Thinking About a DIY Epoxy Garage Floor?

You might be considering a DIY epoxy garage floor or another DIY coating for your upcoming home makeover, but proceed with caution —DIY garage floor coating projects both come with significant drawbacks. Doing your own installation and selecting epoxy may be initially cheaper, but they frequently underperform compared to professionally installed polyaspartic garage floor coatings. In other words, the decision to do it yourself doesn’t age well — costing you time and money in the long term.

What are the pitfalls of a DIY garage floor coating? Why is a polyaspartic floor installed by experts like the team at Hello Garage of Denver a superior option? Here’s how DIY garage flooring solutions like epoxy and other do-it-yourself garage floor paints stack up to expertly installed polyaspartic garage floor coatings.

Many DIY garage floor coatings, epoxy kits in particular, come with considerable drawbacks. From lack of long-term durability to a challenging application process, here are some of the typical disadvantages homeowners encounter with a DIY epoxy coating.

A DIY epoxy garage floor or floor painting often does not have the robust nature and resilience of polyaspartic floor coatings installed by experts. Unlike polyaspartic, which is a long lasting and flexible surface, epoxy flooring is more susceptible to splintering, flaking and chemical damage — especially in busy garages. Garage floor painting can easily flake off under heavy use.

Unlike polyaspartic coatings, most DIY garage floor coatings are not UV stable. This means even the best DIY garage floor coating made from epoxy can lose its color, yellow or break down when exposed to sunlight — even light coming through garage windows or open doors.

Unfortunately, DIY epoxy garage floor kits and other do-it-yourself coatings sold at retail stores typically demand multiple coats with extended curing times in between, sometimes requiring several days to complete. Any misstep in mixing or timing can mess up the entire project and lead to subpar results. Our polyaspartic floors harden more rapidly and are installed by professionals.

For the best outcome, the concrete surface of a garage floor must be thoroughly cleaned, dried and often ground or chemically treated prior to installing an epoxy floor. This type of prep work is difficult and time consuming for homeowners who want to install DIY epoxy garage floor kits. At Hello Garage of Denver, we manage the prep work ourselves using specialized machinery.

Without adequate protection, fumes produced when putting in your own garage floor can be dangerous, especially in an unventilated space. You can prevent this potentially dangerous situation by contracting a professional garage floor coating company to do the installation.

Don’t waste your time, money and effort on a DIY epoxy garage floor or another DIY coating that you may not be happy with in the long run. When you partner with Hello Garage of Denver, we handle the installation and you are able to take it easy and enjoy a hassle-free, attractive and long-lasting polyaspartic garage floor.

Take the stress out of your garage floor coating. Go pro by calling 1.888.59.GARAGE today to arrange your free estimate for an expertly applied, premium polyaspartic garage floor coating from Hello Garage of Denver.