Shop & Commercial Floor Epoxy in Lafayette, IN

Shop and commercial floor epoxy is built thicker and tougher than a typical garage coating. Greater Lafayette is a manufacturing area. Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Wabash National's trailer operations, Caterpillar's Large Engine Center, Evonik's Tippecanoe Laboratories and Landis+Gyr all operate here. Around those plants are home workshops, farm shops, pole barns, repair bays and small businesses whose floors take real abuse.

What makes a shop floor different

A shop floor carries rolling loads from floor jacks, engine hoists and carts. It sees dropped tools, welding spatter, hydraulic fluid, fuel and solvents. A thin coating cracks or wears through in the traffic lanes. HomeAdvisor lists industrial-grade 100% solids epoxy at $12 or more per square foot, and those systems go on much thicker than a standard garage coat. That thickness takes impact and holds up to chemicals.

Systems we use on working floors

• 100% solids epoxy builds: multiple thick coats for impact and abrasion
• Broadcast systems: flake or sand broadcast into the base for grip and wear
• Chemical-resistant topcoats: urethane or polyaspartic over the epoxy for fuel, oil and solvent resistance
• Safety striping: colored lines for walkways, work zones and parking
• Anti-slip textures: aggregate added where floors get wet or oily

Farm shops and pole barns

Outside the cities, many of our floors are in pole barns and machine sheds around towns like Otterbein, Fowler and Linden. Those slabs are often big, were poured without much finishing, and carry tractor, mower and truck traffic plus fertilizer and fuel spills. Road and farm salt rides in with equipment in winter. We grind these floors to open the surface, fill cracks and joints, and use a thicker system in the lanes where equipment turns.

Businesses that cannot close for long

A shop, salon, break room or retail sales floor loses money every day it is closed. Polyaspartic topcoats cure in hours, so we can often finish a section in one day and reopen it the next. We also plan work in phases so part of a space stays open while another part is coated. Tell us your schedule at the estimate and we will build the plan around it.

Prep for heavily used concrete

Old commercial slabs often carry oil, sealers, curing compounds and years of grime. Acid etching does not remove them. We diamond grind to clean concrete, degrease oil-soaked areas, and repair spalled joints and cracks before coating. If a slab has moisture issues, we test and choose a suitable primer. If a slab is heaving or has moving structural cracks, we tell you before any coating goes down.

Cleaning and upkeep

Coated shop floors clean with a squeegee, a mop and a degreaser that is safe for the topcoat. In traffic lanes, a fresh topcoat every few years renews the surface without redoing the whole system. We show you what to use and what to avoid.

Owners and landlords

Lafayette has a large rental market. About 53.3% of occupied homes are renter-occupied, according to 2019 to 2023 American Community Survey figures summarized by Point2Homes. Landlords and property managers ask us about coatings for shared garages, maintenance shops and utility rooms, where an easy-to-clean floor saves time between tenants.