If you or someone you know owns a warehouse or simply a retail space, you are aware of the effect foot traffic – during thousands of hours – can have on degrading the appearance and hastening the life of a concrete floor. It can appear oft-putting and trashy, and leave workers, customers or visitors to your business with a diminished opinion of your operation. Fortunately, a solution exists in the form of epoxy flooring. Already a mainstay in most warehouses, factories, big-boxes and industrial spaces, epoxy flooring beautifies, lowers maintenance costs and increases safety (epoxy flooring is compliant with Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards) through, among other features, fire and slip resistance.

Deciding on your floor-covering project presents a multitude of choices, depending on size of your space, purpose for the project, etc. The first decision is choosing from a few different epoxy-flooring options: - Epoxy floor coatings are best for industrial areas that see the use of heavy machinery and loading/unloading of heavy materials. - Polished concrete is another excellent method for industrial areas. Polished concrete is generously priced with a more speedy installation process, while providing the same protection as epoxy floor coating. - Polyaspartic floor coating is the new, exciting addition to the epoxy floor coating family. Quick installation and drying makes this one ideal for areas with heavy foot traffic, be it large retail stores, outdoor areas or public restrooms.

After deciding what particular type of floor coating best suits your needs, you must choose a color. Most companies offer a variety of colors, from the simple whites and blacks to the more lively named ‘desert haze’ and ‘terra cotta’. It’s important to determine whether you are choosing a color based on aesthetics or safety, i.e., a yellow or red meant to designate an area as one requiring extra caution. Those wanting something livelier than a solid color can also choose from ‘color flakes’, a method that places variously sized and colored flakes under the coating to create a more textured effect. Colored dyes can also be used on polished concrete. Creating an appearance somewhere between the solid colors and the color flakes, color dyes also offer a variety of eye-pleasing choices, making them a good choice for retail floors, restaurants, etc.

After these selections you are ready for a preliminary quote, which can be done online or sometimes over the phone. For a more detailed consultation, you can also talk to the flooring companies’ representatives, who can help you better identify your needs. Apart from the aforementioned considerations about the ratio of appearance:functionality, you must also decide what length of time you are comfortable having your company’s operability paused. After installation, some floor coatings dry soon enough to allow light foot traffic within hours. Other options require more drying time before industrial tasks can resume.

Floor-coating options are almost as numerous as the purpose of the businesses that need the service. Look on the websites, which usually have illustrative galleries and can show you options through images as well as words. It’s a visual product; choose the one best for you.

Safety, Functionality and Beauty are all great reasons to upgrade and improve your business floor area!. For top value and service installing Epoxy Flooring, visit our home page today! Concrete Polishing and other warehouse area improvement available.

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