Epoxy
Hard, chemically resistant, cost-effective, excellent build thickness. The workhorse for indoor floors.
Limit · Chalks and yellows under UV, and cures slowly. On an outdoor surface on its own it is the wrong choice.
Polyaspartic / polyurea
UV-stable, holds colour, stays flexible in cold, cures fast enough to return a surface to service in a day.
Limit · Costs more per litre and has a short working time, so it is unforgiving of a crew that is guessing.
Decorative flake broadcast
Adds texture and grip, hides dust and small imperfections, and gives you colour. Broadcast to refusal then scraped flat.
Limit · It is a layer within a system, not a system on its own, it still needs a base and a topcoat around it.
Waterproof traffic coating
A flexible membrane with a wearing surface, keeping water out of structural concrete you can still walk or drive on.
Limit · A maintained system: the wear coat has to be renewed on schedule rather than left until it fails.
Decorative overlays & micro-toppings
Stone-look stamped patterns, uniform resurfacing layers and paper-thin interior skims, the beautify option for a sound slab, stained and sealed to suit.
Limit · Cementitious, so it needs a stable slab, honoured joints and a maintained sealer, on hard-service outdoor surfaces a flake system usually outlasts it.
Penetrating sealer
Cheap, invisible, slows water and salt absorption on bare concrete. Genuinely worth doing on a driveway.
Limit · No film, so it bridges nothing and takes no wear. It is protection, not a finish.
Floor paint from a kit
Nothing we would put on a client floor.
Limit · Rolled over an etched or dirty slab with no build thickness. This is the coating we are usually grinding off.
