Urethane floor coating will vary in solid content from about 65% to 100% solids. Of course the higher the solid content, the better the wear ability. In addition to better wear ability and chemical resistance, they usually have very little odor and are low in VOC's. The 100% solid contend urethane floor coating is usually applied at a rate of about 5 or 6 mils. Life expectancy on a moderate traffic area could be around 4 or 5 years. Wear ability in water-based is about half of that of the solvent-based urethane floor coating.

Concrete floor coating gives your floor - whether it be in an automotive show room or service area or a plastics or printing shop - the clean, neat, organized look that impresses customers. Concrete floor coating provides floors with heavy-duty protection from wear. It prevents dusting of cement, makes floors wear longer, protects floors from penetration of oil, grease, and foreign matter, and mechanically hardens the cement by filling the pores and binding the particles. Get a hard, yet elastic, durable, damage-resistant surface with a concrete floor coating.

Water based epoxy floor coating is thin, more fool proof, cheaper, maintains most of the cements anti-slip texture while thicker solvents hide many flaws and are thick and glossy. Both are functional but the solvent free epoxy floor coating will look 'slick' (and slippery) while the water based epoxy floor coating will look just like 'paint'. Prime with either the water based solvent, which can be the industrial ground sealant or several other sealants. Prime to get better adhesion if: moisture might be an issue, concrete is dusty and 'weak', concrete is really polished smooth below the epoxy floor coating.

How thick should your epoxy flooring coating be? Economics play a major role in determining how much coating to apply. One U.S. gallon contains 231 cubic inches. That's only 1.6 cubic square feet of surface at one inch thick and that's also assuming a solvent-free product. If the epoxy flooring is 25% VOC (i.e. 25% solvent) then dry thickness/coverage will be 25% less. Again, assuming a 1/4 inch thick epoxy flooring coat (250 mils) maximum coverage will still be only 6.4 square feet per gallon. A solvent-free (100% solids) coating applied at 16 mils will cover 100 square feet per gallon (note: the wall paint in your office is probably 2-4 mils with epoxy flooring).

If used by themselves, floor coatings will reduce, or eliminate, moisture migration through concrete floors and wells (through the concrete itself, not when migration is through the cracks). Floor coatings are used on concrete that is always a bit damp and to end the 'musty' or damp smell in basements, etc. Perhaps more importantly, but less obvious, is that by using sealants to reduce or eliminate moisture movement through the concrete, the likelihood of a successful paint or coating job on the concrete surface just below floor coatings increases.

If used by themselves, epoxy coatings will reduce, or eliminate, moisture migration through concrete floors and wells (through the concrete itself, not when migration is through the cracks). Epoxy coatings are used on concrete that is always a bit damp and to end the 'musty' or damp smell in basements, etc. Perhaps more importantly, but less obvious, is that by using sealants to reduce or eliminate moisture movement through the concrete, the likelihood of a successful paint or coating job on the concrete surface just below epoxy coatings increases.