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Metallic epoxy floors

Poured and worked by hand, so the colour swirls and shifts as you walk across it. No two turn out alike. Most of ours go into basements, show garages and showrooms around Airdrie.

Price a metallic floor Play with the colours
Finished basement with a glossy copper metallic epoxy floor and a built-in aquarium
Close view of a pearl and grey metallic marble floor

Example floors by a DCK installer. Photos: Decorative Concrete Kingdom (1), Decorative Concrete Kingdom (2), CC BY 2.0.

Good spots for it

  • Basements

    Where most of them end up. A grey slab becomes a finished floor, and there’s no carpet to ruin if the sump pump quits. We test moisture first and choose the primer from the reading.

  • Show garages

    For a car that gets more polish than kilometres. It goes under a hard clear coat with fine grit by the door, since glossy metallic gets slippery when it’s wet.

  • Salons, studios and showrooms

    No seams, mops up easily and looks good in photos. After-hours installs are possible.

Choosing colours

One colour reads like calm stone. Two or three give more movement. Or we build a blend around your cabinets or your paint job. Glitter is there if you want it to catch the light.

  • Pearl metallic: White and silver with soft grey veining.Pearl
  • Graphite metallic: Charcoal with liquid-silver movement.Graphite
  • Canal metallic: Deep blue to teal, like the canals on a calm evening.Canal
  • Copper metallic: Bronze and copper with dark chocolate depth.Copper
  • Champagne metallic: Gold and cream. Warm, quiet luxury.Champagne
  • Black & Silver metallic: Liquid silver swirled through deep black.Black & Silver
  • Navy & White metallic: Crisp white veins through deep navy.Navy & White
  • Copper & Black metallic: Molten copper over black. Warm and dramatic.Copper & Black

Browse all metallic colours

Two to three days on site

Each layer has to cure before the next one goes on. That’s why metallic takes longer than a flake floor.

  1. Grind and patch

    The slab is diamond-ground and cracks are filled flush, so nothing ghosts through the colour later.

  2. Primer and base

    Primer seals the concrete. A tinted base coat goes on next and sets the darkest tone in the floor.

  3. Metallic layer

    Epoxy loaded with pearl pigment is poured and moved around by hand. The veins and depth all come from this step.

  4. Hard clear coat

    A UV-stable clear goes over everything to guard the colour against scratches and sun. Grit gets mixed in here if you want it.

What metallic runs

Starts at $10 a square foot. It sits above flake because there are more layers and more hand work.

  • Number of colours

    A two- or three-colour pour takes longer than a single colour.

  • Slab condition

    Every patch and crack can read through a metallic, so the slab needs more attention than it would under flake.

  • Room layout

    One open basement goes quicker than a space chopped up by stairs, posts and closets.

Pricing for every finish

Metallic, asked and answered

More answers
Does a metallic floor get slippery?

Wet and glossy, yes, like any polished surface. We can mix a fine grit into the clear coat. You’ll hardly see it, but socks and boots will grip.

Does metallic work in a garage?

It does, under a tough clear coat. Dust and salt show on it more than on flake, so it fits a show garage better than one full of hockey bags and muddy boots.

Will mine match the photos?

Close, but not exactly. Hands, not a machine, move the colour, so your pattern won’t repeat anyone else’s. At the measure we look at samples together and settle the colours and the amount of movement first.

What if my basement slab is damp?

Usually it’s still doable. We test it first. If it reads high, a moisture-tolerant primer goes down before the metallic. If the slab is a poor candidate, you’ll hear that from us up front.

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We measure, test the slab for moisture and leave a written price. Free, and usually within the week.

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