Heavy Tonnage Industrial Epoxy Floor Coating
The toughest epoxy floor coating on earth — engineered for extreme traffic, maximum impact resistance, and the harshest industrial environments where every other coating fails.
The Toughest Epoxy Floor Coating on Earth
We call this our Heavy Tonnage Epoxy Floor Coating for a reason — it's engineered to withstand extreme traffic, both in vehicle weight and high volume. This is a complete turnkey two-layer epoxy floor system that is a whopping 30 mils thick and has a Shore D hardness rating at the top of the chart, exceeding the hardness of all other epoxy coatings and even construction hard hats.
This extra heavy duty industrial epoxy system cures to a high gloss finish that handles daily caustic wash downs, high-impact drops, oversize and high-performance abrasive tires, and heavy repetitive traffic as found in most production and repair facilities. This coating has the lowest cost of ownership because it will last the longest.
Crop Production Services facility — abrasive grain and caustic fertilizers have no effect on the Heavy Tonnage system.
Customer Success: Crop Production Services handles large trucks filled with heavy and caustic fertilizer daily. After testing numerous coatings, the Heavy Tonnage Epoxy System is the only one that stood up to their semi-truck traffic and corrosive fertilizers. It is now the standard epoxy floor coating for all their facilities.
Complete Turnkey System — Everything Included
- High-Performance Primer — Creates the strongest bond to concrete — tougher than most standalone epoxy systems on the market
- Heavy Tonnage Super Duty Floor Epoxy — 30 mils thick with bunker-concrete hardness and 3mg abrasion rating
- 18" Calibrated Application Squeegee — Ensures correct and consistent thickness throughout application
- Application Tools — Mixing wand, rollers, spike soles, and buckets included
- DIY-Friendly Design — Can be applied by anyone with no prior experience required
The only thing you need to supply is elbow grease and Xylene for cleanup. Clean anything that should not be coated before it cures — once cured, it can only be removed by mechanical means.
Minimum order: 550 square feet • Ordered in 100 sq ft increments
Why Heavy Tonnage Outperforms Every Competitor
- 3mg Abrasion Loss Rating — Many times harder than construction hard hats. Competitors rate 25mg+ abrasion loss — once you exceed 25mg you're no better off than semi-gloss wall paint from a hardware store
- Chemically Hardened Formula — Cures to bunker-concrete hardness for extreme long-term durability
- Highest Quality Primer — Creates the strongest possible mechanical and chemical bond to concrete
- Forklift Tested — We've driven forklifts with blades down over this floor with zero adverse effects
- 30 Mils Thick — Complete two-layer turnkey system for maximum build and protection
- Shore D Hardness — Highest chart rating, exceeding all other epoxy coatings on the market
The abrasion rating gap matters enormously: Our coating is exponentially more durable than a coating with a 25mg abrasion loss rating. That's not a small improvement — it's the difference between a floor that lasts years under extreme conditions and one that wears through in months.
Proven in the Most Demanding Environments
We don't know of any other epoxy floor coating that could handle this kind of floor traffic. This aluminum factory has giant forklifts moving extremely heavy skids with coils of aluminum from production areas to storage — not being gentle when picking or placing.
Aluminum factory: giant forklifts moving heavy skids of aluminum coils continuously — Heavy Tonnage holds up without issue.
Why is there a dog kennel in our photo gallery? Because dogs have sharp nails and like to dig — and this is the only coating that dogs who like to dig cannot harm.
Ideal Applications
See It In Action
Watch this installation of medium gray in a service shop. Notice the light-reflective high-gloss finish under LED lighting — the bluish hue is reflected from the blue lifts; the actual coating color is a true medium gray.
Heavy Tonnage installation in a vehicle service center — medium gray finish under LED lighting.
Primer Options
Select if going over an existing coating or steel plate. Bonds to any previous paint, epoxy, or steel. Odorless — we'll swap out the standard primer at no extra charge.
Dries in 2-3 hours versus 5-8 hours for the standard primer. Lets you prime and epoxy in the same day when downtime is critical!
IMPORTANT VOC NOTICE: Due to EPA VOC law changes, certain states require the Low VOC version. The Low VOC version is also odorless — ideal for occupied facilities. Same 3mg abrasion rating and Shore D hardness. Standard version has a strong odor for the primer only (the epoxy itself has no odor).
States requiring Low VOC version:
If shipping to any of these states, select the Low VOC option in the size dropdown when ordering.
Ready to Order or Need a Volume Discount?
