Shop & Warehouse Floor Epoxy in Ogden, UT

Shop and warehouse floor epoxy protects concrete that works for a living. Ogden has a long industrial history. Wikipedia describes it as a major railway hub that still handles heavy freight, and Business Depot Ogden, the former Army depot, is now a business park of more than 1,000 acres. To the south, Clearfield's Freeport Center holds more than 70 companies with over 7,000 workers. Those floors, plus every private shop and auto bay in between, need coatings built for heavy use.

What a work floor needs

• Thickness: commercial systems are built thicker than residential garage coatings to take impact and rolling loads.
• Chemical resistance: oil, coolant, hydraulic fluid and cleaners should wipe up without staining.
• Traction: texture where floors get wet or oily, and smooth finish where carts roll.
• Visibility: light colors brighten a space, and safety striping marks walkways, bays and storage zones.
• Short downtime: fast-curing topcoats help a business reopen sooner.

Prep on commercial slabs

Shop and warehouse floors often carry years of oil, curing compounds, old paint and tire marks. Some have joints that have spalled under forklift wheels. We diamond grind to open the surface, degrease oil-soaked areas, and repair joints and cracks. Heavily contaminated spots may need extra cleaning or cutting out. We look at the full floor before we quote.

Systems we use

• 100% solids epoxy: a dense, thick coating that HomeAdvisor lists at $12 or more per square foot for commercial and industrial use.
• Epoxy with a polyaspartic or urethane topcoat: adds abrasion and chemical resistance and holds color near overhead doors.
• Flake or quartz broadcast: texture for wet areas such as wash bays.
• Striping and markings: lines for traffic, parking, storage and safety.

Working around your schedule

Most businesses cannot close for a week. We can phase large floors so part of the space stays open, and we can schedule work over weekends or slow periods. Fast-curing products shorten the time a section is out of use. We put the plan in writing before we start.

Private shops and pole buildings

Many homeowners in Hooper, Plain City and the north end of the county have detached shops or pole buildings with concrete floors. Those floors see tractors, trailers, welding and fluid leaks. They get the same commercial approach: thicker coatings, chemical-resistant topcoats and texture where needed. A shop floor in a cold building also needs a product that can cure at lower temperatures.

Cleaning a coated work floor

Coated floors clean with an auto scrubber or a mop and degreaser. Spills sit on top and wipe up. Check the topcoat each year in heavy-traffic lanes. Recoating the topcoat before it wears through costs far less than redoing the whole system.