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Metallic Epoxy · Shelby Township

Metallic Epoxy Floors in Shelby Township, MI

We blend mineral mica into wet resin, swirl it by hand, then seal the metallic epoxy floor under clear polyaspartic.

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Swirled copper and slate metallic epoxy floor in basement bar.
Gloved hand dripping alcohol into wet metallic epoxy pour.
Macro of swirled copper and slate metallic epoxy.
What we install

What a metallic floor actually is, on the slab

A metallic epoxy floor is the one people send us a photo of and ask us to copy. The swirled copper and slate look reads like poured stone, and nothing off a paint shelf comes close. Here is the honest part. That same blend can look like two different floors depending on the room it lands in. The mica we pour for a sunlit Shelby Township garage will not read the same down in a basement bar under cool LED. So the floor starts with how the light falls, not with a screen grab.

Think of a metallic epoxy floor as our standard system with one coat rewritten. The slab prep does not change. We grind the concrete to a rough CSP 3 profile and prime it to whatever the moisture reading calls for. The base coat is where it differs. Instead of a solid color, we pour a clear or lightly tinted resin loaded with mineral mica, then move it by hand while it is still wet. Alcohol dripped into the wet film opens cells and pulls the mica into ripples. A clear polyaspartic goes over the top once it cures, and that topcoat is what makes the depth read.

  • Common blends here run copper on slate, polished nickel, storm blue, warm walnut.
  • Sealed under clear polyaspartic, so it takes daylight and warm tires like any floor.
  • No two metallic floors come out the same, since the swirl moves by hand.
  • Right answer for a basement bar, a show garage, or a commercial entry.
  • We bring real sample tiles and lay them on your slab before you pick.
The same metallic blend can read like two different floors, so we never let anyone pick from a screen.

Most metallic epoxy work across the Shelby Township area lands in spaces where the floor is the main event. A finished basement bar off Hall Road. A garage built to show the cars, not just park them. The entry foyer of a small office near Van Dyke. We have poured these from Utica and Macomb Township through Sterling Heights and Rochester Hills. We walk the room in person, carry sample boards, and read the light before any number goes on paper.

If a metallic floor is on the table for a basement bar, a show garage, or a commercial entry, the next step is a site visit with sample tiles laid on your actual slab. The form on this page sends your request straight to our crew. We follow up to set the walk through.

Materials

How the metallic layer is actually built

The metallic look lives in one coat. The rest of the system is the same one we pour under any floor in town. The slab gets a planetary grind to a CSP 3 profile so the resin has something real to grab onto. The primer gets sized to the moisture reading we pull off the concrete. The base is the part that changes. Instead of a solid pigment, we pour a clear or lightly tinted solids epoxy carrying mineral mica chips, and that one swap is the whole trick. Mica reflects light, and when the chips float in clear resin and get moved while it is wet, they settle at many angles. That mixed reflection is what your eye reads as depth. The color sits down inside the resin, never painted on top.

Moving the resin is the part that takes a real hand. While the base is still wet, we work it with a trowel and a roller, then drip in a little alcohol to open cells and pull the mica into ripples. The window is short. Once the resin starts to set, the pattern is locked, so the swirl has to land in one pass. The next day a clear polyaspartic goes over the whole floor. That topcoat is the same hard, sun stable chemistry we use everywhere else, and it is what lets the metallic depth show through while taking the daily wear above it.

  • Mineral mica suspended in clear resin, moved by hand during the wet window.
  • Alcohol dripped into the wet film opens the cells that read as depth.
  • The swirl is one pass. Once the resin sets, the pattern is locked.
  • The depth only reads right under a clear polyaspartic topcoat.
Metallic epoxy floor meets a bare concrete border.
What about the alternatives?

Metallic against the other designer floors

Plenty of floors aim for a high look in a finished room. Each one gets there a different way, and each ages differently once the room is in daily use. Here is how the common picks stack up against a metallic epoxy floor, from what we see on real slabs.

Acid stained concrete

Color soaks into the slab itself, so the look is earthy and one of a kind. It also rides every flaw in the concrete, and it needs a sealer kept up over the years.

Acceptable

Polished concrete with dyes

Hard, low upkeep, and clean in a commercial space. The color is flatter than metallic, though, and a bad slab limits how far the polish can go.

Recommended

Epoxy terrazzo

Chips set in resin and ground flat for a true poured stone look. It is striking and pricey, with a longer install than most basements need.

Acceptable

Full decorative flake

The popular home finish. Texture hides flaws and adds grip, but it reads as a pattern, not the liquid depth a metallic floor gives.

Recommended

Metallic epoxy and polyaspartic

Mica swirled into clear resin and sealed under polyaspartic. The deepest look of the group, and the one floor that is never repeated twice.

Recommended
How it goes

From quote to walk-on, fast.