Minimum order is 550 square feet, ordered in 100 sq ft increments. Volume pricing available for large facilities.
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Colors Not Listed That Are On Color Chart Are Available As Special Order Of 5000 Sq Ft Or More
Traffic Yellow & Safety Yellow Available IN Small Quantities For Line Stripping.
ENTER THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF YOUR FLOOR PLUS AT LEAST A 10% SAFETY FACTOR TO ALLOW FOR DIFFERENT POROSTIES, EVERY CONCRETE FLOOR IS DIFFERENT. PLEASE ROUND UP TO THE NEXT FULL HUNDRED SF INCREMENT. EXAMPLE: IF YOUR ACTUAL FLOOR SIZE IS 1050 SF + SAFETY FACTOR =1155, ORDER 1200 SF.
PLEASE NOTE THAT LIGHTER COLORS SUCH AS WHITE AND OFF WHITE AND HIGH PIGMENT COLORS SUCH AS YELLOW, RED & BLACK MAY YIELD LESS COVERAGE.
Below we go through the three steps of doing this type of floor. This requires 1-2 days of installation and another couple of days to let the final epoxy coating fully harden. The epoxy flooring system is designed for 10-15 yrs of heavy duty service.
While installation of the epoxy flooring system requires proper floor prepping. Many times installation can be accomplished while maintaining the facility in full service by doing the floor in sections.
STEP 1 - Preferred method of preparation is a diamond grind to get the floor clean. For oil and grease stains scrub in some Liquid Tide with Muriatic acid, let acid work for 5-6 minutes then rinse off. Repeat as necessary and then rinse with TSP powder on the final rinse to neutralize. Repair any cracks or spalled concrete with one of our repair kits after cleaning. For heavily oil stained floors that cannot be cleaned select the oil primer option.
If acid etching you must etch twice with a 2 gallon of water to 1 gallon of muriatic acid solution for 300 sf. Etch then rinse and then etch again and prior to rinsing the second time lightly brush in TSP powder at the rate of 1 lb/1000sf to neutralize.
See the HOW TO PREP AND EPOXY PAINT YOUR FLOOR for further preparation details.
STEP 2 - Mix the primer according to the ratio on the labels. Mix for 2 1/2 minutes, mix 1 gallon per person rolling. Apply the high performance epoxy primer coat or the oil primer if oil cannot be removed from floor completely.
STEP 3 - Allow to primer is dry to the touch (5-6hrs), test by pressing thumb into primer, if no thumbprint is left primer is ready for the epoxy. Apply the epoxy at a 125 sf/gal rate. We recommend spreading the floor epoxy with our calibrated notched squeegee first then back rolling over it to smoothen and spread out further. Do not mix more than 1 gallon per person rolling. This is a high catalytic reaction epoxy and the more you mix the faster it sets up. Do not mix on high speed, this will infuse air into the epoxy. Make sure to move the mixer all around the bucket to ensure you mix all the epoxy at the bottom and edges of the bucket. Mix for 2 1/2 minutes on medium speed. After mixing the part A & B together transfer from mixing bucket to smaller pails and give it a quick remix.
Then pour the epoxy directly on the floor in a bead from left to right, squeegee and back roll (Do Not Leave Mixed Epoxy In Bucket). Then repeat till done. For nonslip finish purchase 1 unit of heavy duty nonslip per 500 sf of floor, evenly broadcast the nonslip onto the epoxy after squeegeeing but before you back roll, this is where spike soles really come in handy. Once the floor epoxy is dry to the touch (8-12hrs) you can walk on it and put light traffic on it. Let floor cure for 2 days to reach full hardness before putting heavy vehicles on it.
It's important that your floor looks like the cleaned floor below, even though this is a garage floor the concept for your industrial application is the same. The floor must be prepped properly.
BEFORE & AFTER OF A PROPERLY PREPPED FLOOR THAT WAS GRINDED CLEAN
THE FLOOR PREP MACHINE RENTED FROM HOME DEPOT DID A GREAT JOB, OIL STAINS WERE CLEANED WITH LIQUID TIDE AND MURIATIC ACID. FOR FLOORS LARGER THAN 3000 SF WE RECOMMEND YOU USE THE LARGEST COMMERCIAL GRINDING MACHINE YOU CAN RENT WITH NEW 25-30 DIAMOND BITS. ALWAYS GET THE VAC ATTACHMENT WITH NAY GRINDER YOU RENT. RENT A GENERATOR IF YOU HAV EINSUFFICIENT POWER TO RUN A PROPER SIZE GRINDER.
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