Sun Village metallic floors, one of a kind
Open the garage door in Sun Village and the floor should be the best part of the room. We come out, take a look and give you a price after we have seen it. It sits in Los Angeles County, about 8.7 miles east of Palmdale.
Reading the Sun Village housing stock
About 8.7 miles east of Palmdale. Housing figures from the US Census.
Half the homes in Sun Village are older than about 1983 and half are newer, by the Census count. Many 1980s garages were built with a slight slope toward the door so water runs out. A coating follows that slope; it does not level it.
If you want a flatter floor or have a low spot where water pools, that is a separate leveling step, and we will tell you whether it is worth doing.
Stand-alone houses make up the bulk of it, roughly 92%. With mostly stand-alone houses, the work out here leans toward garages and the occasional home shop or patio. Each one is its own slab with its own history, so we look at it in person before we put a price on it.
About 69% of homes are owner-occupied. Numbers like these are why we ask what the space is used for before we talk systems.
Sun Village is in the high desert corner of Los Angeles County, the windy Antelope Valley country that runs out from the mountains toward the Mojave. Close by, typical homes run from about 1970 in Desert View Highlands to 1989 in Palmdale, and Sun Village sits on the newer side of that spread.
Why the system changes by area
The Antelope Valley.
Housing across the Antelope Valley comes in a few flavors. Big stretches are tract homes from the 1980s through the 2000s, a share of them on post-tensioned slabs, which often carry a stamp or a plaque in the garage warning against cutting or drilling. Older ranch homes sit closer to the original town centers, with slabs that have seen decades of oil and paint. Then there are the outlying parcels with detached shops, barns and RV pads, where the concrete may have been poured by whoever owned the place at the time. Each of those slabs starts the job in a different condition, and we plan the prep around that.
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.
Spring is the windiest stretch of the year here, so we plan coating days with one eye on the forecast. Grinding and crack repair can go ahead in a breeze; the base coat and top coat wait for a calmer window, usually early in the day. Before each coat we vacuum the slab, wipe down the door track and bottom of the walls, and seal the gap under the door, since that is where settled sand hides.
Picks for Sun Village 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
- Littlerock
2.8 miles away, Los Angeles County
- Lake Los Angeles
8 miles away, Los Angeles County
- Palmdale
8.7 miles away, Los Angeles County
- Desert View Highlands
11 miles away, Los Angeles County
More in Los Angeles County, on the services page and in the gallery.
Things worth knowing first
Do you come out to Sun Village?
Yes. Sun Village is about 8.7 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 1983?
Expect a crack along a control joint, a few hairlines and an oil stain or two. We fill the cracks, grind them flush and the flake hides the repairs. It is a typical, very fixable floor.
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.
What is a post-tension slab, and does it change the job?
Some newer tract homes sit on post-tensioned slabs, with steel cables held under tension inside the concrete, often marked by a stamp or plaque in the garage. We never cut or drill deep into one. Grinding only takes off the top skin of the surface, so the coating process stays the same and anything deeper is off the table.
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.
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.
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.
Can it all happen in one day?
Sometimes, on a small, clean slab with a fast-cure system. Most floors need more than that, because grinding, crack repair and each coat take their own time. We would rather add a day than rush a cure and have the floor fail.
Why do store-bought epoxy kits peel?
Most kits skip real surface prep and rely on a cleaner or an etch. The coating ends up sitting on top of dirt, sealer or a smooth trowel finish, and hot tires pull it right off. A proper grind is what changes that.
Does wind affect the job?
Wind blows dust and debris into wet coatings, especially with the garage door open. We work with the door mostly closed and time the coats around the calmer part of the day. A gust at the wrong moment is why we watch the forecast.
Planning a floor
in Sun Village?
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.