STEP 01

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Submit a few photos or book a free 15-minute on-site visit. The result: a fixed written quote, not an estimate range.

STEP 02

Floor Prep

Diamond-grind the slab, patch every crack, vacuum-fill control joints, and prime against moisture vapor.

STEP 03

Coating

100% solids epoxy base, a full flake broadcast for grip and depth, then a polyaspartic topcoat.

STEP 04

Cure & Enjoy

Walk on it the same evening. Park on it 24 hours later.

Before you book

Questions to settle before the install

We answer each of these straight, and anyone you call around Shelby Township should too. A dodge on any one of them is your cue to keep dialing.

Yes, and we never skip it. The same mica blend reads like two different floors under cool basement LED, a warm garage bulb, or daylight through a window. We carry eight to twelve sample tiles to the visit and lay them on your slab. You pick under the light that will actually be in the room. Choosing a metallic blend off a website thumbnail is how a finished floor ends up disliked.
A fair amount, and that is the point. Because the swirl moves by hand while the resin is wet, no two pours land the same. Two floors from one blend will share a family of color but never match ripple for ripple. We show you a range of past metallic pours so you know the look you are buying is a one off, not a printed pattern.
A surface scratch in the polyaspartic buffs out, since it sits above the metallic layer. A deeper gouge that reaches the mica is harder. The swirl underneath cannot be matched exactly. We can feather a repair into the spot and recoat that section, and on a busy floor it hides in the movement. We walk you through the real options before you commit.
It can, as long as the slab gets read first. A basement near low ground can push vapor up through the concrete for years. We pull a moisture reading and size the primer to it before the metallic base goes down. Skip that step and any floor will blister from below. The read is the same one we run for a basement floor of any kind.
Mica is a mineral, so it does not fade the way a dye does. What slowly ages is the clear polyaspartic above it, and that shows on a sunlit floor after many years. A recoat handles it, not a tear out. The metallic depth in the base layer stays put, and only the clear topcoat ever needs the attention.
Aftercare

Keeping the depth visible over the years

A cured metallic epoxy floor asks for less care than the slab it covered, but it does show every smudge, since the gloss is deep. Weekly dust mopping plus a damp mop once a month with a pH neutral cleaner is the whole routine. The deeper the shine, the more a fine scratch catches the eye, so grit is the real enemy. A coarse mat at the door and felt pads under anything heavy keep most of it off the floor. When the topcoat finally dulls under years of sun, we recoat the clear layer and the depth comes right back.

  • Dust mop weekly. On a deep gloss, every grain of grit shows.
  • Damp mop monthly with a pH neutral product. Skip abrasive pads.
  • Felt pads under chair legs, bar stools, and anything dragged across it.
  • A coarse mat at the door catches grit before it reaches the swirl.
  • When sun dulls the topcoat after years, we recoat the clear layer.
Swirled copper and slate metallic epoxy floor in basement bar.
How a finished metallic install reads in the room
FAQ

Frequent metallic epoxy questions

We build our floors in layered coats, and that careful stack of primer, base, and top coat is the whole reason they hold up here. A primer grips the bare slab. A thick base coat carries the color flake and gives the floor its body. Then a polyaspartic top coat seals the whole thing and takes the daily wear for you. Built that way, a floor in this area holds up for years before it ever needs a fresh top coat. The soft box store kits skip the moisture primer to save a few dollars, so most of them peel inside two or three winters.
Epoxy and polyaspartic do two different jobs inside the same floor. Epoxy is the base layer that grips the slab and builds the thickness you can see. Polyaspartic is the clear top coat above it, and that coat is what gives the floor its hardness, its shine in daylight, and the fast cure that lets us pour on one day and hand you the floor the next. A floor with only epoxy on it stays softer and slowly yellows in the sun. We always pour both so each layer can do the part it is good at.
Three things set the price. The first is the size of the floor. The second is the shape of the slab sitting under it, and the third is the finish you pick. A slab carrying deep cracks, old oil stains, or heavy damp needs far more prep work, so the number runs higher. Metallic pours and dense flake blends sit at the top end of the range. We never quote a loose range over the phone, because that number is almost always wrong. Instead we come look, read the slab in person, and write one clear price after a free walk through.
Yes. The work is all indoors, so as long as the garage holds its heat through the cure, the time of year does not stop us at all. On the coldest days we simply run a heater for a few hours while the top coat sets up. Spring and fall fill up fast around here. Because of that, winter often gives you the shorter wait if you want a fresh floor down before the next salt season hits.
Hot tire pickup is the exact thing that kills cheap coatings. A fully cured polyaspartic top coat is harder than the rubber of a tire, so it holds tight to the base layer even after a long July drive home on the highway. The soft paint kits lift off in patches the moment a hot tire parks on them. That is the failure we build every floor against, coat by coat, right from the prep.
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