Epoxy Flooring Tips & Resources
Good Questions About Concrete Kitchen Floors
There are some questions about concrete floors that we at California Custom Coatings hear on a fairly regular basis. When a customer is thinking about using a color stained concrete floor in the kitchen, for example, they are usually comparing it to what they might...
Perfect Locations for Designer Floors
A Design for Every Type of Floor Epoxy flooring works for any type of flooring, whether it’s the basement or the rooftop. If it was just about protecting the concrete, California Custom Coatings could just apply a clear protective urethane layer and call the job done....
Tired of the Mud?
Try Coated Concrete Floors! With the winter rains in Northern California comes the wet and the mud. We combat the damp in our entryways by using mats and rugs, mops and brooms. How much easier it is when the floor itself repels mud and moisture, fighting half the...
Hold Back Messy Winter with Epoxy Coatings
During the late spring, summer and early fall, California gets very little rain. A car that is well-maintained may never drip a drop of grease, oil, coolant or fuel on your garage floors. So why worry about stained concrete? But then the rainy season finally makes its...
An Ancient Wonder in Concrete – The Roman Pantheon
As mentioned in a previous article, Roman concrete is very durable and many structures built by this ancient society survive to this day. Amongst them is the world-famous Pantheon, built during the reign of Emperor Hadrian in the early second century. When tourists...
Using Superior Concrete Penetrating Stains
There are a number of techniques for adding color to plain concrete. At California Custom Coatings, we believe in using the best solution possible, and for us that solution is water-based penetrating stains. Penetrating stains are safer and more durable than other...
Pouring the Concrete in Hoover Dam
In our prior two articles we discussed the great amounts of heat generated by the process of making concrete. Managing how quickly the concrete dries and its internal temperature while drying are important to ensure that the ideal combination of strength and longevity...
Making Stronger Concrete — the Roman Way?
The ancient Romans are well known for their engineering prowess, constructing buildings, aqueducts, entertainment centers, roads, harbors and monuments that survive even today. What’s most amazing about their structures, however, is that the concrete and mortar used...
Does Concrete Make Heat While Curing?
It is a little known fact that the process of curing concrete actually generates heat. This is because when you mix water with cement, the molecules in the cement begin a chemical reaction together. Sometimes they react with each other, and sometimes they react with...
Coating Concrete Countertops
The concrete countertop is quite the do-it-yourself rage right now, but here at California Custom Coatings in Sacramento, we feel beholden to warn you of one thing about concrete, since we know it so well. Concrete is porous and therefore it stains. Since countertops...
Does Concrete Absorb Carbon Dioxide?
A major component in concrete is cement, and the manufacture of cement is one of the world’s largest producers of carbon dioxide. Cement is made by taking limestone, which is mostly calcium carbonate (CaCO3), and heating it. That produces calcium oxide (CaO) and...
Coating Concrete in Winter
Since epoxy coatings are a rather thick product that needs to dry after application, many of our Sacramento and Northern California customers assume that you can only coat concrete in the warmer months. In fact, many varieties of concrete coatings are adapted for...
Radiant Floors and Concrete Polishing
Recently we talked about radiant floor heating and epoxy coatings. This brought up the question of whether California Custom Coatings can also do concrete polishing for radiant floor heating. Although the polishing process requires more aggressive floor grinding to...
Myths About Polished Concrete
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...
The Evils of Unwelcome Oil
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...
Customer Experiences with Our Durable Epoxy Floors
Noah and the other guy that worked with him did an excellent job on my garage floor! Jonathan, the owner, is also super nice and answered all my questions on the phone. Super honest business who really knows what they're doing and does it well! Thumbs up!
Do not hesitate to call this company for stain, seals and decorative coating. Jim, Zack and Chris do excellent work. They are very professional and put pride in their work. We are so happy we hired them.
Custom Coatings did epoxy floors in our garage. This is the second time we've used them for garage doors. As with the first time, they were on time, communicated their arrival time. The techs were friendly and responsive. The floor looks beautiful, we are so happy with it. Highly recommend them.