Epoxy Flooring Contractor for Commercial & Industrial Floors
An epoxy flooring contractor installs seamless, resin-based floor systems — primer, body coat and topcoat — over mechanically prepared concrete to protect industrial and commercial slabs from traffic, chemicals and wear. Maverick Performance Solutions is that contractor and the manufacturer behind it: the MavCoat epoxy coatings, MavClad EM troweled epoxy mortar and MavPrime primers that go into every floor are formulated in our own plants and placed by our own crews, so the floor is manufactured and installed by one company. Epoxy is one platform within our industrial flooring work — MavClad epoxy mortar and MavCrete urethane cement carry the heaviest duty — and this page is the hub for everything epoxy we do, part of our industrial flooring practice, from 100% solids self-leveling plant floors and 1/4-inch mortar to novolac chemical-resistant coatings, metallic showroom floors and moisture mitigation, across Metro Detroit, Michigan, Ohio and the Midwest.
What an Epoxy Floor System Is: Primer, Body, Topcoat
Epoxy flooring is a build-up assembled in a fixed order; the Epoxy Systems page carries the cross-sections. The primer bonds the system to the slab: MavPrime EP, a 100% solids epoxy primer at 3–8 mils over concrete prepared to CSP 3 or greater, or MavPrime MVT on green concrete. On tight schedules, MavCoat FC primes and builds in one product, 3 to 16 mils.
The body is the floor. On most plant and warehouse floors it is MavCoat SLE, a 100% solids self-leveling epoxy spread at 10–30 mils, pigmented with MavTints, smooth or broadcast with sand, quartz or flake. Where the duty is impact and heavy wheel traffic, the body becomes MavClad EM, a trowel-applied epoxy mortar at a full 1/4 inch; see troweled epoxy flooring and the MavClad systems page.
The topcoat is chosen for the exposure. MavSeal UPA polyaspartic seals broadcast floors at 10–16 mils and does not amber in daylight; MavCoat CES clear epoxy siloxane finishes decorative builds at 2.4–4 mils cured; MavCoat CRE or MavCoat NV go on where chemistry is the threat; and MavCoat ESD adds static control at 2–3 mils.
Why the Order Matters
- Each layer has a recoat window. MavCoat SLE, FC, HB, CRE, HPE and NV carry a 24-hour maximum recoat; miss it and the surface is sanded before the next coat.
- The bond is mechanical. MavCoat SLE adhesion exceeds 400 psi with 100% concrete failure (ASTM D7234); the slab breaks before the bond line, which requires a correctly profiled substrate.
The MavCoat Family: Which Epoxy Floor Coating for Which Duty
MavCoat is the epoxy coating line, MavClad the troweled epoxy mortar line and MavPrime the primer line. Within MavCoat the products differ by what they are asked to survive, and the table is how we match them; every figure comes from the product's own data sheet in the PDS library. MavClad EF-HD (flake heavy-duty) and MavClad EIF (iron-filled) are specialty variants of the mortar line; ask us for guidance on those.
MavCoat Flex, OPE, WBE, Polyurea and CES round out the line for flexible, textured, water-based, rapid-cure and clear-siloxane duty; the full catalog is on the products page. Product pages for the table: MavCoat SLE, MavCoat HB, MavCoat PC, MavCoat FC, MavCoat HPE, MavCoat CRE, MavCoat NV, MavCoat Metallic, MavCoat ESD, MavCoat MVB, MavClad EM and MavSeal UPA.
