Temple City garages, full flake system
Most coating failures start before the first coat, with a skipped grind or a sealed slab nobody tested. On Temple City floors we grind every time and check the concrete before we mix anything. It sits in Los Angeles County, about 34 miles south of Palmdale.
The slab you probably have
About 34 miles south of Palmdale. Housing figures from the US Census.
Half the homes in Temple City are older than about 1958 and half are newer, by the Census count. Older garage slabs have usually been painted, patched and painted again. Every one of those layers has to come off, because a new coating is only as good as what it is stuck to. We grind down to clean concrete, open up the cracks, fill them, and only then talk about flake or metallic.
Expect the prep to be the biggest part of the job on a slab this age.
Stand-alone houses make up the bulk of it, roughly 78%. Detached houses usually mean private garages, and in your own garage you pick the color, the flake size and the finish. We talk through what each system handles, and the decision stays yours.
Owners live in about 61% of homes. We read those numbers the way we read a slab: they tell us whether to expect garages, rentals or shop floors before we drive out.
Temple City is San Gabriel Valley territory, warm and inland, with mountain views on clear days and neighborhoods built mostly in the decades after the war. The nearest towns on our list range from North El Monte (typical home around 1956) to Arcadia (around 1964); Temple City lands on the older side.
The conditions we plan for
The San Gabriel Valley.
Garages in the valley rarely just hold a car. Plenty double as laundry rooms, pantries with a second fridge, home gyms, storage for a family business, or extra living space for relatives. Each of those uses puts something different on the floor: detergent drips, heavy shelving, sweat and dropped weights, boxes dragged across the concrete, foot traffic in socks. Converted garages may also carry old tile, vinyl or carpet glue over the original slab. A floor in a garage like that gets judged by how it handles ordinary daily life, which is a tougher test than parking.
For a restaurant kitchen, urethane cement is our first suggestion. It takes hot water, grease and daily washdowns, handles the temperature swing between the dish area and the walk-in, and can be finished with texture for grip. We run it up the wall as a cove base so there is no seam for grease to hide in, and plan the job around your closed days or overnight hours.
In an auto or body shop, chemical resistance and thickness matter more than color. We grind out the old enamel, degrease oil-soaked areas until the base coat can bond, and build a thick epoxy system with a chemical-resistant top coat chosen against the fluids you use, brake fluid and solvents included. Around lift posts we build extra thickness, and the lift anchors stay exactly where they are.
Where we’d start in Temple City
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.
Flake Epoxy Flooring
Colored vinyl chips broadcast into an epoxy base and sealed under a clear top coat, for garages, shops and patios.
Concrete Crack Repair
Cracks chased open, filled with rigid or flexible filler depending on movement and ground flush, with honest talk about what will show.
The next towns over
- East San Gabriel
1.6 miles away, Los Angeles County
- North El Monte
2 miles away, Los Angeles County
- San Gabriel
2.4 miles away, Los Angeles County
- Arcadia
2.4 miles away, Los Angeles County
More in Los Angeles County, on the services page and in the gallery.
Temple City floor questions
Do you come out to Temple City?
Yes. Temple City is about 34 miles south 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 1958?
A slab that old is usually hard and fully cured, which is good, but decades of oil, paint and patching sit on top of it. All of that has to be ground off so the coating bonds to bare concrete. Plan on prep being the biggest part of the job.
Water pools at our garage door after storms. What can we do?
A coating stops the water from soaking into the slab, though it will not stop it from arriving. A threshold seal or a drain at the door handles that, and we seal the coating edge tight so water cannot get underneath. We also coat only when the slab has dried out after a storm.
Does construction or rock dust scratch a coated floor?
Over time, yes, especially on high gloss. Satin or matte top coats hide scratches far better, and texture from quartz or flake keeps the floor grippy. Walk-off mats and regular sweeping keep the grit from grinding in.
What floor holds up in a restaurant kitchen?
Urethane cement is the system we would recommend first. It handles hot water, grease, washdowns and the temperature swing near walk-ins, and it can be finished with texture and a cove base up the wall. We plan the work around your closed days or overnight hours.
Do warehouse floor joints need filling before coating?
Joints that carry forklift traffic should be filled with a semi-rigid filler, which supports hard wheels and keeps joint edges from chipping. Chipped edges get rebuilt first. Joints that still move get handled differently, and we explain which is which.
Why won’t you price the floor over the phone?
Because two garages the same size can need completely different prep. One might be bare concrete; the next might have three layers of paint and a moisture problem. Seeing it is the only honest way to price it, and we can often come out the same day.
When can I walk on the new floor?
Light foot traffic is usually fine within about a day, depending on the products and the temperature. We tell you the exact time for your floor before the crew leaves. Socks only for the first walk is a good habit.
What happens to the cracks?
We open them up, fill them with a repair material the base coat bonds to and grind them flush. Wide cracks get extra attention, and we tell you up front if a crack might keep moving. A flake broadcast hides most repairs in the finished floor.
Will a hot garage hurt the floor later?
A properly cured coating handles a hot garage, and polyaspartic top coats hold up well to UV and hot tires. The risk is during the cure, which is why we coat at the right time of day. After that, the heat is not a problem.
Planning a floor
in Temple City?
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.