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How to bid commercial epoxy flooring jobs
How to bid commercial epoxy flooring: read the spec, prepare submittals, handle prevailing wage, bonds and insurance, schedule around operations and price large floors.
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Articles on the business and the craft of epoxy and concrete coatings. Every article is reviewed by a working coating-company owner before it goes up.
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Installation
Crack and joint repair before you coat a concrete floor
How to repair cracks and joints before an epoxy coating: read each crack, chase and fill it, fill or honor control joints, patch spalls and know what no coating fixes.
Installation
How to install epoxy cove base
How to install epoxy cove base: integral, flake and cant cove, 4- and 6-inch heights, where cove is required, the steps, and how to price it per linear foot.
Operations
How to become an epoxy floor installer
How to become an epoxy floor installer: what the work involves, getting hired as a helper, safety and training, what floor layers earn, and moving up to crew lead.
Sales
How to measure a floor for an epoxy estimate
Measure a floor for an epoxy estimate: tools, odd-shaped rooms, deductions, what to record about cracks, coatings, moisture, access and power, and what to photograph.
Installation
Quartz broadcast floors: how they're built and where they belong
How quartz broadcast epoxy floors are built: single vs double broadcast, about 0.5 lb of quartz per sq ft per broadcast, slip resistance, uses and quartz vs flake.
Installation
Removing old floor coatings: recoat or remove, and how
How to remove old floor coatings: identify what's on the slab, decide recoat or remove, choose PCD grinding, shot blasting, scarifying or strippers, and price the work.
Starting
Starting an epoxy countertop business: what's different from floors, what transfers, and what it costs
How to start an epoxy countertop business: how the work differs from floors, which skills transfer, startup costs, training, and a priced kitchen example.
Starting
Buying an epoxy flooring business: what it's worth and what to check
Buying an epoxy flooring business for sale: buy vs start, where listings are, valuing it on owner earnings, coating-specific due diligence and SBA loans.
Equipment
Concrete dust extractors and OSHA's silica rules for grinding floors
What OSHA's silica rule requires when you grind concrete: the 50 µg/m³ limit, Table 1 controls for floor and hand grinders, written plans and extractor specs.
Equipment
Concrete grinders for epoxy prep: types, brands and what fits the job
Which concrete grinder to use for epoxy prep: hand-held, single-disc, dual-disc and planetary machines compared, with EDCO and Husqvarna examples and costs.
Installation
Concrete moisture testing before epoxy: the tests, the limits and what to do
How to test concrete for moisture before coating it: plastic sheet, calcium chloride (ASTM F1869) and in-slab RH (ASTM F2170), typical limits, and fixes.
Installation
Concrete surface profile (CSP): the ICRI scale and what your coating needs
ICRI's concrete surface profile (CSP) scale: CSP 1–10, the profile thin and thick coatings need, and what grinding, shotblasting and acid etching produce.
Equipment
Diamond tooling for concrete grinding: bonds, grits and PCDs for coating prep
Concrete grinding tools explained: metal-bond diamonds and grits for coating prep, matching bond to concrete hardness, PCDs, resin bonds, cup wheels and costs.
Sales
DIY epoxy kit vs a professional floor: what's really different, and how to say it on the call
For contractors facing 'I can buy a kit for $200': what a big-box kit contains vs a pro system, prep, thickness, topcoat and warranty, and when a kit is fine.
Installation
Epoxy cure time: how temperature, humidity and dew point change it
Epoxy and polyaspartic cure times from real data sheets: pot life, recoat windows, foot and vehicle traffic, the 5°F dew point rule, and cold-weather planning.
Operations
Epoxy floor warranties: what 'lifetime' means, and how to write terms you can honor
How epoxy and polyaspartic floor warranties work: product vs workmanship cover, what 'lifetime' means, common exclusions, a real program, and claims.
Starting
Starting epoxy flooring as a side business: rent, insure, and schedule around cure times
How to start epoxy flooring as a weekend side business: rent the grinder, minimum setup, insurance, cure times vs weekends, capacity math and going full time.
Starting
Epoxy flooring business insurance: what you need and what it costs
Insurance for epoxy flooring contractors: general liability, workers' comp, auto, tools, BOP, umbrella and pollution cover, with typical costs, COIs and bonds.
Starting
Epoxy flooring business names: how to choose one that's clear, available and yours to keep
How to name an epoxy flooring business: what makes a good name, patterns with examples, state and DBA checks, a USPTO trademark search, domains and Google rules.
