Griffith Indiana Epoxy Flooring – Winter Salt

You open the garage door and the slab looks chalky white in the tire tracks. The film feels gritty under a shoe. When meltwater dries, it leaves road salt as grit on the slab. So cars bring it in off salted streets all winter, and bare concrete soaks some of it up. Epoxy Flooring in Griffith is how we keep that salt off the paste of the slab.

After a thaw, the water does not always run out the door. It sits under the car and along the low edges of the slab. Then it dries and leaves a pale ring. We have walked into Griffith garages in late winter and found that ring still there. The surface already felt rough to the touch. Because the garage stays closed most days, rain does not reach the slab.

Griffith sits in Lake County, and winter roads around town get salted in cold weather. People park in attached garages after the drive home. Then the meltwater stays on the floor. We see the same marks over and over. Tire paths go pale first. The patch by the entry door goes pale next, where boots drop clumps of slush. So those pale spots mark the parking spot and the walk to the house door.

People call us about a white haze they cannot sweep away. Because the surface has gone rough under the tires, dust keeps coming back. We have swept those floors and still felt grit the broom left behind. But by then the grit is down in the concrete.

How Epoxy Flooring in Griffith Stops the Pitting

Road salt and meltwater sit on bare garage concrete through a Griffith winter. The water carries chloride into the top of the slab. When temperatures swing around freezing, the wet paste breaks up and small pits show. We have pulled loose flakes off floors that still looked only dusty from the doorway. So we check the surface up close on every garage floor we look at.

An epoxy coating is what keeps that slab from pitting. It seals the surface. Salt water stays where a rinse can reach it. We specialize in epoxying floors. We also do decorative concrete, like colored concrete and acid stains, on the same visit. Epoxy Flooring in Griffith is the coating we put on these salt-worn slabs once the film is gone. When the coat has cured, you can wipe the winter film off the surface.

Garage Prep for Epoxy Flooring in Griffith

We do not coat over a live salt film. After the weather breaks, we wash the slab and grind a profile the coating can grab. We fill pits before the epoxy goes down. When the top is too far gone, we talk through a tear out and replace of that section. Then we coat the new surface once it is ready. You can see our epoxy flooring work with the other concrete services we handle.

A salt film shows up along the tires and by the door. A moisture bloom can sit in patches away from the car. When we see either one, we wash and grind before any coat. Leftover salt is what we want off the surface.

Salt left in the pores can push a new coat loose later. So the wash matters as much as the grind. We source the epoxy we put down, and we already know how it behaves on garage floors. Then we roll or squeegee the coats the floor needs. A flake finish hides the gray of old tire marks. A solid color sweeps clean with a broom. For example, we have put flakes by the door and a solid color under the car.

Upper walks and service walks pick up the same salt on the way to the door. We can pour or replace those on a Griffith job while the garage floor is open. Cabe’s Concrete is a family owned and operated company, and our doors opened back in 2006. Our About Us page covers how we work. Our photo gallery has photos of finished concrete work. Epoxy Flooring in Griffith is what we schedule once the wash has dried and the grind is done. Cure time depends on the product and the garage temperature. We tell you when you can park on it before we leave.