epoxy flooring

Major Website Recommends Epoxy Garage Floors

If You Do Vehicle Maintenance, This Floor is For You! A major home renovation website recently stated that β€œif you perform extensive car repairs and maintenance work in your garage, a waterproof and abrasion-resistant epoxy…may be a better option.” A better option...

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Muddy boots and a small, white and brown dog covered in mud looking up, standing on a white background with splattered mud around, capturing a moment after outdoor play.

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...

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CO2 or Carbon Dioxide reduction with concrete.

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...

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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...

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A concrete floor with multiple ugly oil stains.

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...

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Application of a self-leveling compound on a concrete floor using a spiked roller attached to a yellow pole. The floor has underfloor heating pipes laid out in a grid pattern, visible through the semi-liquid layer of the compound. This image represents a stage in preparing a floor for final surface installation.

Radiant Floor Heating and Epoxy Coatings

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...

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A person in blue attire is installing laminate flooring, measuring and marking the wooden plank to fit. Flooring installation tools, such as a handsaw, clamps, a tape measure, and other equipment, are scattered around the work area. The focus is on the hands performing a precise measurement, indicating skilled manual work.

Additional Advantages to Epoxy Floors

California Custom Coatings often talks about the advantages of epoxy flooring. Here are some additional bonuses that come with installing epoxy floors instead of vinyl, tiles, wood or laminate. Who Needs a Layout? Laying down tile, wood or laminate requires studying...

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A cheerful man with a beard and glasses, wearing a grey sweater over a collared shirt, playfully shrugs with his palms facing up against a bright yellow background suggesting options of color flakes or color granules in epoxy flooring.

Color Flakes or Color Granules – Which is Better?

An advantage to epoxy flooring is the ability to add texture and color by using flakes or granules. Applied on top of the epoxy base coat, but under the clear topcoat, granules and flakes add depth and lift to the floor. They are a welcome addition to many...

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Epoxy Flooring β€” Talk About the Cons

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 β€œcons” that the authors of...

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Epoxy Floors β€” Talk About the Pros

At California Custom Coatings, we pay attention to what people are saying about epoxy floors and developments in the industry. If a better product or technique becomes available, we want to offer it to our clients in Sacramento and beyond if we can reliably...

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Should I Install My Baseboards Now or Later?

Common Construction Questions for Epoxy Floors When constructing a new home or remodeling, many property owners want to lay down epoxy flooring. At what point during the construction process should you add baseboards and trim? Should you install any trim first, or...

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Epoxy Flooring Results Our Customers Love

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splexplorer
January 15, 2025

California Custom Coatings did the floor in my shop. Excellent work and the flooring looks amazing! I highly recommend them!

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Diane R.
August 9, 2017

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.

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Sanjani M.
July 8, 2024

Love it! Thank you John and rest of the team for coming in last minute and doing the two garages for us. You guys did an amazing job at an incredible value and I'm confident the job you did will last for years to come! We can't thank you guys enough for how easy it was to work with you, your professionalism, and you're obvious skill. You obviously know your craft. Can't thank you enough and have already started recommending you guys to people we know