Polyaspartic, Epoxy, or Both?
Buyer Beware
Don’t be misled by companies bold claims
Remain cautious when hearing claims such as “our product is 5x or 20x stronger than epoxy”. this referrence is made towards the diy epoxy from the home improvement stores. The scope of resinous flooring products available today is far too complex for these types of generalities. DIY epoxy available for purchase at a big-box store is going to be far less capable than an epoxy supplied by a high-performance coatings company or manufacturer. Many epoxies will in fact offer superior chemical resistance and adhesion when compared to polyureas.
Polyurea & Polyaspartics are indeed great products, especially for the clear protective top coat, but not necessarily the best choice for the base coat for a garage floor coating system. In Fact, if there’s moisture in your concrete above 3 pounds or 5.5%, then a moisture blocking primer epoxy must be used. WHY? Because these types of primer epoxies have a stronger adhesion to ensure the strength and bond to the concrete is not compromised.
Why don’t they use the moisture blocking primer epoxy to begin with since it’s much stronger? And then the polyaspartic for the top coat? Here’s why. These companies use polyurea or polyaspartic for the base AND top coats so they can use the same product for both. It’s less expensive for them but not necessarily the best for you. Then when they perform a moisture test and determined that a moisture blocking primer epoxy needs to be used, they’ll charge extra for it.
If you’re serious about your garage floor, This article over at Resinwerks.com explains the differences between epoxy, polyurea, and polyaspartic coatings. Very well worth the read. By the way, we are in no way affilliated with Resinwerks.
You deserve not to be misled right from the beginning. We, at Garage Expressions, always use a moisture blocking primer epoxy on every garage floor, then the decorative flakes followed by the clear polyaspartic top coat. We always have. And we don’t charge extra for it. Polyurea/Polyaspartic is much better suited for the protective top coat which is what we use for that.
How strong are our floors? Watch this video! You be the judge.
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