Metallic Epoxy Flooring in University Park, MD

A metallic floor is made while it is being installed. We blend metallic pigments into a clear epoxy binder and work the coating across the slab, and the pigments keep drifting and settling as it cures. The result flows with depth that recalls polished stone, and no two floors ever cure alike.

In University Park, metallic systems land most often below grade: finished basements, entertainment rooms, and lower level living areas in homes whose main floors carry original wood worth leaving alone. The basement becomes the room with the statement floor.

What Decides a Good Metallic Result

Metallic finishes show everything under them, so the slab work carries the design.

• Extended grinding and leveling so the design layer lies flat
• Moisture mitigation primer on older slabs before the base coat
• Pigmented base coat setting the depth of the design
• Hand worked metallic layer in your chosen color family
• Gloss or satin topcoat guarding against chair legs and traffic

Colors That Suit the District's Homes

Graphite and silver metallics pair with the painted trim and brick of Colonial Revival homes, while warmer bronze and copper movement suits the wood tones in Bungalows and Tudor Revival interiors. We review samples in the room itself, because basement light changes a metallic more than any other finish.

Satin topcoats keep the depth while softening glare under small high windows. Gloss builds the full mirror of the design where the room has the light to carry it.

Recent Project: Metallic Epoxy Flooring near the Town Park

A family room beside the town park needed a floor equal to the renovation planned above it. The older slab took grinding, a mitigation primer, and a level pass before we poured a graphite and silver metallic design under a satin topcoat. The room now anchors the lower level, and guests assume the floor is polished stone until they walk it.

Turnaround

Three days on site, furniture back after a full week of cure.

Final Price

$7,300