Polished concrete is a modern surface in demand with designers and property owners looking for sleek and sanitary floors. Especially helpful where people have allergies, polished concrete eliminates the dust trap that is carpeting and the cracks and crevices of just…
A common use for epoxy flooring is to cover the concrete floor of a garage. Sometimes our clients request this service because their garage has become unsightly due to oil stains. They think we can simply cover them over with epoxy and the problem is solved! It’s not…
The first color scale for varnishes and topcoats was the Gardner Scale, developed in the 1920’s under the direction of paint chemist Dr. Henry Gardner. Recognizing the need for color standards in transparent oils and paints, he created an eighteen-stage scale that…
Can you combine radiant floor heating with epoxy coatings? Many clients worry that the two simply don’t go together, so they keep their concrete floors plain, instead of taking advantage of the water-resistant surface provided by epoxy flooring. This is a huge benefit…
In our last blog, we discussed a fine list of the pros when it comes to installing epoxy floors over your concrete foundation, patio or walkway. The reason for that discussion, and the one that follows in this article, was really the list of “cons” that the authors of…
Part 2 in a Series on Coating New Concrete Last time we discussed the fact that new, or green, concrete must first dry out before an epoxy coating is applied. This drying process typically takes four weeks, but even longer time periods are required in high humidity or…
Part 1 in a Series on Coating New Concrete New construction means new concrete. Many types of renovation and remodeling also redo the concrete foundation or construct a larger floor by expanding the concrete surface. Can this new, or green concrete, be coated with…
Are you enjoying the Netflix series Tidying Up with Marie Kondo? If you have pulled all your clothes from the closet, dishes from the cabinets and books from the shelves and only kept the ones that “spark joy,” your house is now feeling much lighter. And if you…
It happens all the time when people visit a business that hired California Custom Coatings to cover their concrete floors with a custom epoxy coating. First the business owner, a worker, or even a customer, sees the floors improved and protected with a beautiful…
When you compare a commercial workplace that has a traditional concrete floor with one that has epoxy flooring added, the visual benefits are undeniable. Many business owners in the greater Sacramento area install epoxy flooring because it solidifies the look and feel…
One of the benefits of epoxy floors is that they do not require a lot of maintenance to look shiny and new. Nevertheless, like any surface, they still require cleaning. In this series of articles, we will look at how you can maintain that shine and tackle problems…
When customers select the colors they want for their epoxy floors, they often go with simple choices — something without much color, from white to grey to black, or a modest beige. Other clients prefer vibrant color, and that is certainly possible with epoxy coatings….
Epoxy coatings used for concrete flooring can be measured in fractions of inches, like the term one-quarter inch. In the epoxy industry, however, a common measurement system is based on the mil. One mil equals one-thousandth of an inch. How wide is that? Comparing…
Cracks in concrete can be measured on a spectrum of severity. At the worst end, you have the kind of crack that forms when the ground settles underneath a slab and part of the concrete sinks far below the rest of it. That’s a serious crack and entails a major repair….
“Many industrial floors are subjected to abrasion by steel or hard rubber wheeled traffic, which can cause significant rutting.”—Portland Cement Association Abrasion is the simple act of one object rubbing against another. For example, in a sandstorm, sand particles…
California Custom Coatings just did an Epoxy coating in our room enclosure and under outside covering floor. This experience with them has been wonderful, from the office manager Jessica who went above and beyond to help me decide on color to the gentlemen who did the actual labor (Jeff, Derek, Sterling). As a customer I can really appreciate good communication thank you for your text and email correspondences to let us know when your associates would be arriving and thank you to your associates for being so polite and professional letting me know what they would be doing and when they finished and to see the work before they left. I can’t thank them enough for that. They got right to work when they arrived and it just flowed until they were finished. They were organized, orderly and cleaned up after themselves. I love the floor, the choice of color and I must say they have a good selection of color choices, its just beautiful!! Thank you so much Jessica for your kindness and patience with me. You are a jewel to your company. I highly recommend this company for anyone who is looking to have an Epoxy floor. Thank you again. I am just loving this floor!!!
If you have ever tried to do your garage floors with that epoxy kit from Home Depot and turned out as a failed Pinterest attempt, then you have found yourself the perfect company to come out and do your floors. Been there done that with those kits, so this time around the decision to have someone do it was a must. We have a 3 car garage with a 2 car detached and decided on the carbon flake. It’s glossy, super flakey, and has been really nice at hiding all the dirt despite it being a darker color. While it is a pricey upgrade it is great at keeping a lot of the dirt from being dragged inside the house vs the unfinished concrete that keeps that chalky like dust stuck to the surface as seen in my pictures. John the owner sent out Craig and his crew to do the floors and they were fantastic and super friendly. We needed the floors done right in the middle of the summer and the day they came out it was 113 degrees outside. They powered through it with no complaints and only took two days to complete. Great crew, cool looking floors, and competitive pricing, would definitely hire them again.