Sales
What an epoxy flooring contract should include
What to put in an epoxy flooring contract and scope of work: prep, system, exclusions, deposits and payment rules, change orders, warranty and lien notices.
Starting
Epoxy flooring industry statistics (2026)
Epoxy flooring statistics for 2026: market size, search demand, installed prices, equipment and startup costs, lead costs, insurance, wages and business sales.
Marketing
Epoxy flooring leads: the math of buying them, channel by channel
What epoxy flooring leads cost, how Local Services Ads, Angi, Thumbtack and Meta charge, shared vs exclusive leads, speed to lead, and cost per booked job.
Pricing
Epoxy flooring profit margins: what's realistic, and where margin leaks
Gross vs net margin for epoxy flooring jobs, the margin claims you'll hear, a markup-to-margin table, job costing, and the seven places margin leaks.
Installation
Epoxy flooring safety: chemicals, dust, PPE and the OSHA rules that apply
Epoxy flooring safety for installers: hardener burns and skin allergy, isocyanates, solvents, silica dust and slips, the PPE to wear, and the OSHA rules.
Sales
The epoxy flooring sales process: from first call to signed contract
The in-home epoxy flooring sales process: pre-qualifying calls, measuring, moisture checks, three options, the $200 DIY kit objection, deposits and follow-up.
Equipment
Epoxy flooring starter kit: what to buy first, in three budgets
What an epoxy flooring starter kit costs: three budgets built from published prices, what suppliers' starter kits contain, and what to add as work grows.
Marketing
Facebook and Instagram ads for epoxy flooring: lead forms, creative and what a booked job costs
How epoxy flooring contractors run Facebook and Instagram ads: lead forms vs landing pages, before-and-after creative, audiences, lead quality and cost per job.
Installation
How to install a full-broadcast flake floor, step by step
Install a full-broadcast flake epoxy floor step by step: moisture test, grind to CSP 3, repairs, primer, base coat, flake at 5–7 sq ft per lb, topcoat and cure.
Marketing
Google Ads for epoxy flooring: search ads, Local Services Ads and what a booked job costs
How epoxy flooring contractors use Google Ads: search vs Local Services Ads, keywords and negatives, budgets as a method, landing pages and call tracking.
Marketing
Google Business Profile for epoxy contractors: setup, reviews and staying unsuspended
Set up a Google Business Profile for an epoxy flooring company: service area, name rules, categories, services, verification, photos, reviews and suspensions.
Operations
Hiring epoxy floor installers: when, what to pay, and the rules that come with a crew
When to hire for an epoxy flooring business, helper vs installer pay, employee vs contractor tests, workers' comp, respirator rules and overtime on piece rates.
Starting
How much do epoxy flooring business owners make? What the real numbers show
What epoxy flooring business owners earn, from real listings and wage data: revenue vs profit vs owner pay, two worked examples, and what drives income.
Installation
Metallic epoxy floor installation: the process, the pitfalls and the price
How metallic epoxy floors are installed: prep, primer, base color, a 30–48-mil metallic coat, manipulation, topcoat, what goes wrong, and what drives the price.
Installation
Polyaspartic vs epoxy floor coatings: how they differ and when to use each
Polyaspartic vs epoxy compared from data sheets: chemistry, working time, cure speed, UV stability, temperature, odor and cost, and the systems that use both.
Equipment
Rent or buy a floor grinder? The break-even math, worked out
Rent or buy a floor grinder? Break-even tables from published rates ($90–142 a day) and prices ($8,488 dual-disc), plus extractors, tooling and insurance.
Operations
The epoxy flooring slow season: cold-weather limits, what to sell, and how to plan the cash
How seasons hit an epoxy flooring business: temperature, humidity and dew point limits, what to sell in slow months, spring marketing and cash planning.
Marketing
What an epoxy flooring website needs to win jobs
The pages, photos, estimate form, reviews, FAQ, speed and tracking a coating contractor's website needs, with a launch checklist and costly mistakes.
Installation
Why epoxy floors fail: causes, prevention and how to handle a callback
Why epoxy floors fail and how to prevent it: delamination, hot tire pickup, amine blush, bubbles, fisheyes, yellowing, uneven flake, edge peeling and cracks.
Start with the numbers
Grinder rent or buy, dust extractor, tools, insurance, training and first materials, in one estimate.