Anti-slip additives are broadcast into the final topcoat to give the floor extra grip without making it look rough or unfinished. Whether it’s silica, aluminum oxide, or polymer grit, these add-ons are essential for safety in wet, sloped, or high-traffic areas. It’s a smart upgrade that keeps your people on their feet and your facility compliant—especially in shops, wash bays, and commercial kitchens.
Anti-Slip Additives
Line striping is applied during installation using epoxy-safe paints or pigmented coatings to permanently mark walkways, loading zones, or hazard areas. Unlike surface tape, it doesn’t peel, fade, or wear off under foot or forklift traffic. It’s a functional and clean way to organize your floor plan, improve traffic flow, and boost workplace safety—all baked right into the system.
Line Striping
Refined System
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High-End Aesthetics: Glossy, showroom-quality finish that elevates the look of any space.
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Long-Term Durability: Multi-coat build resists wear, chemicals, and hot tire pickup.
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Easier Maintenance: Smooth, sealed surface makes cleaning fast and effective.
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Higher Upfront Cost: More material and labor due to multi-layer system.
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Longer Install Time: Requires additional cure time between coats.
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Overkill for Some Spaces: Not necessary for purely functional or hidden areas.
Industrial System
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Cost-Effective: Fewer coats = lower material and labor cost.
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Fast Turnaround: Ideal for minimizing downtime in busy facilities.
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Functional Performance: Tough, slip-resistant, and great for marking zones or paths.
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Less Aesthetic Appeal: Matte or satin finish won’t win any design awards.
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Shorter Lifespan: May need reapplication or touch-ups sooner than a refined system.
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Limited Customization: Fewer color, texture, and finish options.
Refined
Built for looks and longevity, this system typically includes 2–3 coats plus a high-performance topcoat. It's ideal for spaces that need to look sharp and hold up—think retail showrooms, high-end garages, or polished commercial interiors. Beyond aesthetics, it offers better chemical resistance, easier cleaning, and longer life between maintenance cycles. If you're after a clean, glossy finish that turns heads and handles real-world use, this is the way to go.
This setup is all about performance and efficiency—typically a single or two-coat build, optionally fortified with anti-slip agents for safety. It’s designed for environments where durability matters more than shine: warehouses, factories, mechanical shops, or anywhere foot and forklift traffic is nonstop. It’s cost-effective, quick to install, and tough as nails—plus, solid colors make it easy to mark walkways, safety zones, and work areas without overcomplicating the install.
Industrial
System Types: Refined or industrial?
Not every floor needs to shine—some need to survive. Whether you're running a high-end retail space or a heavy-use workshop, the right epoxy system depends on how the space is used—not how fancy it sounds on paper. Below, we break down two core system types—Refined and Industrial—so you can pick what actually works for your environment, your budget, and your wear-and-tear expectations.
Solid Colour
Epoxy Systems
Durable. Seamless. Low-Maintenance.
Solid colour epoxy coatings are one of the most reliable and cost-effective flooring systems for both commercial and residential environments. Known for their clean aesthetic, chemical resistance, and long service life, these coatings deliver performance in high-traffic, heavy-use areas while offering a smooth, uniform appearance.
Spot Leaks, Spills, and Dropped Parts Instantly
Solid color epoxy floors aren’t just for looks—they’re a tool. Light grey or red finishes make oil spills, fluid leaks, or dropped bolts immediately visible, helping you reduce slip hazards and lost time searching for parts. Especially valuable in mechanical and industrial settings where safety and speed matter.
Boost Safety with Anti-Slip Additives
Add texture where it counts. Our epoxy systems can be fortified with anti-slip agents like aluminum oxide or silica to help prevent slips in high-traffic or wet areas. You get serious grip without sacrificing cleanability or durability.
Built-In Line Striping & Zoning
Epoxy is a blank canvas for smart facility layouts. We can embed traffic lines, footpaths, safety zones, and loading areas directly into the coating system—no peeling tape or repaints every few months. Clean, permanent, and OSHA-friendly.
Less Downtime
Epoxy floors hold up to forklift traffic, harsh cleaners, dropped tools, and heavy foot traffic. And when it’s time to clean up, all you need is a mop and a bucket. That means fewer shutdowns, less maintenance, and more time doing what your space is built for.
Why Epoxy?
Real life Benefits
Colour Options
Have something in mind that you don't see here? We do custom colours too!
Custom options
An industrial urethane topcoat is a rugged, high-performance finish designed for environments that demand serious durability. It delivers exceptional resistance to chemicals, abrasion, UV exposure, and wear—making it ideal for garages, warehouses, production floors, and other heavy-use spaces. When long-term performance and a tough-as-nails finish matter more than fast cure times, urethane topcoats are the industry standard.
