Metallic Epoxy Floors for Battle Ground, WA Shops and Garages

Ask a Battle Ground owner what he wants a metallic for and the answer is usually a shop. Not the working half where the tractor lives, but the finished half: the bay with the collector truck, the RV pad, the room with the lift and the tool chests and the refrigerator. That space gets the mirror finish and the rest of the slab gets flake. We do both in the same week.

The problem with acreage shops from Meadow Glade to Heisson is that a lot of them were floated by hand, and they undulate. Under flake that does not matter. Under a clear coating with pigment in it, every wave becomes a stripe of darker color where the material pooled. So before we talk pigment we grind, then run a long straightedge, then skim the low spots until the floor is honest.

Frost Mornings, Gravel Grit, and a Finish That Can Take It

There are more frost mornings out here than in Vancouver, and the gravel driveways on most acreage tracks grit and mud in with every truck. A metallic with a polyaspartic topcoat is a sealed, glass-smooth surface, so the mud dries and sweeps off rather than working into the concrete. It is more delicate to install than flake, but once cured it takes a diesel pickup without complaint.

The material is pigmented clear epoxy, 100% solids, shaped by hand, with a chemical-resistant polyaspartic topcoat bringing the build to 40 to 60 mils. Cold is the enemy of the install, not the finished floor. Leave the shop doors open on a 30-degree morning and a metallic will not cure on schedule, and a slow cure lets pigment keep moving after we have finished shaping it. We ask owners to close up and run heat for the whole cure, which is about a week before the shop is back in use.

Our Metallic Epoxy Floors System

Materials: Metallic pigment, 100% solids clear epoxy, polyaspartic topcoat
Thickness: 40-60 mils
Install time: 2-3 days
Walk on it: 1-2 days after
Park on it: about a week after
Warranty: 15 years

Glass-smooth finish. High-gloss topcoat. High-traffic rated.

Owner-Poured Slabs, RV Bays, and Subdivision Garages

The shops out around Venersborg and Cedar Creek are thick, often six inches, and strong enough for anything, but the surface is broom-finished and uneven. For metallic that means a heavier grind than usual, a self-leveling skim over the dips, and an extra day for the skim to harden. The two-car garages in the subdivisions around downtown Battle Ground and near Lewisville Park are ordinary 1970s-to-2000s slabs, flatter and faster. Frost and slow winter drying make the moisture test more important here than in town. The drive is about 25 minutes northeast on SR-503, so the three site days are easy, and we can pair a metallic bay with flake on the rest of the shop in the same visit.

Battle Ground Neighborhoods We Cover

Meadow Glade, Venersborg, Cedar Creek, Downtown Battle Ground, Lewisville, Heisson

Pricing a Metallic Shop Bay or Garage in Battle Ground

A full 30 by 40 shop in metallic is 1,200 square feet at $9 to $16, so $10,800 to $19,200, and most owners do not do that. What they do is a 600-square-foot showpiece bay, which is $5,400 to $9,600, with flake on the rest at a lower rate. A subdivision two-car garage, 400 to 500 square feet, is $3,600 to $8,000. Skimming a wavy slab moves the number up.

Frequently Asked Questions

I floated my own shop slab and it is not perfectly flat. Is metallic out?

Not necessarily. We grind it, check it with a ten-foot straightedge, and skim anything more than about an eighth of an inch low. That adds a day and some cost. If the floor is wavy everywhere, flake will look better for less money, and we will say so instead of selling you a finish that disappoints.

Can I put a metallic in just the RV bay and flake in the rest of the shop?

Yes, and it is the most common way Battle Ground owners do it. We run the metallic in the finished bay, flake in the working area, and make a clean line at a control joint or a saw cut. Both go on in the same week so the prep and travel are shared.

Does a tractor or a loaded truck damage a smooth metallic floor?

After the full cure, no. The topcoat is the hard layer and it handles tire loads, jack stands, and dropped tools like any epoxy floor. What damages it is driving on it early. A week for vehicles is the rule, and the tractor and loaded trucks wait the full week even in a hot Battle Ground July.

What happens if it freezes at night during the cure?

The floor cures slowly and the pigment can keep creeping after we leave, which changes the pattern. Close the shop, keep it above 50 degrees for the whole cure, and it is fine. Most shops around Battle Ground Lake have a stove or a propane torpedo heater that handles it.

How far is Battle Ground for your crew?

About 25 minutes up SR-503. It is a routine drive, so the estimate, the three install days, and any check during the cure are easy to schedule. We do not add a trip charge for anything in Clark County.

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