Floor Coatings in Joliet, IL

Garage floor coatings in Joliet that start with the repairs

We coat garage, basement and shop floors with a polyaspartic flake system, installed by our MK Concrete Coatings crew. Repairs come early in that process: after the diamond grinder opens the slab, we fill every crack and pit we find and grind the patches flush. The epoxy base goes on next as a moisture vapor barrier, with flake broadcast into it until it will not take more. Once it is scraped and cleaned, a polyaspartic top coat seals the whole floor.

Joliet is on our regular route, and we reach it on I-80, I-55, Route 30 and Route 53, then across town on Jefferson Street and Larkin Avenue. Garages around Will County take brine and road salt all winter, and the salt works into bare concrete every time the snow melts off a car. If your Joliet garage floor has pitting near the door or a crack running across the middle, those spots need to be fixed before anything goes over them. Coating over a crack without repairing it just puts a nicer color on the same problem.

What we do to a Joliet garage floor

Pits and scaling filled

Salt-damaged spots near the door and under the car get filled and ground level with the slab.

Cracks repaired

We open up and fill cracks so they become part of the floor, not a line under the coating.

Full-floor diamond grind

The whole slab is ground, edges included, so the coating bonds evenly from wall to door.

Epoxy vapor barrier

The base layer stops moisture moving up from below, which is what lifts cheaper coatings.

Flake to refusal, then scraped

Flake goes on until the base is buried, then loose and high chips are scraped and swept away.

Salt-ready top coat

The polyaspartic finish resists road salt, hot tires and UV, so the winter mess wipes off instead of soaking in.

How a Joliet floor coating job runs

Send us a photo or set up a visit, and we will come look at the floor in person at no charge. The written estimate lists the square footage at $8.50 per square foot, with a $2,000 minimum, and calls out the cracks and pits we plan to repair. If grinding exposes more damage than the surface showed, we stop, show you, and write up the extra before we touch it. We hold to the install days we set with you and walk the floor with you at the end.

No-charge visit to look at the slab
Cracks and pits named on the estimate
Extra repairs approved by you first
Moisture vapor barrier under the flake
Foot traffic in 24 hours, cars in 72
10-year workmanship warranty, written

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Floor Coatings estimate in Joliet

Tell us about the project and we will set a time to look at it.

FAQ

Floor Coatings in Joliet: questions

My garage floor is cracked. Can it still be coated?

Usually, yes. We grind the slab, fill the cracks and pits, and grind the repairs flush before the base goes down. If a slab has moved enough that a coating will not hold, we tell you at the estimate.

How long before I can use the garage again?

You can walk on the floor 24 hours after the top coat and park on it after 72. The install days are listed on the estimate.

Does the city of Joliet require a permit for a floor coating?

Coating an existing slab usually does not need one. If your project includes work the city of Joliet does require a permit for, we pull it.

Do you coat floors outside Joliet?

Yes. We also do garage floors in Shorewood, Crest Hill, Lockport and Channahon.

How is a Joliet floor coating priced?

At $8.50 per square foot with a $2,000 minimum, written out after we measure. Call or text (815) 585-1750 to set up the visit.

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