Metallic Epoxy Floors in South Bend, IN
South Bend Premier Epoxy Flooring pours metallic epoxy floors in South Bend, IN, for basement bars, kitchens on a slab, garages kept clean and small showrooms. Each floor is one thick pour of pigmented epoxy that swirls as it levels, so no two come out alike. We also work in Mishawaka, Granger, Osceola, Niles and Edwardsburg.
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A flake floor has many colored chips scattered throughout the wet epoxy coating. These colored chips can hide many of the imperfections of the slab, so that the prep doesn't have to be perfectly done. A metallic floor will not hide all of these imperfections, so more prep work needed.
- Slab ground flat before any pigment is mixed
- Cracks filled and ground flush so no line shows
- Pigment measured by the batch for one even color
- Clear topcoat picked for sun and wear
- Grit in the topcoat where the floor gets wet
Estimate your metallic floor
Typical prices per square foot for South Bend jobs, from the source below. Your quote follows a look at the job.
$2,000 to $4,800
Call (574) 800-4334 for your priceAt a glance
| Item | Typical figure | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Metallic epoxy, US | $5 to $12 per sq ft | This Old House, epoxy floor cost |
| Epoxy coating, local rate | $7.90 to $12.95 per sq ft | Homewyse 46601, 2026-10 |
| Pigment coverage | One jar per 3 gallons, 100 to 160 sq ft | Simiron Metallic Additive PDS |
| Pour thickness | 30 to 48 mils wet | Simiron Metallic Additive PDS |
| Walk on it | 24 hours at 77°F, full cure in 7 days | Sherwin-Williams ArmorSeal 1000 HS |
| Lowest install temperature | 50°F air, slab and material | Sherwin-Williams ArmorSeal 1000 HS |
Metallic Epoxy Floor Options
The look is picked last. Each of these starts from the same ground and primed slab.
Marble-Look Metallic
The marble-look metallic is typically two or three pigments, worked throughout the wet pour to make it look marbly. It looks like polished stone and is great for a bar, an entry or a kitchen island.
Water and Wave Patterns
This pattern is made by hand while the pigment is still wet. It can create blues and silver moved into ripples that look like a lake bottom. It is the hardest type of flooring to keep even from batch to batch.
One-Color Pearl Metallic
Only one pigment with a soft-looking movement gives a pearl sheen to the look of the floor. It is great for a home office or a kitchen and is the easiest to keep even in big rooms.
Metallic Basement and Bar Floors
Before a metallic basement floor is poured, moisture readings on the slab are critical to show that the concrete is fully dry. A heated basement that stays above 50 degrees, even in January, will work.
Metallic Garage Floors
The air in the room, the slab and the epoxy need to be at least 50 degrees Fahrenheit. If it's an unheated garage, you should wait for warm temperatures outside, for sure.
How Much Does a Metallic Epoxy Floor Cost?
A metallic epoxy floor runs about $5 to $12 a square foot across the US. In South Bend a plain epoxy coat costs $7.90 to $12.95 a square foot before any pigment goes in, and the metallic look adds to that base.
| Floor job | Range | Per sq ft |
|---|---|---|
| Epoxy coating, 300 sq ft, South Bend | $2,400 to $3,940 | $8.00 to $13.15 |
| Epoxy coating, 800 sq ft, South Bend | $6,335 to $10,350 | $7.90 to $12.95 |
| Metallic epoxy, US | n/a | $5 to $12 |
| Plain epoxy, US | n/a | $4 to $10 |
| Polished concrete, 800 sq ft, South Bend | $6,105 to $7,135 | $7.65 to $8.90 |
South Bend rows are for zip 46601, October 2026. They price an etched floor with crack repair and leave out the grind, the pigment and the clear topcoat. Metallic and plain epoxy for the whole country come from national cost guides. Polished concrete is the other decorative floor buyers weigh, with no coating on top at all.
