Epoxy Flooring

Epoxy floor coating is a great choice for manufacturing plants, storage and warehousing flooring.

Honestone’s epoxy coating is ideal for concrete floors in industrial and commercial environments. It ensures a smooth, durable and patch-free surface that can withstand heavy weight and large traffic.

Our epoxy toppings are designed to protect or enhance the performance of your concrete floors, thereby preventing premature deterioration.

The coatings are oil, chemical, water and fire-resistant. This makes them a safe option if your premises involve potential chemical or wet spillages.

We provide epoxy roll coats to our clients, covering typically between 1,000 to 4,000 square metres.

What is Epoxy Flooring?

Epoxy flooring is also known as resin flooring. This is because it is mixed on-site from two compounds (as ‘part A’ and ‘part B’).

The resin has a working time of about 20 minutes. We roll it down like paint. The key to achieving an even coating thickness comes down to skill and experience. This is part of the reason why our team is highly sought after for epoxy industrial floor coating jobs.

Floor Preparation

An epoxy floor installation is only as good as the preparation. Floor preparation is vital for any epoxy floor.

For us, this means inspecting and moisture-testing your floor beforehand. This step is important. If there is existing moisture in your floor, it can create unevenness in the coating or even cause it to come right off the underlying concrete.

There are many reasons for moisture accumulation in an existing floor. You can have moisture if your concrete floor is new (and thus, still have residual moisture coming out). Or you may have a rising dampness problem where your floor is located.

If there is too much moisture in your floor, we can address that by using a moisture barrier as a primer before putting the epoxy coating on.

To achieve the best results, we like to diamond-grind off all prior epoxy coating your floor may have. While that might be a little more expensive, it means there is no risk of the new epoxy system failing. Diamond grinding removes all contaminants and residue, and results in a mechanical surface profile ideal for epoxy coating. You can then be assured of trouble-free flooring.

Application – Epoxy Roller Coating

It is best to apply coatings in the afternoon, when temperatures are dropping. In the morning, the coating is more likely to heat up — which can cause unsightly air bubbles in your new floor coating.

Typically, it takes our team about 2 hours per 500 square metres to complete roller coating.

You will also have to allow time for the curing of your new resin floor.

Lifetime

Coatings in manufacturing tend to last between one to a maximum of 5 years, after which they must be ground off and redone.

If you are after a longer lifetime for your floor, it is best to consider diamond grinding to create a polished concrete floor. This also has the advantage of potentially no shutdown periods for your facility.

Planning for an epoxy floor? Here are a few important tips.

Please get in touch with us as early in your project timetable as possible. If you contact us during the pre-construction or design stage, that’s when we can best advise you. Our advice will include weighing up installation costs vs. the longevity of various other flooring options.

Also, if you are considering leasing or buying premises, get your existing floors inspected. Because what looks like a little repair problem could prove to be a far more costly one upon closer analysis.

We have seen mechanics’ workshop concrete floors that have been soaking up oils for 20 years like a sponge. In such cases, the accumulated oil would have just kept rising, no matter how much grinding or treatment was done. But because we were consulted early enough, we were able to recommend our client to avoid the premises altogether.