West Coast Epoxy

I spoke with 4 companies about epoxy for my garage floor. Marc Ross from West Coast Epoxy of Roseville seemed far more experienced and knowledgeable than the others–and his price was lowest. He made a second trip so we could decide on colors. Friendly and fielded all my questions–a lot of them. One note: West Coast Epoxy did my small 2-can garage starting at 8:00 and were finished by 1:30. One of their competitors told me it was impossible to do the job in one day–that 2-3 days would be required to allow for cure times, etc. BUT when I passed this on to Marc Ross, he explained that he used different products and he uses accelerators to speed the curing. I went and looked at jobs he had done. The guy who said it couldn’t be done in 1 day either knew better or should have known better. On July 12, Sean, his installer, arrived. Sean is an articulate, intelligent 24 year old–and obviously well trained to do his job. 1. He used big walk behind grinder to grind surface of old concrete. Then used a hand grinder (hands and knees) next to the walls where big grinder didn’t reach. 2. Then vacuumed up about 1/2 inch of ground concrete. 3. Then applied primer and squeegeed it left and right and up and down until it was absolutely evenly distributed. 4 Then sprinkled 2-3 big bags of flakes–until I could hardly see the primer under the flakes. 5. After primer/flakes were cured a bit, he then sanded the flaked surface to take sharp tips off flakes and vacuumed again. 6. After lunch and some more cure time, applied the top coat of clear non-yellowing top coat. The floor was/is shining beautifully and Sean called my attention to the fact that looking across the shiny floor, you could see some low places–because my original floor was not level. I was impressed that it was something he wanted me to know right away. To have leveled my floor completely would have required way more grinding/filling/time/expense. I don’t believe anyone will notice the low spots unless I show them. If I hose out the garage, I will have some low spots to squeegee or wait a while for them to dry. Sean put up with me and all my comments and question (I can be a real pain in the %#&). He thoroughly cleaned up before he left. If you want an epoxy garage floor, you should definitely talk to Marc Ross’s West Coast Epoxy of Roseville.