If you’re upgrading your garage in North Dallas, don’t settle for surface-level solutions. The strength of your garage floor starts with its base coat – and garage floor epoxy is the clear winner over polyurea when it comes to long-term performance.
Why Epoxy Bonds Better
Dallas summers come with extremely high humidity levels. Epoxy’s slower curing property is actually a benefit in this environment. It gives the epoxy base coat time to deeply penetrate into the pores of the concrete (we allow a full day), forming a strong bond. Polyureas or polyaspartics, by contrast, cure rapidly—and faster still in the presence of humidity or medium to high moisture in the concrete. Far too fast to deeply penetrate the concrete slab like a moisture-mitigating epoxy.
Epoxy Keeps Moisture From Breaking Through
Moisture may not be top of mind in a dry climate, but Texas storms and humidity can still create issues—especially if your garage flooring isn’t sealed properly. Epoxy forms a strong moisture-mitigating layer that holds up to high hydrostatic pressure (created when moisture vapor rises up the porous concrete and pushes up against the base coat). By mitigating for moisture with a high-build, 100%-solids epoxy base coat, it’ll help prevent bubbling, peeling, and delamination over time. Thin polyurea base coats, however, don’t offer the same protective barrier.
Thicker Application Means Greater Durability
Unlike polyurea-polyaspartics, an epoxy is a “high-build” coating. That is, it can be installed as a thick primer coat, making it a tougher, longer-lasting base. In Dallas garages that see everything from high moisture to tool drops to high foot traffic, that extra thickness adds serious value. It’s not just about appearances—it’s about creating a floor that performs under pressure.
GFC North Dallas: Proven, Professional Systems
At GarageFloorCoating.com (North Dallas), our system is built for durability:
- A deeply bonded garage floor epoxy base coat
- Two UV-stable, 100%-solids polyaspartic topcoats
It’s a 2-day system engineered for maximum performance—not a rushed 1-day shortcut.
Don’t let a weak base ruin your investment. Choose garage floor epoxy from GarageFloorCoating.com (North Dallas) and get a garage floor that’s built to handle Texas living.