A metallic epoxy floor can run about $5 to $12 per square foot. But if you drive your car all winter through the salty slush of the winter’s snowfalls, a full flake floor could be a better solution, so the dirt and scuffs disappear into the flakes and don’t show as much as on a metallic floor.
How a Metallic Floor Is Poured
- Read the slab. Moisture readings on any slab that sits on the ground, and a look at old paint and cracks. A coating bonded to dust or a damp skin lets go in patches.
- Grind and vacuum. Diamonds take off the weak top skin, and a vacuum pulls the dust out of the pores. No etching.
- Fill and flatten. Cracks are chased, packed with a filler that will not sag, and ground flush. A self-leveling pour runs to the low spots like syrup in a pan, so any dip left here becomes a dark pool in the finished floor.
- Prime. A primer coat seals the pores, which cuts down the air that would rise through the pour as bubbles.
- Mix by the batch. One 32-ounce jar of pigment goes into 3 gallons of mixed epoxy and covers 100 to 160 square feet. A basement takes several batches, and each one gets the same ratio, or the color shifts where two batches meet.
- Pour and move the color. The base goes down 30 to 48 mils wet, several times the 3 to 5 mils dry of one standard epoxy coat. The pattern forms while it is wet, so the room is poured without a break.
- Topcoat and cure. In our view this is the coat to spend on, since it takes every scuff the floor will see. It goes on the next day. Socks after 24 hours at 77°F, furniture after two or three days, full cure at seven.
Metallic or Flake?
When Metallic Fits
Metallic floors are a great fit for rooms that get swept often and kept clean, and also rooms that people can see well, where the floor becomes the room’s main focus. A home office or a weekend car garage is a great choice.
When Flake Is the Better Floor
A flake floor is typically better for rooms that get a fair amount of scuffs and dirt, like a mudroom, a pet’s room or a garage with dirty cars in it. The full flakes hide the grit and dirt and also hide scuffs well, where a glossy metallic shows all of these.
What affects the price
Every job is quoted after we see it. These are the things that move the number up or down.
Slab flatness
Ridges and low spots are ground or filled first, since a metallic pour shows every one
Number of pigments
A marble look with two or three colors takes more mixing than one color
Moisture readings
A damp slab adds a vapor barrier primer under the base
Old paint or coating
Ground off to bare concrete before the primer
Topcoat
A UV-stable polyaspartic clear coat costs more than an epoxy one
Get a quote on your metallic epoxy floors
Give us the rough size of the room, what the slab is doing now (stains, cracks, an old coating) and how you use the space. We call back with the system that fits and what would raise or lower the figure.
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Metallic Epoxy Floors FAQs
How long does a metallic epoxy floor last?
With good prep before the epoxy is poured, a 100% solids epoxy can last 10 to 20 years. This means making sure it is bonded to ground, dry concrete, with a clear topcoat that takes the wear.
Can I pour a metallic epoxy floor myself with a kit?
The challenge with a homeowner pouring their own metallic epoxy flooring is that in a bigger area, several batches of the epoxy mix have to be made up. When these batches are poured, uneven spots from different batches can show up as patches.
Will my floor look like the photos online?
To see how the floors will look in your house, sample boards with your pigment colors can be placed on the floor in your room to get the best idea of what this will look like.
Can metallic epoxy go in a kitchen or bathroom?
It can, but keep in mind a smooth metallic floor is slick when wet. There are some anti-slip additives that can be added in the topcoat to create some grip in wet conditions. Always do a test spot first with the right amount of grit.
Can a chipped metallic floor be patched?
A small chip can be filled okay, but if it's a bigger patch, the swirl around it never matches well. That particular swirl can never be made the same exact way afterwards.
Does a metallic floor need a topcoat?
Yes. Epoxy can darken or yellow where sun reaches it. By a window or a glass door, the clear coat over a metallic floor should be a UV-stable polyaspartic, which stays clear.
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