| Product | What it is | Typical use |
|---|---|---|
| MavCoat SLE | 100% solids self-leveling epoxy basecoat, 10–30 mils; 11,600 psi compressive (ASTM D695); safe for incidental food contact per its PDS | Workhorse body coat for production floors, warehouses and maintenance bays; receives sand, quartz, flake or metallic additive |
| MavCoat HB | Two-layer high-build system: epoxy primer at 3–8 mils plus MavCoat SLE body at 10–30 mils | Restoring eroded floors to a high-gloss finish; forklift aisles; accepts high-wear or chemical-resistant topcoats |
| MavCoat PC | 1/16-inch three-layer system: MavPrime EP, pigmented MavCoat SLE with a single 20/40 silica sand broadcast, MavSeal UPA topcoat; wet DCOF above 0.55 (ANSI A326.3) | Manufacturing floors, work zones and tough-traffic areas that need slip resistance |
| MavCoat FC | 100% solids fast-cure epoxy primer and build coat, 3–16 mils; recoat in 4 hours; at 16 mils tolerates 12 lb MVT (ASTM F1869) or 85% RH (ASTM F2170) | Shutdown-window installs, cool-weather work down to 35°F, base under fast-cure polyaspartic systems |
| MavCoat HPE | 100% solids high-performance epoxy that is its own primer and pigmented or clear topcoat; 16 wet mils per coat; Shore D 85–90 | Warehousing, manufacturing, labs, institutional buildings, cafeterias and kitchens |
| MavCoat CRE | 100% solids chemically resistant epoxy, 16 wet mils per coat; 9,200 psi compressive (ASTM C579), 425 psi bond (ASTM D4541) | Chemical processing, battery charging areas, labs, food and beverage production, cage-wash and kitchen floors |
| MavCoat NV | 100% solids novolac epoxy, 14 wet mils per coat; 19,000 psi compressive (ASTM C579); resists 98% sulfuric acid and urea ammonium nitrate | Secondary containment, process floors, pump pads and curbs, truck unloading; chemical-resistant topcoat over MavCrete UM |
| MavCoat Metallic | 100% solids self-leveling epoxy with Metallic Additive over a tinted basecoat, 32–80 mils; 30–35 minute work time | Showrooms, lobbies, retail and finished residential floors; interior only |
| MavCoat ESD | Static-dissipative urethane topcoat, 2–3 mils; surface resistance 1 x 10⁵ to below 1 x 10⁹ ohms (ANSI/ESD STM 7.1); UV stable | Electronics assembly, circuit-board handling, avionics, static-sensitive packaging, cleanrooms and labs |
| MavCoat MVB | 100% solids epoxy moisture vapor barrier primer; 16 mils resists MVT to 25 lb per 1,000 sq. ft. per 24 h (ASTM F1869) or 95% RH (ASTM F2170) | Under any Maverick coating system on slabs with moisture problems; must be over-coated |
| MavClad EM | Trowel-applied 100% solids epoxy mortar at 1/4 inch; 13,250 psi compressive (ASTM C579), Shore D 75–90 | Traffic aisles, assembly lines, warehousing, chemical processing and renovation of eroded slabs |
| MavSeal UPA | Aliphatic polyaspartic topcoat, 10–16 mils in one pass; 30 mg Taber loss (ASTM D4060); gloss 87–89 after 1,000 h QUV (ASTM G154) | UV-stable topcoat over broadcast floors and grout coat over MavClad EM; not for smooth coating systems |
Surface Preparation: Profile and Moisture Decide Whether Epoxy Bonds
Most epoxy floor failures are prep failures. The primer keys into a mechanical profile, so the profile is specified before the product. MavCoat SLE, HB, PC, FC and MavCoat MVB call for new or bare concrete diamond-ground or shot-blasted to CSP 3 or greater per ICRI Guideline 310.2R; the thicker the system, the coarser the profile. MavCoat CRE, HPE, NV and MavClad EM specify CSP 3–5 and a minimum surface tensile strength of 300 psi per ASTM D4541. Our CSP guide maps profiles to prep methods.
