dog brings back sit on top of it rather than soaking into the concrete, and a hose takes them off. There is no stain in the slab to scrub because the slab is never touched. The finish is low odor and low VOC going in, and pet friendly once it is down.

Grip, and a floor that stays put. The flake gives the surface an orange-peel texture that holds a wet bare foot, and an anti-slip additive can be broadcast into the topcoat at the door and on the stoops. Because the primer fuses into the ground concrete, the coating does not peel the way paint does at the edges and the doorway, which on a small slab is most of the floor.

Protection from water, for years. The coating closes the concrete, so water runs off instead of soaking in and freezing inside the slab through the winter, which is what breaks the surface of a bare patio. The topcoat is UV stable and does not yellow or fade. A flake floor is built to still be an amazing floor in 15 to 20 years, and if the surface wears in the busiest spot it is refreshed with a new topcoat; a damaged patch can be re-flaked to match.

Blend, flake size and where the grip goes

The blend is chosen against the house, because on a small lot the patio is seen from the kitchen window every day. Epoxy flake comes in a wide range of color blends, from neutral grays and tans that sit quietly against brick and siding to blends with a definite color, and we pick it with the house wall behind it rather than from a chart.

The flake size sets the pattern. A fine flake reads as an even, speckled surface that hides marks well; a larger flake gives a bolder, more decorative look. On a slab that is grilled on, walked over and played on, most people choose the finer blend for how it hides a working day.

The texture and the topcoat finish it. Every flake floor has the orange-peel finish that gives grip when wet, and where the slab needs more, at the back door, on the stoops or where the walk meets the garage, the anti-slip additive is broadcast into the topcoat in those spots only. The topcoat itself is clear polyaspartic, UV stable and abrasion resistant, so chairs, grit and sun do not wear through it.

What we do to the slab before it is coated

Grinding first. Diamond grinders take off the weathered surface, old paint or stain, moss and algae marks, efflorescence and laitance, and open the pores of the concrete so the primer bonds into it. On a small slab the edges and the doorway are most of the floor, so they are ground as carefully as the middle.

Cracks are opened out, cleaned and filled flush. Spalls, pitting and the chipped edge along the lawn are repaired so they do not track through the finished floor, and the control joints are treated so the coating runs clean across them. Where the walk meets the patio at a slightly different height, the join is ground and filled to one plane.

Falls are kept. A coating follows the slab, so if the patio has settled and holds a puddle by the door, the low spot is filled before the floor goes down so water leaves the house rather than sitting against it. We look at all of this on the visit.

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How the coating goes on

The primer is rolled into the ground concrete and fuses into it. This is the bond that keeps a coating down through winters and summers, and it is the layer a painted patio never had. Once it has cured, the pigmented base coat goes on across the patio, the walk and the stoops in one continuous pass.

The colored flakes are broadcast into the wet base coat until no concrete shows. When that coat has cured, the loose flake is scraped and swept off, which leaves the even texture that grips.

The clear polyaspartic topcoat goes on last over everything. It locks the flake in, seals the surface against water and is the layer that takes the sun, the furniture, the traffic and the hose for the life of the floor.

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Villa Park yards and the concrete on them

Villa Park runs to compact lots with a lot of older homes on them, often with a detached garage at the back and a walk out to it, and that gives a particular pattern of outdoor concrete: one modest patio doing every job, a path connecting it to the garage, and a stoop or two at the doors. It is the yard a flake coating suits best, one colored, textured floor tying all of it together, and we coat patios, walks, stoops and steps across Villa Park and the neighboring DuPage suburbs.

We work out of our shop in Roselle with our own installers, not subcontracted labor. The business is owned and operated by a Marine Corps veteran and backs its work with an extended warranty on craftsmanship, and the person who comes to look at your slab is one of the people who will coat it.

Get a free quote on your Villa Park patio

The visit is free and commits you to nothing. We come out, look at the patio, the walk and the stoops, recommend a blend and where the grip should go, 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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