Polyurea Flake Coating for Your Patio?

Polyurea flake coating has become an increasingly popular beautification option for multiple areas in a home, and for good reasons. Polyurea is an advanced flooring material that offers a wide range of benefits: it enhances your indoor and outdoor living spaces, improves the durability of your concrete, and altogether, gives a new functionality to spaces like a patio.

In this article, we’ll take a closer look at some of the key benefits of polyurea flake coating and why it may be the right choice for your patio.

Polyurea Flake Coating is Durable

Polyurea flake coating is incredibly durable and resistant to wear-and-tear. Unlike traditional patio flooring materials like concrete, wood, or stone, polyurea coating can withstand heavy foot traffic, a wide range of weather conditions, as well as stains, spills and scratches. This makes it a material of choice for patios, as this area typically sees a heavy traffic with dirty shoes, pet paws, wheels, toys, etc.

Polyurea Flake Coating is Water Resistant

Another major benefit of polyurea flake coating is its water resistance properties. Unlike traditional coating materials, polyurea flake coating resists to water and underground moisture. Rain, snow, and dew are predators for patios, just as much as the moisture coming up from the ground. In our Detroit Metro area, a traditional epoxy coating can’t do well very long when submitted to this type of punishment.

Aesthetics

Most people, when looking at a floor that received a polyurea coating, have one reaction: their jaw drops. The material is truly beautiful. It is also available in a variety of colors, patterns, and finishes, which allows homeowners to create the look-and-feel that they want for their garage or their patio. Whether you prefer a modern look or a more classic one, there is probably an off-the-shelf polyurea flake coating that will tickle your fancy.

Polyurea Flake Coating is Easy to Clean

Unlike traditional patio flooring materials like epoxy or latex paint, polyurea flake coating does not require regular sealing or sanding. Its maintenance consists in sweeping and mopping, and it will keep looking great. This makes it a convenient choice for homeowners who want a patio flooring material that is low maintenance and easy to keep clean.

Cost-Effectiveness

Compared to other types of patio coating materials, polyurea coating is relatively affordable. It also installs quickly and relatively easily with an excellent preparation of the underlaying concrete. The installation and curing process is faster than for epoxy coating, and it does not need the constant care or refinishing that epoxy and paint require. Less time to install, less maintenance and refinishing? That’s a great combo if you want to upgrade your patio without breaking the bank.

Flexibility

Finally, polyurea flake coating is chemically flexible. Homeowners can use it in a variety of patio applications: the molecular disposition arrangement of the material makes it a better fit than epoxy for outdoor applications (patios, pool decks, balconies, staircases). This is because it moves with the concrete underneath. Your concrete is never static: it expands and contracts with temperature and moisture, especially moisture coming up from the ground. These motions, as small as they may be, do not fit the hardness of traditional epoxy coating. They make it crack because the top layer can’t follow the underlying material.

About Motorcity Floors and Coatings in Novi, MI

MotorCity is a well-known floor coating specialist based in Novi, MI. We serve families and businesses in the entire Detroit Metro area. Our customers love the work we do: over the years, we have gathered a 4.9 Google rating over 420+ reviews. We typically recommend a combination of polyurea and polyaspartic coatings to obtain a great look and a long-duration protection for your concrete, whether it’s a garage, a basement, a patio, a walkway, etc.