Epoxy Floor Questions We Hear Across Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky

Typically about $2,000 to $5,000 for a flake floor with a polyaspartic top coat. That figure is typical, not a quote: it comes from about $5–$10 per square foot across the 400–500 square feet of a usual 2-car garage. A 1-car garage typically runs about $1,000–$3,000 and a 3-car about $3,000–$8,000, while solid-color epoxy runs about $3–$6 per square foot and metallic about $6–$12. We quote each floor after seeing it, and the full breakdown is in our pricing guide.

Mostly the condition of the concrete. A clean, sound slab needs less work than one that is cracked, pitted or carrying an old coating. Typical add-ons are crack patching at about $25–$250, resurfacing a badly damaged slab at about $3–$7 per square foot, moisture testing at about $50–$300, and a moisture-mitigation primer at about $1–$3 per square foot more where readings call for it. The finish you pick and the size of the space account for the rest.

All three are floor coatings we can put down; they differ mainly in how fast they cure and where they’re usually used. Epoxy is the classic build coat and the material behind solid-color and metallic floors. Polyaspartic and polyurea are faster-curing coatings often used as the base or top layer of a garage flake system, and plenty of floors combine them. We recommend a system once we have seen the slab and heard how you use the space. There’s a longer epoxy vs. polyaspartic comparison on the blog.

Yes. Metallic epoxy moves pigment through the resin for a swirled, almost liquid-metal look, in colors such as blue, red, silver and bronze. John Vu, whose garage we coated, wrote: “Almost looks like a natural matte finished marbled look.” We plan the colors with you before work starts, and metallic typically runs about $6–$12 per square foot. See more on metallic floors.

Yes. Colors are mixed to order, flake floors can be built from a blend of chips with mica or glitter, and a non-slip additive is available for floors that get wet. To play with options before the visit, try the Floor Studio.

For a garage you park in, usually yes. Paint and most kits go on as a thin film over concrete that has only been washed or etched, and a thin film is what tends to lift under hot tires and peel near the door. A floor we install starts with the concrete ground smooth and its cracks, holes and divots filled, then a thicker system goes down, such as flake epoxy under a polyaspartic top coat. The full comparison, with typical prices, is in Is Epoxy Flooring Worth It in Cincinnati?

Often, yes, once the slab has been checked. Basement slabs can carry moisture, so we look at the concrete before recommending a system and will tell you if it needs a moisture-mitigation primer first. Be clear about what a coating can’t do: it won’t keep water out of a basement or stop a sewer backup, and nothing should be coated over active water. What it does give you is a sealed surface that is far easier to mop and disinfect if water ever gets in. Basement floors come up often in our Google reviews.

Not if the slab was prepped properly before it was coated. Salty slush sits on top of a coated floor, and since garage floors slope toward the door or a drain, you can squeegee or hose it out. Bare concrete is what suffers: deicers speed up surface scaling, which is why concrete engineers tell homeowners to hose salt off garage slabs.

And there is plenty to track in. The Cincinnati area averages about 100 nights a year at or below freezing and about 23 inches of snow at the airport weather station, and road crews on both sides of the river treat hills, bridges and highways with salt and brine that rides home on your tires. Why coatings fail at that door edge is covered in our garage-door peeling guide.

Stable cracks are filled and ground flush as part of the prep; cracks that are still moving are a different story. Cincinnati’s hillsides sit on clay-rich shale soil, and some local soils swell and shrink between wet and dry seasons, so we check whether a crack is active. If it is, we’ll tell you before quoting a coating, because no floor coating can hold a moving slab together. If an older coating is already chipping or lifting, see repairs and recoats.

Sweep or dust-mop regularly, damp-mop with a mild cleaner, and rinse or squeegee winter slush out rather than letting it dry on the floor. A mat at the door into the house catches grit, and oil or chemical spills should be wiped up when you see them. Ask us which cleaners suit your system, and call us if you notice wear at the garage door edge. The maintenance guide has more.

