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Shop Floor Epoxy in Salt Lake City, UT
Thicker, tougher coatings for shops and work bays, laid over a properly ground slab. Get a free quote.
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Free Shop Floor Quote
Add the garage or shop size, the slab's age if you know it, and any cracks, stains or old coatings. Expect a callback about the floor and a time to see it.
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- Diamond-ground prep
- Moisture tested
- Solid or flake systems
Car count or rough square footage is plenty.
Shop & Workshop Floors
Shop Floor Epoxy in Salt Lake City, UT
A shop floor works harder than a garage. Jack stands concentrate the weight of a vehicle onto a few square inches, rolling toolboxes grind grit into the surface, and brake cleaner, hydraulic fluid and battery acid land on it sooner or later. A thin garage-grade coating can dent, scratch through or soften under that. Shop floors usually get a heavier build: thicker body coats, a harder topcoat chosen for chemical resistance, and texture placed where people stand and walk, with smoother lanes where carts and creepers roll.
Detached shops around the valley often sit on big, newer slabs, which raises prep questions of their own. New concrete has to cure before coating, a large floor needs a careful look at its saw-cut control joints, and slabs poured without a vapor barrier may need a moisture-tolerant primer. Joints are filled and coated over where they are stable, or recut through the coating where they still move. If the work involves welding or grinding sparks, we talk about how coatings handle heat and where a protected zone makes sense.
What's included
What goes into shop and workshop floors
- 01
Heavy-build body coats
Thicker coats that stand up to jack stands, dropped tools and rolling loads better than a thin garage film.
- 02
Chemical-resistant topcoat
A topcoat selected for the fluids your shop actually uses, from oil and coolant to solvents and brake cleaner.
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Joint treatment
Control joints filled and coated where they are stable, or recut through the coating where they still move.
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Moisture mitigation
A primer made for higher vapor levels, used where testing shows the slab needs one.
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Zoned texture
More grip at workbenches and doorways, a smoother surface where carts and creepers roll.
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Drain and edge detailing
Coating carried neatly into floor drains and along walls so spilled fluids can't creep under the edge.
Examples
Shop & Workshop Floors: examples of the work
Stock photos: examples of the work type.
How it works
Shop & Workshop Floors, step by step
- 1
Walk the shop
We look at the slab, how the space is used, and which chemicals and loads the floor will see.
- 2
Test and grind
Moisture is tested, the floor is ground edge to edge, and joints and cracks are prepared.
- 3
Build the system
Primer, heavy body coats and the chosen topcoat go down in sequence, with texture where you want it.
- 4
Cure and load
You get separate timing for foot traffic, rolling equipment and vehicles.
Questions
Shop & Workshop Floors questions
Can a detached shop be coated in winter?
Yes, if it can be heated. The slab itself, not just the air, has to stay warm enough for the coating to cure, and many unheated shops in the valley sit near freezing for weeks. Heating the building ahead of time and through the cure usually solves it.
What drives the price of a shop floor coating?
Floor area, the condition of the slab, how many joints and cracks need treatment, moisture levels, and the thickness and topcoat of the system. A big new slab with few defects can move faster than a smaller old one with oil soak and damage. Quotes are free and done on site.
Does a new shop slab need to wait before it's coated?
Yes. New concrete releases moisture as it cures, and coating too soon can trap it under the film. Plan on about a month at minimum, longer in cool weather, plus a moisture test. If we are pouring the slab, it can be planned with a vapor barrier for the coating to come.
Will epoxy handle a car lift or jack stands?
A heavy-build system handles jack stands far better than a thin coat, though steel stands can mark any coating, and plywood pads help. Lift posts bolt into the concrete, so the slab's thickness and strength matter more than the coating there.
Is epoxy safe around welding?
Sparks and hot slag can scorch or mark most coatings. Many shop owners leave a welding area uncoated or cover it with a mat and coat the rest. We talk through where you work hot before choosing a system.
Coatings and concrete
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Service area
Shop & Workshop Floors in these towns
We quote shop & workshop floors for homes and shops in these towns:
Salt Lake County
Tooele County
Free quotes on shop & workshop floors
Send the garage size and what's on the floor now, and a free quote follows with the prep explained.