Moisture is measured, never assumed. Standard MavCoat epoxies require moisture vapor transmission at or below 3 lb per 1,000 sq. ft. per 24 hours (ASTM F1869) and slab relative humidity at or below 75% (ASTM F2170). Above those limits the build changes: MavCoat MVB at 16 mils resists MVT to 25 lb or 95% RH; MavCoat FC at 16 mils tolerates 12 lb or 85% RH; on green concrete MavPrime MVT is the primer, one 8–10 mil coat to 85% RH and two above it. See moisture mitigation and Why Epoxy Floors Fail.
What Else Happens Before the Primer
- New concrete waits 28 days. Every MavCoat and MavClad sheet requires a 28-day cure; earlier than that, MavPrime MVT is the primer.
- Coated floors are ground, not etched. Existing coatings are ground with 30-grit metal diamonds to remove non-epoxy topcoats and restore profile.
- Repairs come first. Cracks and spalls are patched with MavPatch Epoxy and moving joints are honored; see concrete floor repair and joint filling.
Where Epoxy Is the Right Answer, and Where Urethane Cement Is
Industrial epoxy flooring earns its place on dry floors taking traffic, impact and broad chemistry: oils, coolants, alkaline cleaners and intermittent acid splash. MavCoat SLE tests at 11,600 psi compressive (ASTM D695) and 12,800 psi flexural (ASTM D790); MavClad EM mortar at 13,250 psi compressive (ASTM C579) with Shore D 75–90; MavCoat NV novolac at 19,000 psi while resisting 98% sulfuric acid. Epoxy also carries the decorative range, metallic epoxy flooring and quartz and flake broadcast, at a thinner build and lower cost than a mortar.
The data sheets also print epoxy's boundaries: MavCoat CRE, HPE and MavClad EM are not designed for exterior use or constant immersion, and epoxies are not fully color stable without a UV-stable topcoat. The hard boundary is thermal shock. A rigid epoxy film riding a slab through daily hot washdown will eventually shear at the bond line. That duty belongs to MavCrete urethane cement: MavCrete UM is rated to 250°F, thermal-shock resistant and steam cleanable, with light traffic in 6 hours and full service in 24. Full comparison: Urethane Cement vs. Epoxy.
Quick Rule by Service Condition
- Dry manufacturing, warehouse and assembly traffic. MavCoat SLE or HB, MavClad EM at impact zones: industrial flooring, warehouse floor coatings.
- Acids, solvents, containment. MavCoat CRE, or MavCoat NV for concentrated acids: chemical-resistant linings, novolac flooring.
- Hot washdown, steam, thermal cycling. MavCrete: urethane cement flooring.
- Hours, not days, to return to service. MavCoat FC under MavSeal UPA: polyaspartic floor coating.
Every Epoxy Flooring Service We Install
This page is the hub; the pages below are the spokes. Each goes deeper on one epoxy application, carries its own build-up and FAQ, and traces its numbers to the same data sheets. Commercial epoxy flooring and industrial epoxy flooring share the same chemistry and the same prep; what changes is body thickness, texture and topcoat. Decorative MavTop broadcast floors have their own MavTop systems page; they are specified for commercial and light-duty space, not heavy industrial traffic.
Industry context lives separately. The duty profile of an automotive plant, a distribution center, a pharmaceutical suite or a chemical processing floor determines which service applies, and the manufacturing flooring page is the best starting point for most plants.
Epoxy Service Pages
- Industrial flooring. Heavy-duty plant floors from MavClad EM mortar and MavCoat body coats, phased around production.
- Troweled epoxy flooring. 1/4-inch MavClad EM for impact, point loads and eroded-slab renovation.
- Warehouse floor coatings. Aisle-by-aisle epoxy for forklift traffic, joint shoulders and coated-in demarcation.
- Chemical-resistant linings and novolac. Containment linings with MavCoat CRE, and MavCoat NV novolac flooring where acids concentrate.
- Metallic, quartz and flake. Metallic epoxy for customer-facing space; quartz and flake broadcast for texture and slip resistance.
- Polyaspartic and fast cure. MavSeal UPA over MavCoat FC when the shutdown window is measured in hours.