We won’t put a number of years on it before we have seen your slab: the concrete underneath and the care afterward decide most of it. Floors that stay down usually have these in common:

• a slab ground smooth, with its cracks, holes and divots filled;
• a moisture check on basement concrete;
• a straight answer about any crack that is still moving;
• a system picked for how the room gets used;
• install-day conditions the product can handle;
• salty slush rinsed or squeegeed off through the winter.

Early peeling, most often just inside the garage door, usually means one of those steps was skipped; our garage-door peeling guide explains why. You get a written warranty before any deposit; ask us for the warranty terms on the system you choose.

The concrete is ground smooth, and cracks, holes and divots are filled before any coating goes down. That gives the coating clean, sound concrete to grip instead of dirt, old sealer or a weak surface. Krystal & Til put it simply in their review: “They even ground down imperfections and sealed cracks.” After that come the color coats and the top coat. For garages specifically, see the garage floor page.

We don’t promise a one-day floor. How soon you can walk on it or park on it comes down to the coating, the slab and the temperature in the space, so ask us for the walk-on and drive-on times for the system you choose. Faster-curing coatings and a classic epoxy build don’t follow the same schedule. Ask when we quote, so you can plan where the cars and the laundry go in the meantime.

Yes. Everything comes off the floor so the whole slab can be ground, repaired and coated. For a shop or warehouse, ask us about doing the work in sections so part of the space stays in use.

Epoxy Flooring Cincinnati installs garage, basement, metallic and commercial epoxy floors in 13 towns across Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky, nine in Ohio and four in Kentucky. We measure and quote every floor in person, and our crew installs it. The business is rated 5.0 on Google from 59 reviews, and calls to (513) 434-8103 reach us Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 6 PM; closed Saturday and Sunday.

We’ve been serving Greater Cincinnati since 2019. Today that covers nine Ohio towns and four in Northern Kentucky, with each floor measured and quoted in person before our crew installs it. To see the work rather than read about it, the gallery opens with photos from our own jobs.

Yes, Epoxy Flooring Cincinnati is licensed and insured. The person you meet at the quote is also on your floor with the crew on install day, so questions about the business and questions about the job go to the same person. Ask anything you’d like to check when we come out to measure.

Yes. You get a written warranty before any deposit changes hands, so you can read it before you commit. Ask us for the warranty terms on the system you choose when we quote your floor. Prep and care still do the most to decide how a floor holds up, which is why the slab is ground smooth and repaired before any coating goes on.

Yes. We work in Florence, Erlanger, Newport and Fort Thomas on the Kentucky side, and in Cincinnati, Mason, Fairfield, Blue Ash, Loveland, Sharonville, Springdale, Lebanon and Hamilton in Ohio. If you’re near one of those towns and aren’t sure, call and ask, or see all 13 towns.

Yes: kitchens and restaurants, showrooms, pharmacies, health-care spaces and warehouses, as well as homes. Commercial pricing depends heavily on the system. Published figures from outside the Cincinnati area put the systems we offer at about $3 per square foot for standard two-coat epoxy and up to $12 for polyaspartic, polyurea or metallic, so treat them as a rough guide rather than a local quote. We price commercial work after a site visit.

Yes. Call (513) 434-8103 Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 6 PM to reach us, or send the form and we’ll call you back to book the visit. We measure the space, look at the concrete, walk you through colors and systems and quote the job in person, with no obligation.

Put the quotes side by side and check what each one includes: grinding the concrete, filling the cracks, a moisture check on a basement slab, which layers go down, when you can walk and park on the floor, and whether you get a written warranty before any deposit; with us, you do. Our typical ranges are posted on this site, so you can see where a number sits before anyone visits. A coupon or a percent-off deal says little until you know the full price it comes out of. The pricing guide lists what moves a price.

Call (513) 434-8103 Monday to Friday, 9 AM to 6 PM; closed Saturday and Sunday. If we can’t pick up, we’ll call you back. If you send the form instead, we’ll call you back and set up the free visit.