Industrial Urethane Topcoat
Safety symbols like arrows, hazard zones, or stenciled text can be embedded between epoxy coats to create permanent, high-visibility indicators. No peeling stickers or faded paint—these are locked into the system for good. It’s a sharp, professional way to keep teams informed and spaces compliant without cluttering the floor with temporary signage.
Embedded Safety Symbols
Custom logos can be installed beneath the topcoat using vinyl decals, giving your floor a branded, professional finish. Whether it’s your company logo in a showroom or a bold emblem in a garage, this is a simple way to make your floor stand out and reinforce your brand. It’s sealed under the coating, so it stays clean and crisp for the long haul.
Logos
Solid color epoxy doesn’t have to mean boring. Add stripes, borders, geometric layouts, or dual-tone sections to give your space a custom look that fits your vibe or workflow. Whether it’s a checkerboard garage or a high-contrast service bay, these patterns elevate your floor without adding unnecessary complexity to the install.
Patterns & Design
True 2 Part Epoxy System
A true 2-part epoxy system is a professional-grade coating made by mixing a resin and hardener just before application, triggering a chemical reaction that forms a hard, durable, and highly adhesive surface. This is the real deal—what you want for high-performance environments like garages, warehouses, and commercial spaces
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DIY Epoxy Paint
1-part "epoxy paint" is essentially regular paint with a dash of epoxy added in. It might sound similar, but it doesn’t cure the same way, doesn’t bond as deeply, and wears out much faster under traffic, chemicals, or abrasion. Bottom line: if you’re after longevity, strength, and actual protection, don’t settle for the watered-down version. Go with a 2-part system or be ready to repaint.
Other Custom Epoxy Finishes
Flake system
Decorative vinyl flakes are imbedded into a resin matrix creating a light build orange peel texture finish. using the correct resins, this system can be both interior and exterior, and both smooth and easy to clean and anti slip. This system is best suited for Garages, utility areas, and some exterior spaces.
Quartz System
Epoxy Quartz is broadcast into a resin matrix, or premixed with resin and troweled over the floor creating a highly durable and impact resistant surface. cove base can also be beautifully integrated, creating an easy to clean space. this system is recommended for high wear public use applications over flake systems. such places as swimming pools, prison cells, interior public pedestrian walkways, or mechanical rooms.
Solid Colour System
when simplicity and performance are the top of the list, solid colour is the way to go. a solid colour installation can easily clean up a space, add safety lines, and add anti slip features where desired. solid colour is often selected in manufacturing facilities for its cost effectiveness, and practical use of colours to indicate different areas or safety hazards. custom properties may also be specified in a system to include such things as anti static for a chip manufacturing plant, or specific chemical resistance requirements in a processing or manufacturing plant. we an even get you an specialty epoxy resistant against most harsh acids!
Designer Metallic Epoxy
This designer system is both unique, beautiful, and designed to perform. Irridescent pigments are introduced into the epoxy and applied by a skilled applicator to achieve a vibrant marbled affect. these floors have gained wild popularity since they are both highly durable and a completely unique work of art. A well executed metallic floor, will last for years, and turn heads all the while. A quality system must be applied thick in multiple layers to achieve best results, often sanding in between. The substrate must be carefully prepared and free of defects. A quality metallic epoxy system is not fast, and it is not cheap. while other resin systems like flake or solid colour may have a thickness of 10 mils, a metallic floor is typically over 50! this system is best suited for high end residential or commercial spaces. For that main Leven kitchen area that you want to be the envy of all the neighbours, and have the easiest seamless floor to clean. Or the hot rod enthusiast who needs a floor to match his sweet ride. And of course the man who's worked hard enough give himself the oasis of a man cave he deserves.
Parkade, and pedestrian traffic Systems
Parkade and Pedestrian coatings are often now specified in new buildings. these coatings are a preventative maintenance measure effectively stop the deterioration of concrete surfaces which would typically deteriorate quickly due to weather and salt damages. these systems are designed to be much more flexible, and have much more elongation than other typical coatings and are well suited to freeze thaw cycles, and minor cracking. these coatings mat also serve to completely waterproof a level where there is an interior dry space underneath. anti slip additives are added standard to these systems, and often traffic or safety lines are added at the same time. pedestrian traffic coatings are similar in composition and are well suited for any exterior concrete application such as stairs, balconies, and walkways. a coating applied for these purposes will drastically increase the lifespan, reduce maintenance, and be safer to walk on than typical concrete.
Industrial Urethane Cement
Urethane cement is a urethane combined with a cementitious mix of aggregates to create a thick heavy duty coating meant to stand up to the harshest of environments. and impacts. Different variations may be specified to include thermal shock properties such as in a commercial kitchen, or or processing plant low temperature areas such as a chiller room, , or high impact areas such as a loading dock where regular forklift use would quickly deteriorate regular concrete. urethane cement or urethane slurry floors are considered the most durable coatings on the market are designed to withstand heavy duty use.
