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Epoxy Flooring — Beyond the Garage

California Custom Coatings creates epoxy floors in just about any room with a concrete foundation. Commonly this means the garage, a washroom, or perhaps around the pool. Warehouses, professional kitchens, hospitals — these are all additional places where you often see epoxy flooring, both for its durability and easy cleaning. So it may come as […]

What is Epoxy Paint?

The Do-It-Yourself movement is powerful in America and there are plenty of videos on YouTube to prove it. Millions of hits are registered on videos explaining how to do this or that for restoring, improving or coating your concrete. One product you see in stores and on videos is “epoxy paint.” What is it and […]

Why Coved Floors?

A coved floor using epoxy takes the coating that goes on your concrete floor and moves it up the wall. The height of the coving is determined by the needs of the facility, but it is generally done to protect the wall and make it easier to clean. California Custom Coatings completes a number of […]

Why We Use HEPA Filtration

Concrete is a stable, solid material used in the foundation of almost all houses and buildings in California. Obviously, it is safe, easy to use and non-toxic in its normal state, thus its common presence in West Coast construction. Grind up concrete, however, and very fine silica particulates are released. Silica in concrete is just […]

What is the Farnsworth-Munsell 100 Hue Test?

The ability to discern subtle differences between colors is critical in an industry like epoxy flooring. Besides working with many different colored epoxies, there are also color flakes, color micas and color granules. During one large job it is necessary to use multiple batches of these products to completely cover the concrete floor. Therefore, to […]

Making the Color: Torginol, Inc.

In past articles, California Custom Coatings presented the manufacturers of our primary concrete color stains and our favorite epoxy coatings. Now we want to present Torginol, Inc., of Wisconsin. They make our wide variety of color flakes, color micas and color granules. For a number of reasons, Torginol is our trusted supplier for epoxy coating […]

Introducing our Manufacturers: Smith Paint Products

California Custom Coatings carefully selects our preferred manufacturers based on the ingredients they use and the quality of their products. Our years of experience with epoxy flooring, concrete polishing and concrete stain has taught us what works, what doesn’t and the materials that just aren’t worth the trouble. Our favorite manufacturer for concrete stain is […]

Concrete Unsuited for Epoxy Floors

While epoxy flooring is a great solution for protecting and beautifying concrete floors, there are also some types of floors that California Custom Coatings will not treat with an epoxy surface. Doing so would waste our customers’ time and money, leaving everybody dissatisfied. If your concrete has any of the following problems, the floor first […]

How to Measure Gloss

When deciding how glossy to make a custom concrete floor, we talk to our clients about gloss and how we measure it. By specifying a specific amount of gloss for a project, it’s easier for California Custom Coatings to get the floors just the way our customers want them! Satisfaction for our clients in Sacramento […]

Your Floors and Gloss

Gloss – we know it’s a word that describes smooth and shiny things. With epoxy flooring and concrete polishing, customers often speak about wanting a glossy floor. What is gloss and how does California Custom Coatings give your Sacramento floor a gloss coat, when requested? What is Gloss? Gloss describes how shiny or lustrous the […]