Metallic Epoxy Floors in Hazel Dell, WA

The honest question for a Hazel Dell garage is not whether metallic will look good. It is whether the slab can be made flat and dry enough for a clear coating to look good. A 1968 ranch on a flat lot near Hazel Dell Park has a thin slab, hairline cracks, decades of oil, and at least one coat of gray floor paint. Every one of those would show through a clear finish if we left it, so none of them get left.

What we do is grind the whole floor down past the paint and the oil, fill the hairline cracks with a filler that grinds flush and does not telegraph, and put a straightedge across it. A slab that has settled unevenly over fifty years gets skimmed. Then, and only then, the pigment goes down. It is more prep per square foot than anywhere else in Clark County, and the garages are small, so it evens out.

The Water Table Under Lakeshore and What It Means for a Clear Floor

Hazel Dell sits flat and low, close to Vancouver Lake, and the ground stays wet most of the year. Moisture readings here run higher than up in the hills, and the older slabs went down with no vapor barrier. Vapor pushing up under a flake floor makes bubbles. Vapor under a clear metallic makes a milky cloud in the pattern that is permanent. So a calcium-chloride test tells us whether a mitigating primer goes down first, and around Lakeshore it usually does.

The floor itself is metallic pigment suspended in clear epoxy at 100% solids, worked by hand, sealed with a deep-gloss polyaspartic topcoat at 40 to 60 mils. People can be on it one to two days after the topcoat, and it takes about a week before you park. On a two-car ranch garage that is a small area, so the pour goes quickly and the finished floor changes the whole feel of a space that started out as gray paint over cracked concrete.

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.

Ranch-Home Slabs Along Highway 99

From the Highway 99 strip through Minnehaha and Walnut Grove, the housing is 1960s to 1980s single-story ranches with attached two-car garages. These slabs are 40 to 60 years old, thinner than today's code calls for, and finely cracked. For metallic that means three prep steps that flake would skip: leveling the cracks perfectly flush, skimming settled low spots, and grinding out every trace of gray paint, since a shadow of it would show through the clear coat. Near the Burnt Bridge Creek Trail and toward Vancouver Lake the water table drives the primer decision. Infill townhomes in Northwest Vancouver are the reverse case, fresh and still drying. Ten minutes from our shop, so the three site days plus a cure check are quick trips.

Hazel Dell Neighborhoods We Cover

Hazel Dell, Lakeshore, Minnehaha, Walnut Grove, Northwest Vancouver

Hazel Dell Two-Car Garage Metallic Pricing

Most Hazel Dell garages hold two cars at 400 to 500 square feet. At $9 per square foot the floor starts around $3,600, and at $16 it tops out near $8,000. These old slabs need paint removal, crack leveling, and often a primer, so expect the number to land in the upper half. A small 350-square-foot garage is $3,150 to $5,600. We give a firm price after grinding a test spot.

Frequently Asked Questions

My Hazel Dell floor has old gray paint on it. Does all of it have to come off for metallic?

Every bit, and more thoroughly than for flake. A faint stain of old paint left in the pores shows through a clear coat as a shadow. We grind past the paint into clean concrete and check under a work light before anything goes down.

Will hairline cracks in a 1970s slab show in the finished metallic?

Not if we fill them right. We use a rigid filler, grind it flush, and blend the pigment over it. What you might see is a faint line if you know where to look. What you will not see is a crack. A slab that is actively moving is a different story and we would tell you.

My house near Lakeshore gets damp spots on the garage floor in winter. Is a clear coat still an option?

Often, with a mitigating primer. Damp spots mean vapor is coming up through a slab with no barrier, and the primer blocks it before it can haze the metallic. Standing water or an active leak is a different problem and gets solved first. We test before we quote.

Is a small ranch garage a cheaper metallic job than a big one?

Cheaper in total, not per foot. The area is small but the prep on a 50-year-old slab is heavy, so the per-foot number sits higher than on a new flat garage. Total cost is still lower because there is simply less floor.

How fast can you get to Hazel Dell and how long is the whole job?

About 10 minutes up Highway 99, so estimates are same-week. On site it is two to three days: grind and prime, pour, topcoat. Then the cure, about a week, before you park, though shoes are fine on it sooner, after a couple of days at most. Call it a week and a half from the first day to keys back.

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