Industrial Epoxy Flooring

What we coat

We install industrial floor coatings on concrete slabs in production, storage and service buildings. The coating protects the concrete from wear, chemicals, water and impact.

• Plants and shops: production areas, forklift aisles, assembly and maintenance zones.
• Warehouses and distribution centres: aisles, staging areas, battery charging zones.
• Mechanical and electrical rooms: floors under equipment, containment curbs around pumps and tanks.
• Wash bays: truck and equipment washing, slopes to drains and trenches.
• Food processing: processing rooms, coolers and freezers, areas washed with hot water or steam.
• Laboratories: continuous surfaces with no open joints, resistant to the products handled.
• Loading docks and ramps: slip-resistant surfaces exposed to water, salt and freezing.
• Commercial buildings: epoxy floors in technical and service areas, traffic membranes on indoor parking decks.

We do not coat residential garages or basements. Work is carried out by our crews and qualified subcontractors. Flooring is part of our protective coatings work: the same preparation discipline and the same inspections.

Floor systems and when to choose each

The system is chosen from what the floor goes through: traffic, chemicals, heat, water and the grip needed underfoot. The manufacturer's data sheet gives the thickness and limits of each product; the quote states them.

• Self-levelling epoxy: smooth, continuous, easy to clean. For production areas, laboratories and warehouses with moderate traffic.
• Trowelled epoxy mortar: a thick, aggregate-filled layer applied by trowel. For heavy traffic, impact and uneven slabs that need reprofiling.
• Novolac epoxy: denser cross-linking, better resistance to acids and solvents. For battery rooms, chemical areas and containment curbs (novolac epoxy).
• Urethane cement: handles thermal shock, hot water and steam cleaning. It is the usual choice in food processing and in coolers and freezers.
• Polyaspartic: fast cure and good ultraviolet resistance. For an urgent return to service or a finish exposed to light, over a compatible base coat.
• Sealers and densifiers: penetrating treatments for bare concrete that cut dusting and absorption. For warehouses where the concrete stays exposed; a sealer is not a chemical barrier.
• Aggregate slip resistance: mineral aggregate broadcast into the wet coat, then sealed. Texture is set by zone: finer in production rooms, coarser on ramps and wet areas.

For food processing floors, urethane cement almost always wins. For a dry warehouse, a self-levelling coat or a sealer is often enough.

Concrete preparation

Preparation decides adhesion, more than the product does. A coating laid over laitance, oil or overly smooth concrete eventually lets go.

• Shot blasting: steel shot propelled in a closed loop with dust collection. For large open areas.
• Diamond grinding: edges, small areas, removal of thin old coatings, and spots the shot blaster cannot reach.
• Surface profile: checked against the CSP chips of the ICRI 310.2R guideline. A sealer needs a light profile, a trowelled mortar a much rougher one; the data sheet sets the target.
• Concrete moisture: tested before installation, with in-situ relative humidity probes per ASTM F2170 or by moisture vapour emission rate per ASTM F1869. If the result exceeds the product's limit, we specify a moisture-tolerant primer or another system.
• Cracks and joints: dormant cracks are routed and filled; control joints are kept and resealed with a flexible sealant, never bridged over.
• Floor repair: spalls, broken joint edges and weak areas are rebuilt with repair mortar before coating.

How a flooring project runs

An industrial flooring project follows six steps, from the survey to return to service.

• Survey: area, slab condition, existing coatings, drains, joints and operating constraints.
• Testing: concrete moisture, contamination and, where needed, a test patch for adhesion before the system is set.
• Technical quote: system coat by coat, preparation, repairs, details at drains and bases, zone layout, schedule and exclusions.
• Preparation: area isolated, shot blasting or grinding, repairs, crack and joint treatment, dust removal.
• Application: primer, body coats, aggregate where needed, topcoat. Integral cove bases in washdown areas, so water and residue do not collect at the wall.
• Return to service: light traffic, then full load, on the times given in the data sheet and at the actual slab temperature.

Inspections and standards

Every step leaves a written record, handed over in the close-out file.

