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Metallic Epoxy Floors in Huntington, NY
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A metallic epoxy floor is a clear two-part epoxy carrying a metallic pigment, spread over a pigmented base coat and left to level, so the pattern forms as the pigment disperses in the resin while it cures; in Huntington three things decide whether it suits a room: the slab's moisture reading, its flatness and the direct sun on the floor. Laticrete's data sheet for Spartacote Metallic Pigments (DS-85.7-0819) describes powder pigments made of "aluminum platelets coated with metal oxides". Because the pattern forms in the wet coat, no two metallic epoxy floors match; Sherwin-Williams calls the patterns "one-of-a-kind". The slab is often an old one: the Census Bureau's 2020-2024 American Community Survey estimates that 67.2 percent of the Town of Huntington's housing units were built before 1970 (table B25034).
Typical published range
$5 to $12 per sq ft in national add-on tables (This Old House, Mar 2026; Bob Vila, Apr 2024, materials only)
The price surveys print little for metallic epoxy flooring. This Old House's March 2026 epoxy flooring page lists "Metallic epoxy floor" at $5 to $12 per square foot in its additive pricing table, and Bob Vila's epoxy garage floor page, updated April 26, 2024, prints the same range in a table headed "Add-ons (Materials Only)". This Old House's garage remodel guide, also updated in March 2026, gives $15 to $25 per square foot for "Custom epoxy floors with fancy patterns". HomeGuide's February 2026 survey says only that a metallic tint "costs extra". Angi's August 2026 page prints no metallic price and names what drives any epoxy job: resin type, floor size and surface preparation. Every figure here is national: no survey prices Huntington, Suffolk County or Long Island, and none is our price. The full survey tables are on our epoxy flooring cost page.
A metallic floor is built in layers, and the system sheets give each coat a thickness in mils (a mil is a thousandth of an inch). Sherwin-Williams' Resuflor Topcoat Metallic II submittal package (copyright 2025) starts with a pigmented base coat, listed at "200 square feet at 8 mils wet/dry film". The metallic coat is an epoxy carrying 12 ounces of pigment per 3 gallons of mixed resin, laid at 16 mils wet, one gallon to 100 square feet, under a satin urethane topcoat. Westcoat's Liquid Dazzle system specification (revision 2/26) describes "a 100% solids epoxy floor coating system" (no water or solvent to evaporate) of 38 to 42 mils dry film thickness; its metallic coat is spread with a 1/8 inch notched trowel at approximately 50 square feet per gallon. Sherwin-Williams' article on coating thickness puts the thinnest epoxy floor coating systems at about 11 to 25 mils.
A metallic coat is a smooth film with nothing broadcast into it, so the slab under it shows: Westcoat's specification says Liquid Dazzle "may not hide epoxy patches, rough concrete or shot blast tracks". We test the slab for moisture before we choose a system, by the test the coating's data sheet names. We grind with diamond tooling instead of acid etching, to the profile the system calls for. A coating grips the roughness ground into the slab, graded as concrete surface profile (CSP): ICRI Guideline 310.2R captions CSP 1 "acid-etched", and Sherwin-Williams' surface preparation guideline (Form G-1, revised 02/26) lists that maker's metallic topcoat at CSP 3 and its flake systems at CSP 5. We repair cracks, holes and a scaled surface before the primer, and say which cracks will still show. Our grinders run with the dust collection that OSHA's silica rule (29 CFR 1926.1153, Table 1) names, and a HEPA-filtered vacuum between passes indoors.
Cure times are each product's own figures. Westcoat's Liquid Dazzle system specification allows light foot traffic in 12 hours, normal traffic in 24 hours and vehicle traffic in 72 hours. Its product sheet for the EC-38 metallic epoxy (3/23) gives 45 minutes of pot life, the working time once mixed, at 72 degrees F and says not to apply it below 50 degrees F or above 90 degrees F. Sherwin-Williams allows light traffic on its metallic system after 24 hours at 75 degrees F and 50% relative humidity and states "Full coating properties take 14 days to develop". We measure the air temperature, the slab temperature and the dew point, below which moisture condenses on the slab, before we mix, and give you the foot and vehicle traffic times in writing, from the data sheets of the products on your floor. We work inside the Town of Huntington's weekday hours for building work, 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (Town Code section 141-4). Our epoxy floor installation page takes the job day by day.
