Epoxy coverings serve as one of the fastest-growing floor treatments used in America today. Unlike many other forms of floor covering, concrete plus epoxy provides results as close to permanence as possible. Epoxy also has excellent acoustical qualities, helping to soften loud sounds in different environments.
New technologies and techniques have allowed epoxy flooring to break out of its traditional uses. No longer just for garages and basements anymore, they can add style and flair to any room in the house with a concrete floor.
One of the biggest trends in epoxy flooring has been its breakout. Once only used to coat and protect garages, basements, and factory floors, the new technologies available for epoxy flooring have awakened property owners to see not only the value, but also the potential beauty and charm in a well-done epoxy floor.
Family rooms, offices, bedrooms, kitchens, and other rooms in the home that attract heavy traffic need durable flooring. More and more, home designs and renovations focus on getting the most resilient flooring possible by using concrete and epoxy.
Many companies specializing in epoxy and concrete flooring have adopted many eye-catching and innovative designs. Some even appear to be convincingly three-dimensional.
Imagine a floor that features rippling water, a forest floor, or another design that can be beautiful, relaxing, or even surreal. The ability to turn a bare floor into a creative canvas has helped to make concrete floors with epoxy finishes beautiful and popular, as well as functional.
As technology and techniques continue to evolve, your imagination and budget may serve as the only barriers to putting your vision in place.
Most customers, however, are not yet ready for their living room floor to appear like the surface of the ocean, a leaf-covered forest floor, or some other scene.
For these customers, variety can come from one of four different methods of injecting color into the epoxy.
Most epoxies that use color in any way apply color flakes. Currently, they come in 150 different styles with an uncountable array of blends. The industry may also refer to the material used as vinyl color flakes, chips, or flecks.
When you use combinations of different colored flakes, you will get a unique and attractive result with a one of a kind look.
Others love the epoxy look with granules of quartz or some other material. Unlike some other epoxy additives, color granules are manufactured with perfect and uniform shapes. These shapes provide a more regular look than those that include the color flakes.
Mica materials add a soft glow to your epoxy flooring. They come from a specially created sheet of silica materials. Each material’s chemical makeup allows it to form tiny hexagonal pieces when broken down before adding to the epoxy.
Micas also enhance a floor’s durability and resilience. They have qualities that resist the damaging effects of ultraviolet light, as well.
The use of different styles and types of pigments has grown more popular. They can be used to create an endless variety of colors and other effects. You can also combine them with color flakes to craft a dazzling and sparkly effect.
Want to learn more about how an epoxy coating can make your durable concrete floor look spectacular? Our expert and professional staff can answer any questions about epoxy flooring, including the different styles and techniques that we offer.
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