Chemi-Cote™ Epoxy Coatings

A coating system is designed to provide aesthetic enhancement and protection to a surface. The best situation in which to specify a coating is where the concrete substrate is in good condition with minimal spalling or cracking. Because a coating is dense, seamless and has low porosity, it is easy to clean and maintain. Coatings are available in a variety of colors, allowing you to match your floor's new look to the rest of the environment.

Garland's Chemi-Cote epoxy coatings come in two applications: thin film (5-9 mils) and high-build (10-25 mils). The thicker, high-build system fills in small imperfections in a floor's surface, so there is some leveling. The coatings are generally recommended for assembly and light manufacturing areas, aircraft hangars, food process areas, laboratories, clean rooms, pedestrian walkways, warehouses and similar industrial/commercial areas.

Garland offers water-based and 100% solid epoxies in addition to the traditional solvent-based coatings. (See pages 13-14 for Waterborne coatings.) Appearances range from smooth, high-gloss finishes to an orange peel finish.

While epoxy coatings offer good to excellent resistance against many chemicals and are easy to clean, urethanes offer better stain resistance (page 9-10). Applications involving exposure to harsh chemicals may require corrosion control systems (page 11-12).