- Moisture mitigation and repair. MavCoat MVB programs, concrete repair and joint filling before any coating.
- Garage and basement. Garage floor coating and basement floor coating with the same plant-floor chemistry.
Manufactured and Installed by One Company
Most epoxy flooring bids are a coating job: a contractor buys someone else's resin, applies it to someone else's specification, and the warranty lives in the gap between the two. When the floor fails, each blames the other. Maverick closes that gap. The MavCoat, MavClad, MavPrime and MavSeal products are formulated in our own plants, arrive as factory-batched kits, and are placed by our own crews against the same build-up document the warranty references: a single-source warranty covering materials and labor, term set per project.
Send square footage, how the space is used, the chemistry it sees and the shutdown window you can live with, and an engineered recommendation comes back with a named system, mil thicknesses, cure-to-service times and the data sheet for every component. Specifiers can pull guide specifications, details and drawings and every product data sheet from the Architect Center, preview colors in the Floor Visualizer, and read more on the About page.
What One Signature Buys You
- The spec matches the slab. The company that formulates the resin is the one standing on your concrete with the moisture meter.
- Cure times you can schedule against. Return-to-service figures come from the sheets at the stated temperature and are written into the phasing plan you approve.
- Repairable for life. Damaged areas of a MavCoat floor are abraded and recoated inside the system; the floor never has to come out.
- Striping coated in. Aisle lines and zone colors are pigmented into the system with MavTints rather than painted over it.
Epoxy Flooring Contractor for Metro Detroit, Michigan, Ohio and the Midwest
Maverick is based in Taylor, Michigan, at 25911 Northline Commerce Drive, Suite 306, which puts most of Metro Detroit within a short drive and the rest of the state and northern Ohio inside a same-week mobilization. Crews work out of Taylor into Ann Arbor, Lansing, Flint and Saginaw and Grand Rapids, and across the state line to Toledo, Cleveland and Columbus. The full list of cities is on the service areas page.
Michigan's climate is part of the specification. Slab-on-grade floors in older plants often have no vapor retarder under them, which is why moisture testing is in every assessment. Unheated warehouses and loading areas in winter push installs toward MavCoat FC and MavSeal UPA Fast Cure, both rated for air and surface temperatures down to 35°F, while standard MavCoat SLE is specified with its Fast Cure activator below 60°F. Shutdown windows are planned around your shifts, not ours: nights, weekends and aisle-by-aisle phasing are standard practice. Call (313) 889-2526 or request a quote to start with a site assessment.
Straight Answers Before You Call
What does an epoxy flooring contractor do that a painter or general contractor does not?
An epoxy flooring contractor is responsible for the slab, not just the film. That means moisture testing to ASTM F1869 and F2170 before a system is chosen, mechanical preparation to the CSP profile the data sheet specifies (CSP 3 or greater for MavCoat coatings, CSP 3–5 for MavCoat CRE, HPE, NV and MavClad EM), repair of cracks and spalls, honoring joints, and then placing each layer inside its recoat window with matched kits mixed at the printed ratio. Maverick adds one more thing: we manufacture the MavCoat and MavClad products we install, so the specification, the material and the crew answer to the same company.
How thick should an industrial epoxy floor be?
It depends on the duty, and the thickness is specified from your traffic rather than from a price sheet. MavCoat SLE self-leveling epoxy is applied at 10–30 mils for general plant and warehouse floors. MavCoat HB adds a 3–8 mil epoxy primer under a 10–30 mil MavCoat SLE body to restore eroded floors. MavCoat PC is a 1/16-inch three-layer broadcast system for slip resistance. For impact, point loads and heavy wheel traffic the body becomes MavClad EM trowel-applied epoxy mortar at a full 1/4 inch, with 13,250 psi compressive strength (ASTM C579). Chemical-duty coatings such as MavCoat CRE and MavCoat NV are applied in two coats at 16 and 14 wet mils per coat respectively.
