Metallic Epoxy Floors in Washougal, WA

Washougal is the first town the Gorge wind reaches, and every garage from downtown to Cape Horn ends up with a layer of dust on the floor after a windy week. On bare concrete that grit works into the surface. On a metallic floor with a polyaspartic topcoat it sits on top of a sealed, smooth surface and goes out the door with a push broom. That is a practical reason to pick a finish most people choose for looks.

We see three kinds of slab out here. Older patched floors in the 1940s to 70s homes near the river. Newer, mostly flat slabs up in Lookout Ridge and Mount Norway. And big broom-finished shop slabs on the acreage east of town. A metallic can go on any of them, but the broom finish takes the most grinding, because a clear coating shows every ridge the broom left.

Metallic on a Hillside Garage Versus a Shop Slab

The hillside houses toward Mount Norway are where most Washougal metallic requests come from. The slabs are recent, the garages are attached and lit, and owners want the floor to read as part of the house. We grind off whatever the builder sealed it with, fill the joints, and pour clear 100% solids epoxy with pigment worked in by hand. The finished build is 40 to 60 mils and the pattern is a one-off.

On a shop slab out toward Hathaway, the question is flatness. A thick owner-poured floor is strong but wavy, and metallic pigment settles into every wave as a dark pool. We can grind a broom finish smooth and skim the dips, and the result is a shop floor that looks like a showroom. It costs more than the same shop in flake, and we will say plainly when flake is the smarter money.

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.

Ice Days, Dust, and Slab Prep Along the Washougal River

Winter ice days come more often here than in Vancouver, which means deicer tracked in and salt worked into the slab near the door. Under a clear coat that residue shows as a cloudy band, so it gets ground out, not washed. Garages along Washougal River Road and near Steamboat Landing sit low and damp, and we test every one for moisture before quoting, because vapor under a metallic leaves a haze you cannot fix without redoing the floor. The drive is about 25 minutes from our shop past Camas, so the three site days for a metallic are three round trips we plan together. After the last one, the Washougal floor takes foot traffic in one to two days, and the car comes back in close to a week later.

Washougal Neighborhoods We Cover

Downtown Washougal, Lookout Ridge, Mount Norway, Washougal River Road, Hathaway, Cape Horn

Washougal Metallic Floor Costs, Garage and Shop

For a 2-car garage of 400 to 500 square feet, $9 to $16 per square foot works out to $3,600 up to $8,000. Shops change the arithmetic fast. A 30 by 40 shop is 1,200 square feet, which is $10,800 at the bottom and $19,200 at the top, and a broom-finished slab that needs heavy grinding and skimming will not be at the bottom. We measure first and quote a firm number.

Frequently Asked Questions

Will the Gorge wind grit scratch a smooth metallic floor?

Not in normal use. The polyaspartic topcoat is harder than the epoxy under it and takes foot and tire traffic over dust without marking. What we tell Washougal owners is to sweep rather than drag heavy steel across a gritty floor. A dust mop and a damp mop keep it looking new.

Can a broom-finished shop floor east of town really take a metallic?

Yes, after a lot of grinding. The broom ridges have to come down flat or the clear coat will show every line. We also skim low areas because pigment pools in dips. It is more prep than a house garage, and it is honestly where we sometimes recommend flake instead.

Our garage in Lookout Ridge faces the afternoon sun. Does that hurt the color?

Not much. Afternoon sun mostly helps, though we will be straight with you: the polyaspartic topcoat handles sun far better than plain epoxy, but no coating is totally sun-proof, and a Lookout Ridge floor in hard direct light can drift slightly in tone over many years. Keeping the door down on hot afternoons slows that, and the pattern shows more depth in strong light than under a single bulb. We bring sample boards so you see it in your own doorway.

How many trips is a Washougal metallic job for your crew?

Three site days, about 25 minutes each way on SR-14. Grinding and base coat, then the metallic pour, then the topcoat. After that you can walk across it in a day or two, but the truck stays out for about a week while it cures. We do not cut the cure short to save a trip.

Does the deicer from ice days damage the finished floor?

No. Salt sits on the sealed surface and rinses away. The damage salt does is to bare concrete before coating, and any of that residue has to be ground out so it does not cloud the clear layer. Once the floor is done, ice days are a non-issue.

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