A written quote for a metallic floor starts with five things from you: the room's length and width, whether the slab is in a basement, at ground level or in a garage, what is on it now, how much direct sun reaches it, and photographs of the cracks and patches. Choose the base coat color with the pigment: Sherwin-Williams states that "the color of the basecoat will influence the overall appearance of the floor". We visit, measure and test the slab before we send a free written quote. On a house, our written contract gives the start and completion dates and the cost of labor and materials, as Suffolk County Code section 563-21 requires, and names the coating products, as General Business Law section 771 requires.
When a metallic floor is the right job for a room
A metallic epoxy floor suits a room that is looked at as much as it is used, on an interior slab that is flat, sound and dry enough for epoxy. Each condition below can be checked in the room and comes from a maker's document.
- The room is indoors: Westcoat's Liquid Dazzle system specification (revision 2/26) states "For interior use only".
- The floor is seen more than it is worked on: Westcoat says Liquid Dazzle is designed for "hotels, casinos, showrooms, salons, restaurants and residential floors".
- The slab is flat and unpatched, or can be made so: Sherwin-Williams states that substrate imperfections "must be corrected or they can reflect through the system".
- Little direct sun crosses the floor: a Stonhard article updated August 21, 2025 states "Exposure to sunlight can cause discoloration and fading to your floor".
- The floor stays dry in use, or you accept a fine grit in the last coat: Westcoat "highly recommends the use of a slip-resistant additive" where a coating may get wet, oily or greasy.
A metallic floor is the wrong job for an exterior slab, and a slab that reads above the coating's moisture limit takes a moisture-mitigating primer first, listed as its own line in our quote. For a shop, salon or showroom floor, slip resistance when wet, the Town's working hours and its commercial permit list come first, and our commercial epoxy flooring page covers them.
What the metallic pigment is and how the pattern forms
Laticrete describes its metallic pigment as a powder of coated aluminum platelets, and the pattern is made by how such a pigment disperses in a clear resin as it cures. Laticrete's data sheet for Spartacote Metallic Pigments (DS-85.7-0819) calls for 8 fluid ounces of pigment per mixed gallon, "dispersed into any clear Epoxy or Polyaspartic resin", and names the result: "movement, color variety and depth". Westcoat spreads its EC-38 metallic epoxy with a notched trowel and states that its metallic additives "create an evolving drift dynamic". Sherwin-Williams' submittal package for Resuflor Topcoat Metallic II puts the pattern's forming in the cure: "As the metallic coat cures, the pearlescent pigments disperse into" what it calls "one-of-a-kind patterns across the floor". It names one hand technique: "Denatured alcohol may be spritzed over the surface to cause incompatibility and create unique metallic effects". The color under the resin counts too: Sherwin-Williams requires a pigmented base coat "to serve as a canvas".
Because the pattern forms in the wet coat, on that slab, on that day, no two floors match, and we cannot reproduce a sample exactly; it shows the base color, the pigment and the technique. Laticrete's data sheet states "Mock-ups and field test areas are required" and lists sunlight, humidity, dew point and temperature among the job site conditions that "may lead to fisheyes, blistering, pinholes, wrinkling, or outgassing of air in the concrete". For scale, NOAA's Comparative Climatic Data put Islip's average July relative humidity at 76 percent at 7 a.m. and 59 percent at 1 p.m. (1974-2018), outdoors and outside the Town.
Sunlight, scratches and resealing: the limits makers state
The makers state three limits for a metallic floor besides slip: epoxy changes color in sunlight, heavy traffic scuffs and scratches it, and the surface is resealed on a cycle. On sunlight, Sherwin-Williams' data sheet for its ArmorSeal 1000 HS epoxy, revised August 10, 2021, states "Epoxy coatings may darken or yellow following application and curing", a shift the trade calls ambering. Sika's data sheet for its Sikafloor-264 epoxy, dated September 2026, names a cause: "Will discolor over time when exposed to sunlight (UV) and under certain artificial lighting conditions". Sherwin-Williams finishes its metallic system with a light-stable urethane topcoat, and Laticrete's data sheet lets its metallic pigments be carried in a polyaspartic resin; its Polyaspartic FAQs state "most polyaspartics are UV stable", though Concrete Decor magazine (June/July 2009) notes that polyaspartics "aren't self-leveling like epoxies". Curing conditions count too: Sherwin-Williams' article on amine blush, a surface film that can form when some epoxies cure in low temperature or high humidity, lists "an increased tendency to yellow" and "lower gloss retention" among its effects.
