Lake Los Angeles metallic floors, one of a kind
Supreme Epoxy Boyz started after the owner got a bad quote on his own garage floor. In Lake Los Angeles, 16 miles east of Palmdale, you get the honest version: what it needs and why.
Reading the Lake Los Angeles housing stock
About 16 miles east of Palmdale. Housing figures from the US Census.
The median home in Lake Los Angeles was built around 1982, according to the Census. Concrete this age is hard and well cured, and it takes epoxy well once it is ground open. The things that slow us down are the surprises: an old sealer someone rolled on, paint overspray from a car project, a patch of tile glue.
A test spot and a good look tell us what is there before we quote.
Most homes here are stand-alone houses, about 97 in every 100. A town of single-family houses is a town of garages. Our job is turning those slabs into floors that wipe clean and look sharp, for a daily-driver garage or a weekend project bay alike.
About 69% of homes are owner-occupied. That mix decides who calls: owners redoing their own garage, landlords between tenants, or a business with a shop floor.
Lake Los Angeles is home turf, part of the Antelope Valley high desert where Supreme Epoxy Boyz got its start. Close by, typical homes run from about 1983 in Sun Village to 1989 in Palmdale, and Lake Los Angeles sits on the older side of that spread.
What wears a floor down here
The Antelope Valley.
The air out here is dry most of the year, which is good news for concrete moisture: desert slabs tend to run dry, though a sprinkler line or a planter against the garage wall can change that in one corner. The bad news is dust. Bare concrete dusts on its own as the surface wears, and the desert keeps adding fine silt that tracks in on shoes, paws and tires. Winter brings frost and the occasional dusting of snow on the higher edges of the valley, so cold mornings with a damp door threshold happen too. A floor has to shed all of it and clean up fast.
Because valley slabs move with the temperature, we sort the cracks before we coat. Hairlines that have stopped moving get ground open and filled with a rigid repair material, then disappear under the flake. A crack that is still working gets a flexible fill, and control joints usually stay as joints so the slab keeps its relief points. We would rather show you a clean line in the floor than hide a crack that reopens next winter.
For a garage that gets afternoon sun through the door, we put a polyaspartic top coat over the flake or color. It holds its color in UV far better than plain epoxy, and it stands up to hot tires coming off the highway. The epoxy base coat still does the bonding underneath. If you want a metallic floor somewhere the sun reaches, we will tell you straight how that area is likely to age before you commit.
Picks for Lake Los Angeles garages and shops
Garage Floor Epoxy Coatings
Flake, metallic or solid garage floors built on a full diamond grind, with a top coat that handles hot tires and oil.
Polyaspartic Floor Coatings
A fast-curing, UV-stable clear coat over a ground slab and flake, for garages that need to be back in use quickly.
Flake Epoxy Flooring
Colored vinyl chips broadcast into an epoxy base and sealed under a clear top coat, for garages, shops and patios.
The next towns over
- Sun Village
8 miles away, Los Angeles County
- Littlerock
10 miles away, Los Angeles County
- Palmdale
16 miles away, Los Angeles County
- PiƱon Hills
16 miles away, San Bernardino County
More in Los Angeles County, on the services page and in the gallery.
Asked and answered
Do you come out to Lake Los Angeles?
Yes. Lake Los Angeles is about 16 miles east of our shop in Palmdale, inside the 60 miles we cover for homes and well inside the 150 we cover for commercial and industrial work. We come out, look at the floor and give you a price after we have seen it.
What should I know about a slab from around 1982?
It may have had a curing compound sprayed on when it was poured, and that can still block a coating. We grind every slab instead of acid etching, which does not reliably remove those compounds.
Do the big day and night temperature swings crack a coated floor?
The coating does not crack the slab, and the slab moves whether it is coated or not. What matters is how the cracks are treated before the coating goes on: settled cracks get a rigid fill, active ones get a flexible fill, and control joints stay open where they need to. We point out which cracks are which during the look.
Will blowing sand scratch a coated garage floor?
Sand tracked across any floor leaves fine scratches over time, and they show most on high gloss. A flake floor with a satin top coat hides them well, and a weekly dust mop keeps grit from building up. The scratches live in the top coat, which can be scuffed and recoated down the road without redoing the whole floor.
Will the desert dust make a coated floor look dirty all the time?
Dust still blows in, but on a coated floor it sits on top instead of working into the concrete, so a dust mop or a quick rinse clears it. Flake blends with a mix of light and dark chips hide dust between cleanings much better than a solid color. Black and very dark solids show every speck.
My garage faces west and bakes every afternoon. Will the floor turn yellow?
Plain epoxy can amber where sunlight lands, so we finish sun-exposed garages with a polyaspartic top coat that holds its color. The base coat underneath is shielded by the flake and the top coat. Metallic floors get a clear UV-stable top coat too, but their look lives in the epoxy layer, so a sunny doorway is still worth a conversation.
Do I have to pick colors during the visit?
No. We can go over flake blends, metallic options and solid colors while we are there, but you can take your time. The color choice does not change the prep, so we can lock in the schedule and settle the color later.
How long does a garage floor take?
Most garage floors take two to three days, depending on the repairs and the system. Day one is usually grinding and crack repair, then the coats go down. We give you the schedule before we start.
Does grinding make a mess?
Our grinders run with a vacuum attached, so most of the dust goes into the bag instead of your house. We tape off doors and openings and clean up before coating, because any dust left behind ends up in the finish.
Can you coat a floor in summer heat?
Yes, but heat speeds up the cure, so we work early in the day and mix in smaller batches. A garage that bakes in the afternoon gets coated in the morning. We pick products that handle the temperature.
Planning a floor
in Lake Los Angeles?
Send a few photos of the floor and the room and we will tell you what it needs.
What to send and what happens next. Want proof first? See the floors.