Garage floor coatings might all look similar at first glance—but how they’re built makes all the difference. In Colorado Springs and across the Front Range, climate conditions demand more than a thin coat of paint. At Garage Floor Coating of the Front Range, we use a moisture-mitigating, 100%-solids garage floor epoxy direct-to-concrete base coat because it’s engineered to perform where other systems fall short.
Common Garage Coatings, Common Failures
Most coating failures in Colorado start the same way: with the wrong base coat. Many “1-day” systems skip epoxy altogether and use a quick-curing polyurea or polyaspartic as the direct-to-concrete base layer (so they can get the install completed in the promised one day). It cures super fast, which helps with installation speed—but in medium to high moisture conditions, they cure even faster. So fast that these coatings, when used as base coats, don’t have time to properly penetrate the concrete slab.
And, due to their innate chemistry, they can’t be applied thickly. The thin, poorly-penetrating base coat simply can’t match the strength of an epoxy base coat. Add mountain air, freeze-thaw cycles, and snowmelt runoff, and the result is peeling, flaking, or delamination within a few seasons.
Even when epoxy is used, many companies rely on water- or solvent-based formulas. These products evaporate during curing, leaving behind a thinner film thickness.
What Makes GFC Different
At GFC, we start with slower-curing, moisture-mitigating, 100%-solids garage floor epoxy—no water, no solvents, no compromises. Because nothing evaporates during the cure, the full material stays on the floor, forming a thicker, denser, and more durable base coat.
- It slowly, mechanically bonds to the concrete, providing unmatched adhesion.
- It creates a foundation that’s resistant to heavy impact and abrasion.
- It offers reliable moisture mitigation, critical in areas prone to snow and groundwater vapor.
Our system then adds two 100%-solids polyaspartic topcoats that deliver UV, stain, impact and chemical resistance…and a high-performance finish. (You see we use polyaspartics too…but only as top coats, never as base coats). But in the end, it’s the moisture-mitigating, 100%-solids epoxy base coat that makes the system work. (“The entire coating system is only as strong as its base layer.”)
Why It Matters in the Front Range
Colorado Springs sees wide temperature shifts, road salt in winter, and moisture that can accelerate curing. Only a moisture-mitigating, 100%-solids garage floor epoxy base coat can keep up—delivering thickness and strength where water-based products or polyurea-polyaspartics can’t.
Garage Floor Coating of the Front Range installs every system with these challenges in mind. We don’t rush the process. We build it right…from the ground up.
Choose garage flooring that’s built for Colorado—not just built fast. Start with GFC’s moisture-mitigating, 100%-solids garage floor epoxy, and get performance you can count on in any season.