Metallic Epoxy Floors in Camas, WA

Prune Hill was built for this coating. The 1995 to 2015 homes up there and around Lacamas Lake have three-car garages with large, machine-troweled slabs that came out flat, and flat is the single most important thing a metallic floor needs. On a slab like that we can spend our time on the pour instead of on leveling, and the pattern spreads out across 700 square feet with nothing under it to interrupt the flow.

Downtown Camas is a different job. The 1920s to 60s mill-town houses near Crown Park have detached garages with uneven concrete and layers of old paint. We can do a metallic there, but the leveling work goes up, and sometimes the honest recommendation is flake. We say which one at the estimate, and we say why.

Why Camas Owners Choose Metallic Over Flake

People in Camas compare bids carefully and they notice finish. Flake is tough and practical, but it looks like a garage floor. A metallic looks like polished stone or poured metal, and it is one of a kind because the pigment is pushed around by hand and never lands the same way twice. For a garage that faces the street in Lacamas Heights or a home gym off the kitchen, that difference is the whole point.

The system is a clear 100% solids epoxy carrying metallic pigment, built to 40 to 60 mils and sealed with a polyaspartic topcoat that shrugs off hot tires, oil, and the deicer that rides in on Grass Valley driveways. The slab still gets diamond ground, never etched, and the moisture test still happens, because the lake and the hills keep Camas cooler and damper than Vancouver and a clear coating shows any haze that vapor leaves behind.

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.

Cooler Air, Longer Cures, and the Ice-Day Salt Problem

Camas runs a few degrees cooler than town and picks up more moisture off Lacamas Lake and Round Lake, which stretches cure times from October through April. A metallic already needs about a week before parking in good weather; in a January install on Prune Hill it can run a bit past that, so we ask you to keep the door shut and a little heat on. The other local wrinkle is salt. The occasional ice day brings deicer in on the tires, and salt sitting on a slab for a decade leaves residue that has to be ground out completely or it will show through a clear coat. About 20 minutes from our shop on SR-14, so a follow-up moisture reading is a quick trip.

Camas Neighborhoods We Cover

Prune Hill, Lacamas Lake, Grass Valley, Lacamas Heights, Downtown Camas, Crown Park

Metallic Pricing for a Three-Car Garage on Prune Hill

The typical Camas three-car is 600 to 750 square feet. Metallic is $9 to $16 a foot, so the low end is about $5,400 and the high end is $12,000. Flat, clean Prune Hill slabs sit toward the lower half. A downtown detached garage of 350 square feet with paint to remove and dips to fill would be $3,150 to $5,600, but the prep pushes it up in that range.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does the cooler weather in Camas add to the cure time on metallic?

In winter, yes. Shoes can go on the Camas floor after one to two days, cars wait roughly a week, and a cold January on Prune Hill can stretch that a little. Spring through early fall it stays right around the week. We put the topcoat down at midday when the garage is warmest and have you keep it closed with some heat running.

Can you match the pigment to the finishes inside a Lacamas Lake home?

Within reason. We have metallic pigments across grays, bronzes, coppers, blues, and pearl whites, and we bring boards so you can hold them against your cabinets or trim. The pattern itself cannot be matched to anything, because it is made by hand on your floor and comes out different every time.

My Camas slab has salt stains from ice days. Will those show through?

Not after we grind them out. Salt residue soaks into the top of the concrete and would show as a pale ghost under a clear coating if we left it. Diamond grinding takes off the top skin along with the salt. That is one reason we never acid etch under a metallic.

Is a metallic floor slippery in a garage with a wet car pulling in?

The finish is glass-smooth, so we broadcast a fine anti-slip additive into the topcoat on garage floors. You cannot see it and it does not change the look. For a showroom or a room you walk through in socks we can leave it out.

How does the drive from Vancouver affect the schedule for a Camas job?

Not much. Camas is about 20 minutes east of us, so a three-day install is three easy trips. Day one is grinding and base, day two is the metallic pour, day three is the topcoat. Then you leave it alone for the cure.

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