Metallic Epoxy Floors in Brush Prairie, WA

From the SR-503 corridor up to the Bells Mountain foothills, almost every property has an attached garage on a 1980s-to-2010s custom home and a separate shop or barn. Owners call about coating the shop first. For metallic, though, the attached garage is usually the better candidate: it is flatter, it is lit, it is heated, and it is the floor guests see. The shop gets flake, the garage gets the showpiece.

Brush Prairie is a 20-minute drive up SR-503 for us, close enough that we do the estimate and the moisture test in one trip. That test matters more out here. The tree cover, the moss, and the slow winter drying mean a slab sitting under fir shade on a Hockinson lot can stay damp into May, and moisture under a clear metallic shows as a fog you cannot clean off.

Well Water, Horse Property Dust, and a Sealed Smooth Floor

Most properties out here are on wells, and hard well water leaves white mineral spots when you hose a floor. On bare concrete those minerals lock into the pores and build a crust. On a metallic floor sealed under polyaspartic they wipe off with a damp mop. The same goes for arena dust and barn grit tracked in from a horse property: it sits on a glass-smooth surface instead of grinding in.

The floor is clear 100% solids epoxy carrying metallic pigment, worked by hand into a pattern that cannot be duplicated, then sealed at 40 to 60 mils with a polyaspartic topcoat that wipes clean of oil and gas. Trucks stay off it roughly seven days for the full cure, and in a cool Brush Prairie winter we plan on a bit more than that. It costs more than flake because the slab has to be ground and leveled to a higher standard and because the pour is skilled hand labor over two or three days.

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.

Six-Inch Shop Slabs, Floor Drains, and Slow-Drying Ground

Shop floors in Glenwood, Manor, and along the corridor are heavy pours, six inches thick, broom-finished, usually with a drain in the middle and tractor tire wear on the way to it. If an owner wants metallic in a shop, the broom finish gets ground flat and the slope to the drain is kept, so wash water still runs where it should. The custom-home garages are ordinary slabs on the same slow-drying ground, so the calcium-chloride test decides whether a mitigating primer goes under the clear coat. About 20 minutes from Vancouver on SR-503, so three install days and a cure check are all easy trips.

Brush Prairie Neighborhoods We Cover

Brush Prairie, Hockinson, Glenwood, Manor, the SR-503 corridor

Metallic Cost for a Brush Prairie Garage or Shop

An attached three-car garage of about 700 square feet at $9 to $16 a foot is $6,300 to $11,200. A 24-by-36 shop comes to 864 square feet, so $7,776 to $13,824, and a broom finish that needs grinding flat sits toward the top. Doing the garage in metallic and the shop in flake on the same visit saves setup on both. We measure and meter before quoting.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can a metallic floor keep the slope to the drain in my Hockinson shop?

Yes. We grind the broom finish flat in the sense of smooth, not level, so the fall to the drain stays. The clear coat follows the slope. Because metallic is glass-smooth, we add an anti-slip texture around a drain that gets washed down often.

Will hosing with well water spot the finished floor?

It will leave the same white spots it leaves on a car, and they wipe off. The mineral crust that builds on bare concrete cannot form on a sealed polyaspartic surface. For a Brush Prairie property on a well, that is one of the quieter benefits of coating.

The slab under my overhang stays damp until summer. Is a clear coating a mistake?

Not if we test first. A slab that reads high on the probe gets a mitigating primer under the metallic, and that primer blocks the vapor that would otherwise haze the clear layer. If water is actually coming in from outside, that gets fixed first, before anything goes down.

Is metallic worth it in a shop, or should I keep it in the house garage?

Most of the time, the garage. It is flatter, warmer, and better lit, and light is what makes a metallic look like anything. A shop can take it, but a wavy six-inch slab needs skimming and the tractor side of the shop does not need a mirror finish. Split them and spend the money where it shows.

How long does the cure run on a cool Brush Prairie lot in winter?

Plan on about a week before vehicles, maybe a few days beyond in the cold. The tree cover and cool air out here slow things down, and we would rather you wait than pull a truck onto a floor that is still soft. Keep the garage closed with a little heat and it stays on schedule.

Nearby Cities Where We Also Install Metallic Epoxy Floors