A lot of Sarasota garages were poured when the house was a winter place, not a year-round oven. The slab has been breathing salt through an open door for decades. In August, a Siesta-side bay can sit twenty degrees hotter than the listing photo, and a cheap epoxy film will let go of the tire print before the season is over.
Giraffe Coatings, trained crew.
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The August peel on the way to Siesta
We get the call after someone tried a kit in May. By August the garage is a greenhouse, beach chairs are stacked against the wall, and the film is lifting in moons where the tires sat. The slab was never the problem. Prep was. Sarasota concrete near the Gulf is often harder and more contaminated than people expect — old sealer, fertilizer dust, years of salt. We grind to a real profile and finish with a polyaspartic that can take that heat without picking up the tire.
What we actually coat in Sarasota
- Older ranch and Mid-Century slabs that have seen Gulf air since the sixties and seventies
- Siesta-adjacent garages that load sand, bikes, and rental turnover
- Downtown and UTC spaces that need a finished look, not a shop-gray afterthought
Sarasota questions we actually get
Can you coat a 1960s or 1970s Sarasota garage slab?
Yes. Those slabs are common here and they coat well after a mechanical grind and crack repair. Age is not a reason to skip the floor — leftover paint and sealer are.
We use the garage as a drop zone after Siesta. Will sand wreck it?
Full-broadcast flake with a polyaspartic topcoat is made to be rinsed. Sand is abrasive on a thin DIY film. It is routine traffic on a ground, broadcast system.
Is August too hot to install in Sarasota?
We schedule around slab temperature, not the calendar. Polyaspartic has a working window. Early starts and shade on the door opening matter more than waiting until November.
Do you do metallic floors for design-forward Sarasota houses?
We do, inside closed garages and showrooms. Metallic is a look, not an outdoor system. If the door stays open to Gulf sun, we will tell you to go flake or a UV-stable solid instead of a showpiece that ambers.