Metallic Epoxy Floors in Hillsboro, OR

Hillsboro is the far west end of our range, and we do not make the drive for a one-day job. A metallic is two to three days on site and then about a week of cure, so it fits. The typical request is not a big garage. It is a tight townhome garage at Orenco Station or AmberGlen that the owner uses as a studio or an office more than a place to park, and wants to look like a finished room.

Small spaces show a metallic well because the eye takes in the whole pattern at once. They also show every flaw, and a townhome garage where every inch counts has been parked in tight for years, so the edges and the threshold are worn. We grind it uniform, level the joints, and treat the threshold edge as part of the design rather than a place to stop.

Clay Soil, Valley Fog, and a Clear Coating

The Tualatin Valley floor stays foggy and damp through winter and the clay under Hillsboro keeps water pressed against the underside of every slab. That vapor works up through concrete whether the surface feels damp or not. A flake floor over it can bubble. A clear metallic over it goes cloudy, and the cloud is permanent. So the moisture probe is not optional in Hillsboro, and a mitigating primer goes under most of these floors.

Over the primer goes the metallic layer, pigment in clear epoxy at 100% solids, spread and pulled by hand, and a polyaspartic that resists gas and oil finishes it at 40 to 60 mils in total. It costs more than flake for three reasons that all apply here: the prep has to be perfect because the coating is clear, the pour takes two or three days of hand work, and the cure runs about a week before parking.

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.

Subdivision Slabs, Townhome Garages, and Downtown Patches

The 1990s-to-2010s subdivisions around Jackson School and Tanasbourne, built for Intel and Nike families, have two-car slabs carrying 15 to 30 years of wear and joint cracks that need to be filled dead flush before a clear coat. Orenco Station and Rock Creek townhomes have small, recent slabs with worn edges and a curing-compound film. Older homes near Downtown Hillsboro have paint and patches that would show through and have to be ground out. Every floor is metered because of the clay. About 50 minutes west on Highway 26 in normal traffic, so we schedule the three site days consecutively and the cure runs while we are back in Vancouver.

Hillsboro Neighborhoods We Cover

Orenco Station, Tanasbourne, AmberGlen, Jackson School, Downtown Hillsboro, Rock Creek

Hillsboro Townhome and Subdivision Garage Metallic Cost

Orenco townhome garages are often just 250 to 300 square feet, so metallic at $9 to $16 comes to $2,250 up to $4,800. A subdivision two-car near 450 square feet prices between $4,050 and $7,200. Valley-floor slabs usually need a mitigating primer, and that lands most Hillsboro metallic jobs in the middle of the range. We do not add a travel charge, but we do group the days.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is a small Orenco townhome garage worth doing in metallic?

It is one of the better uses. A small room shows the whole pattern at once and reads like a studio floor rather than a garage. The prep is the same as a big garage, just less of it, so the total is modest. Worn edges at the threshold get ground even and folded into the design.

Why do you insist on a moisture primer in Hillsboro when my floor looks dry?

Because the clay under the valley keeps vapor moving up through the slab all winter long, and vapor beneath a clear coating leaves a milky haze you cannot remove. The probe gives us the number. In Hillsboro it is high often enough that we plan on the primer and are glad when we do not need it.

How do you handle a job that is 50 minutes from your shop?

We book the three site days in a row so the crew is out there Monday through Wednesday, for example, and the cure runs through the following week without us. Estimates are grouped with other west-side visits. No travel charge; just a little less flexibility on dates.

Our Jackson School garage has a cracked control joint. Will it show in a clear floor?

Not as a crack. We fill the joint with a rigid filler, grind it flush, and run the pigment over it. What remains is a faint line where the slab has a joint, which some owners like as structure in the pattern. A dark groove or a visible crack is not acceptable and we do not leave one.

Will a metallic floor yellow in a west-facing Tanasbourne garage?

It handles sun much better than plain epoxy or a urethane, but no coating is fully immune, and a Tanasbourne floor that bakes in afternoon light can slowly change tone over a lot of years. Closing the door on hot afternoons helps, and sun does make a metallic show depth. We bring the sample board out so you can see it in your own west light first.

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