Frequently Asked Questions
Solid colour epoxy flooring is a high-performance coating system that delivers a seamless, monolithic finish in a single, uniform colour. It’s typically installed in two or three layers over a properly prepared concrete substrate. The result is a dense, durable surface that resists abrasion, impacts, chemicals, and moisture. Unlike decorative flake or metallic finishes, solid colour epoxy offers a clean, minimalist look that’s easy to maintain and ideal for both residential and commercial use.
At Executive Surfaces, we install solid colour epoxy floors in garages, basements, warehouses, commercial kitchens, showrooms, retail stores, and more across Terrace. This system is often the go-to choice for clients who want a simple, professional-looking floor that performs reliably over time.
It’s a common misconception, but no—solid colour epoxy is not just paint. Paint is typically a thin film that sits on the surface. Epoxy, on the other hand, is a reactive resin that chemically bonds with the concrete, forming a much thicker, more resilient coating. When applied professionally, solid colour epoxy creates a non-porous, impact-resistant finish that’s several times stronger than standard floor paint.
This is why epoxy flooring is commonly used in heavy-duty environments like aircraft hangars, auto shops, and industrial production areas. It's designed to take abuse and still look great. While the smooth, glossy finish may look similar to paint at a glance, its strength, longevity, and protective properties are on an entirely different level.
Solid colour epoxy is one of the best flooring options available for garages, especially in Terrace where seasonal weather can wreak havoc on untreated concrete. The system seals the surface completely, protecting it from de-icing salts, moisture intrusion, hot tire pickup, oil spills, and daily wear from tools, traffic, and vehicles.
Beyond protection, it also looks sharp. A properly installed solid colour epoxy floor instantly elevates the appearance of any garage—turning it into a space that feels more like a showroom than a workshop. The finish is also easy to clean: no grout lines, no open pores to trap dirt, and no peeling paint. Just sweep, mop, and enjoy a floor that performs year after year.
For most residential projects, a solid colour epoxy floor can be installed in as little as two to three days, depending on the condition of the substrate and whether moisture mitigation or repairs are needed. The process includes surface preparation (usually diamond grinding), crack and patch repair, application of the primer coat, epoxy base coat, and a topcoat with or without slip-resistant additives.
In commercial and industrial settings, the timeline may extend depending on square footage, coating thickness, and site-specific factors such as temperature, ventilation, and whether multiple coats need extended cure times. Weather in Terrace can play a role in installation timing as well—especially in unheated spaces or during the colder months where humidity or freezing conditions may delay curing.
On its own, a smooth epoxy floor—especially in a high-gloss finish—can be slippery under certain conditions. However, at Executive Surfaces, we tailor each system’s topcoat to the environment it’s being installed in. For spaces like garages, entryways, or commercial kitchens, we incorporate slip-resistant additives directly into the final coat to create a textured, grippy surface.
These additives come in various grit levels—from very fine (ideal for residential or light traffic areas) to coarse (better for wet or industrial zones). If your solid colour epoxy floor in Terrace will be exposed to rain, snow, oils, or regular hose-downs, we’ll design the surface for optimal safety without compromising on looks.
Yes, absolutely—but surface prep is critical. Before any epoxy goes down, we assess the condition of the slab to identify cracks, spalling, or moisture issues. Cracks are cleaned and filled with specialized epoxy or polyurea fillers. Spalled areas are patched and smoothed. Once the floor is structurally sound, we mechanically grind the surface to open up the pores of the concrete and ensure proper adhesion of the epoxy system.
In some cases—particularly on older slabs in Terrace that have seen decades of wear—we may recommend a resurfacing layer or additional prep steps to ensure long-term performance. We’ll always provide honest feedback and tailor the system to the actual condition of your slab, not just the appearance.
Solid colour epoxy floors are extremely easy to maintain—especially compared to tile, vinyl, or bare concrete. For day-to-day cleaning, a simple sweep or vacuum to remove dirt and debris is usually all that’s needed. For deeper cleaning, just mop with warm water and a pH-neutral floor cleaner.
Avoid using acidic or highly alkaline cleaners (like bleach or vinegar), as they can dull the finish over time. Also skip abrasive scrubbers or steel wool, which can scratch the surface. In high-traffic areas like commercial kitchens or auto shops, we may recommend reapplying a clear topcoat every few years to maintain maximum gloss, durability, and chemical resistance.
Solid colour epoxy is ideal for clients who prioritize simplicity, durability, and fast turnaround. It’s often more affordable than flake or metallic systems, easier to clean due to its smoother surface, and quicker to install. This makes it a great fit for garages, mechanical rooms, storage areas, and commercial environments where function matters more than decorative flair.
Flake and metallic epoxy systems offer more visual complexity and texture, but they require additional installation steps and come at a higher price point. If you’re working on a tight timeline or budget—or just want a clean, professional look—solid colour epoxy is a smart, no-nonsense choice that holds up to real-world use.