How long before an epoxy floor can take traffic?
At 72°F, MavCoat SLE accepts light foot traffic in 10 hours with the Standard activator, 16 hours with Slow and 6 hours with Fast Cure; heavy traffic at 2 days and full cure at 5 days. MavCoat FC takes light foot traffic in 5 hours and heavy traffic in 48 hours, which is why it anchors shutdown-window work. MavSeal UPA Fast Cure topcoat takes foot traffic in 4–6 hours and heavy traffic in 48 hours. MavClad EM mortar carries foot traffic in 12–24 hours and full service in 48–72 hours at 77°F. Those figures are written into the phasing plan, and larger floors are installed area by area so production keeps running.
Can epoxy flooring go over a concrete slab with moisture problems?
Yes, when the build changes to match the readings. Standard MavCoat epoxies are limited to 3 lb of moisture vapor transmission per 1,000 sq. ft. per 24 hours (ASTM F1869) and 75% slab relative humidity (ASTM F2170). Above that, MavCoat MVB moisture vapor barrier primer goes down first: applied at 16 mils, it resists MVT up to 25 lb or 95% RH and is then over-coated with the full system. MavCoat FC at 16 mils tolerates 12 lb or 85% RH on its own. Green concrete is primed with MavPrime MVT, one 8–10 mil coat up to 85% RH and two coats above it. We never coat an unmeasured slab.
Epoxy vs. polyaspartic: which one do I need?
Usually both, in different layers. Epoxy is the body: 100% solids MavCoat SLE or MavCoat FC delivers verified film build, 11,600 psi compressive strength (ASTM D695) on SLE, and broad chemical resistance. MavSeal UPA polyaspartic is the finish: it is UV stable, holding 87–89 gloss after 1,000 hours of QUV exposure (ASTM G154), posts 30 mg Taber abrasion loss (ASTM D4060), and its Fast Cure version returns foot traffic in 4–6 hours. Its data sheet is specific that it is a topcoat for floors broadcast to refusal with sand, quartz or flake, not for smooth coating systems; a smooth epoxy floor that needs UV stability takes MavCoat CES clear epoxy siloxane instead. Details are on the polyaspartic floor coating page.
Will an epoxy floor coating yellow over time?
Unprotected epoxy can. The MavCoat HB guide states the system is not aliphatic and may yellow over time, and the MavCoat CRE and HPE sheets note that, like all epoxies, they are not 100% color stable without a UV-stable topcoat; MavCoat Metallic is not applied outdoors or under high UV exposure for the same reason. Where daylight reaches the floor, at dock doors, showrooms or glazed corridors, the finish layer is an aliphatic product: MavSeal UPA polyaspartic (gloss 87–89 after 1,000 hours QUV, ASTM G154) over broadcast floors, or MavCoat CES epoxy siloxane (gloss above 85) over smooth and decorative builds. In interior plant space with no UV exposure, a pigmented epoxy finish holds its color.
Which epoxy is right for chemical exposure and secondary containment?
Two MavCoat products cover it. MavCoat CRE is a 100% solids chemically resistant epoxy with resistance above standard epoxies, 425 psi bond strength (ASTM D4541) and Shore D 85–90, specified for chemical processing, battery charging areas, labs and food and beverage production; its sheet excludes constant immersion. MavCoat NV is the novolac epoxy for aggressive service: 19,000 psi compressive (ASTM C579), resistance to concentrated acids including 98% sulfuric acid and urea ammonium nitrate, and use on secondary containment, pump pads, curbs and truck unloading. Suitable for immersion service – immersion samples available upon request. Both are applied over MavPrime EP in two coats, and both sheets require confirming performance in the specific chemical environment before use. See chemical-resistant linings and novolac flooring.
Scope Your Epoxy Floor
Tell us the square footage, the traffic, the chemistry and the shutdown window. An engineered MavCoat or MavClad build-up recommendation and budget direction come back within 48 hours.