Color is the part of this job people enjoy and the part they second-guess. A floor is a ten year decision, so it is worth understanding what you are actually choosing between.
Flake is vinyl chip, usually a quarter inch or an eighth inch, broadcast into the wet base coat. A blend is a mix of three to five colors in set proportions. You are not choosing a paint color, you are choosing a recipe, and the base coat color underneath shows through in the gaps and changes the overall read of the floor.
Quarter inch flake gives a bolder, more visible chip pattern and more texture. Eighth inch gives a tighter, more uniform look that reads closer to stone. Most garages get quarter inch.
Broadcasting to refusal means flake is thrown until the surface will not accept any more and the base coat is completely hidden. That is what you want. It gives uniform color, a thicker finished floor and texture underfoot. A partial broadcast uses roughly half the material, leaves base coat showing between chips, and is a legitimate look, but it is also the easiest place for a cheap quote to save money without saying so. Ask which one you are getting.
On a full broadcast, the excess flake is scraped back once the base sets, and the surface is knocked down before the top coat so it does not feel like sandpaper.
A high gloss top coat looks incredible in photos and reflects every contour in your slab, so a floor that is not perfectly flat reads as wavy. Satin hides contour, hides scratches and still cleans exactly the same. If your slab has any dips, settling or a floor drain, satin is often the better finish. More on that in our guide on whether a coating can level a floor.
Beyond the standard blends, flake can be mixed to a custom recipe: a team color, a brand color for a shop, or a blend that picks up the cabinets and walls you already have. It costs more than standard, it takes longer because the material gets mixed to order, and it should always be approved as a cured sample before anyone orders a job quantity. A photo on a phone is not a color approval.
Yes. Custom blends get mixed to order and cost more than standard. We get a cured sample in your hands and approved before we order material for the job.
A quality polyaspartic top coat is UV stable and will not yellow. Epoxy on its own will, which is why a garage with a south-facing door needs the right top coat rather than just a thicker base.
Flake adds real texture, so it has more grip than a smooth solid color coating. If the floor gets genuinely wet, on a sloped apron or a pool deck, we add anti-slip aggregate to the top coat, and we recommend it in those spots.
Tell us the room, the rough size and your town. You get a written price, not a two-hour pitch. Fastest way is to text a photo of the floor to (815) 585-1750.