• Concrete moisture: readings per ASTM F2170 or ASTM F1869, with test locations.
• Surface profile: comparison with the ICRI 310.2R CSP chips.
• Application conditions: slab and air temperature, relative humidity, dew point.
• Thickness: wet film during application, product consumption per zone, and ultrasonic dry film thickness per ASTM D6132 when the quote calls for it (dry film thickness).
• Adhesion: pull-off test per ASTM D7234 on a test patch or witness area.
• Visual inspection: bubbles, holidays, lap marks, uniform slip-resistant texture.

Defects found are repaired before return to service. Common causes of delamination are covered in our guide to coating failure modes.

Working in operating buildings, and safety

We work while the building operates, zone by zone, so production and storage keep running.

• Zones: one section is isolated, prepared and coated while the rest of the building runs. Forklift traffic is rerouted and marked.
• Work windows: nights, weekends or a planned shutdown, depending on the zone.
• Return-to-service time: set by the product data sheet and the actual slab temperature, never guessed.
• Ventilation and odour: some products give off vapours; in food plants we choose suitable systems and protect product.
• Coolers and unheated warehouses: the slab must be brought within the product's application range (cold-weather application).
• Safety: safety data sheets on site, protective equipment, lockout of adjacent equipment where needed.

Pricing: by quote

Industrial epoxy flooring is priced by quote, because the cost depends mostly on the slab and the site. Six factors drive it:

• Area and layout: one large open floor or small rooms, number of drains, trenches and equipment bases.
• Slab condition: repairs, cracks, old coatings to remove.
• Concrete moisture: a moisture-tolerant primer adds a coat.
• The system and its thickness: sealer, self-levelling, trowelled mortar, urethane cement.
• Details: cove bases, joints, slip-resistant texture.
• The work window: zones, nights, weekends, shutdown.

Send photos, approximate dimensions and the location with your quote request: we reply within 24 business hours.

Where we work

Induscoat installs industrial epoxy flooring in Montreal, across Quebec and in Ontario, working from LaSalle:

• Montreal and Montérégie
• Quebec, for the province as a whole
• Abitibi-Témiscamingue
• Côte-Nord
• Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean
• Mauricie–Centre-du-Québec
• Ontario

When an epoxy floor is not the right answer

An epoxy floor is not the right answer when the slab itself is in poor condition: the coating protects sound concrete, it does not replace lost material.

• Badly deteriorated concrete: exposed rebar, deep spalls, concrete attacked deep by chemicals. Rehabilitation starts with concrete protection, rebuilding the substrate, and the coating follows.
• Active or leaking cracks: a rigid coating follows them and cracks again. They are treated by concrete crack injection before coating, or kept as joints.
• A slab that moves or settles: the cause must be assessed by a structural specialist before any coating.

The survey settles it, and we propose the next step.

Typical Problems We Solve

• Dusting, worn concrete in forklift aisles and around docks
• Floor coating peeling or blistering over damp or poorly prepared concrete
• Slippery floors in wet, oily or washdown areas
• Concrete attacked by chemicals, hot water or steam cleaning

What You Receive

• Technical quote stating the floor system coat by coat, preparation, repairs, zone layout and return-to-service times from the data sheet
• Concrete moisture readings per ASTM F2170 or ASTM F1869 before installation
• Slab prepared to the specified ICRI CSP profile, cracks and joints treated, system applied to the data sheet
• Close-out file with application conditions, thickness and ASTM D7234 adhesion results, batch numbers and photos

Timeline

Standards & Certifications

• ICRI 310.2R: concrete surface preparation and CSP profiles
• ASTM F2170: relative humidity in concrete slabs using in-situ probes
• ASTM F1869: moisture vapour emission rate of concrete subfloors
• ASTM D7234: pull-off adhesion of coatings on concrete

Industries We Serve

• Food and beverage processing: processing rooms, coolers, washdown areas
• Manufacturing: production floors, shops, assembly areas
• Warehousing and distribution: aisles, docks, battery charging zones
• Energy and mining: mechanical rooms, maintenance shops, wash bays

Service FAQ

Technical guides

• Concrete secondary containment coatings
• Coating failure modes: diagnosis and repair
• Cold-weather epoxy application
• Novolac epoxy: definition and uses
• Dry film thickness

Related applications

Concrete industrial use cases where this service is applied.