1. Prepare for TerraFirma Crew – Empty the space of vehicles, storage, and anything touching floors.
2. Moisture – Water limits basecoat adhesion, so we check for any sources of excess moisture affecting the floor and seal them.
3. Lifting & Leveling – If the cement is uneven, we can use our Polylevel® system to lift it and fill voids underneath the concrete. I on.
4. Cracks – There are two main solutions we have for this:
   • Hairline Cracks: We use an epoxy crack filler to fill these in. This is a two-component epoxy that can be used on vertical and horizontal surfaces.
   • Large Cracks: We have a polyurea crack-filler that is a highly durable structural repair material and a good long-term fix – this even fills in large concrete cracks.
5. Seams – When the cement slabs are poured, engineers include expansion gaps and seams. They allow for the slab to expand and handle a small amount of movement without cracking. We like to preserve these joints, so you will see the lines on the finished floor.
6. Chips & Holes – That same polyurea crack-filler for large cracks can be used to fill in chips and holes in concrete. We can even use it to replace missing chunks in things like steps. The finished job will look straight, level, and clean.
7. Grinding – Once we’ve fixed all the problems with the floor we bring out the big grinder. It tears up the top concrete which provides the best surface for our basecoat. It removes about 1/16 of an inch, but the epoxy floor will more than make up for that. We use industrial vacuums with filters to minimize dust.

Now that the floor is prepped, we put down the basecoat. It’s a two-component polyaspartic basecoat. We mix the two parts which activate the chemical reactions that will adhere to the concrete as well as the decorative chips later. We cover the entire floor with the basecoat using large metal spatulas. The basecoat is rapid-cure so we don’t have to wait a hours or days. It has low odor and excellent adhesion.

While we don’t do entire walls of epoxy flooring, we can go up the sidewalls a bit. Often garages will have the foundation stem-wall exposed between the drywall and floor. We can coat this for a nice, finished look. The surface will be rougher than the floor and we include the square footage in the cost.

This is the star of the show, the part you see. The chips are made from UV stable vinyl which means they are resistant to fading, discoloration, and degradation of the vinyl. It’s good quality stuff and we’re not stingy with it. We throw out enough to cover every inch of floor and then some. It’s about 80 pounds of chips per 400 square feet.