Warehouse & Shop Floor Epoxy in Laredo, TX

Warehouse and shop floor epoxy is built for loads and chemicals that would wear out a residential coating in months. Laredo is the largest inland port in the United States, and Wikipedia describes the local economy as centered on commercial and industrial warehousing, import and export. That adds up to a lot of concrete carrying forklifts, pallet jacks, racking and trucks. Webb County's ranching history adds equipment barns and shops to the mix.

What a heavy-use floor needs

HomeAdvisor notes that commercial and industrial settings call for 100% solids coatings. Those systems go on thicker than residential coatings and resist abrasion, impact and many chemicals. Depending on the use, a floor might get a thick epoxy base, a broadcast of quartz or flake for texture, and a chemical-resistant urethane or polyaspartic topcoat.

Common commercial floors we coat

• Distribution and storage warehouses
• Truck, trailer and fleet maintenance shops
• Auto repair bays and tire shops
• Ranch shops, equipment barns and tack rooms
• Retail backrooms, loading areas and stockrooms
• Restaurant kitchens, break rooms and restrooms

Joints, cracks and forklift traffic

Warehouse slabs have control and construction joints, and forklift wheels hit those joints thousands of times. Broken joint edges grow into spalls and trip hazards. Before coating, we clean out and repair damaged joints and spalls, and we fill cracks so the coating has a continuous surface. Where a slab has heaved or settled, we tell you before we coat over it.

Oil, grease and fluids

Shop floors soak up oil, hydraulic fluid and coolant over years. A coating will not bond to contaminated concrete. We degrease, grind and test stained areas, and where oil has gone deep, we may need to grind further or use a primer suited to it. That prep is part of the written scope.

Slip resistance and safety markings

Floors near wash bays, loading doors and kitchens get wet. We can broadcast aggregate into the coating for grip where people walk and leave smoother areas where carts roll. Safety lines, walkways and parking stripes can be added in contrasting colors.

Working around your operations

We can coat in phases, work nights or weekends, and use fast-cure topcoats so sections return to service quickly. Large, open warehouse spaces in Laredo heat up in summer, so we plan pours for cooler hours and keep material out of the sun.