On scratches, Stonhard's article on how long epoxy flooring lasts states "With heavy traffic, scuff and scratch marks can occur". Sherwin-Williams calls its metallic floor "a smooth system"; in our view a mark on a gloss finish, with no flake or texture, has nothing to hide in. On resealing, Westcoat's Liquid Dazzle specification states "The system should be resealed with the appropriate Westcoat topcoat every 3 to 5 years depending upon traffic and UV exposure". That is one maker's figure for its own system, not a lifespan and not a rule for other products; no source we hold gives a metallic floor an independent lifespan in years.
Slip when wet: anti-slip additives and the test values on record
A smooth, high-gloss metallic floor can be slippery when it is wet, and the makers' remedy is texture in the last coat. Sherwin-Williams' technical article on slippery floors states "When flat and smooth surfaces like floors get wet or oily, they can become slippery". The same article sets out the options: fine aggregates of silica, polypropylene or aluminum oxide in the topcoat "can provide a relatively smooth (and cleanable) finish with a modest degree of slip-resistance", and aluminum oxide runs from "a slight texture (220 mesh) to extremely aggressive (46 mesh)". H&C's SharkGrip data sheet (Rev.
10/17) describes its additive as a "micronized polymer for addition to H&C coatings for slip resistance, fine texturing, and gloss reduction" and adds that the coating "should be considered slip-resistant but not non-skid". So grip costs some gloss. Westcoat's specification sheet for its CA-30 Small Safe Grip additive (revision 8/25) says who chooses: "The applicator and the customer determine the texture." On test values, our sources carry one wet figure, and it is for a flake floor: Sherwin-Williams' submittal package for Resuflor Deco Flake II prints a static coefficient of friction greater than 0.6 under ANSI B101.1 and a wet dynamic coefficient of friction greater than 0.42 under ANSI A326.3, each line with a footnote mark. No maker in our sources prints a friction value for a metallic floor, so we quote none.
Gloss, a satin topcoat or flake: the choice on this floor
The choice on this page is how much gloss you trade for grip, wear and a slab's flaws. The first two builds carry the same metallic coat and differ in what goes over it; the third is a different floor. The use of the room, the daylight on it and the state of the slab decide.
Metallic coat left in gloss
The floor is finished in gloss, with no satin coat and no grit in the last coat. It is the smoothest of the three: Sherwin-Williams' article on slippery floors states "It only takes a little bit of moisture to turn a dry, safe floor into a slippery, dangerous floor". It suits a dry room with light foot traffic and little direct sun.
Metallic under a satin urethane
Sherwin-Williams finishes its metallic system with "a topcoat of a UV light-stable satin urethane". Its article on slippery floors states "Urethane enamel topcoats are inherently less slippery than epoxy finishes", and Stonhard writes that urethane floors give more than epoxy, "offering better scratch and wear resistance". It suits a floor with daylight, wet shoes or steady foot traffic, at the cost of some gloss.
A full flake broadcast instead
Vinyl flake is broadcast into an epoxy base coat until no resin shows. Laticrete's Blended Chip data sheet (DS-86.3-0226) lists among the chip's advantages "May be used to help hide small substrate imperfections", and Torginol's flake data sheet states "FLAKE texture provides anti-slip qualities". It is the better choice for a working garage with a patched slab and wet tires. Our garage floor epoxy page gives that system layer by layer.
Questions
Metallic Epoxy Floors FAQs
How much does a metallic epoxy floor cost?
The national surveys in our sources print one range that names metallic epoxy: $5 to $12 per square foot, in the add-on tables of This Old House's March 2026 page and of Bob Vila's page updated April 26, 2024, the second headed "Add-ons (Materials Only)". No survey publishes a Huntington, Suffolk County or Long Island price, and neither figure is our price. Our written quote, after we measure and test the slab, is the figure for your floor.
Can a metallic epoxy floor go in a basement?
Yes, if the slab passes the moisture test the coating's data sheet names. Westcoat limits Liquid Dazzle to interior use, which a basement is, and Sherwin-Williams' surface preparation guideline (Form G-1, revised 02/26) sets its own limit, relative humidity readings of 80% or lower under ASTM F2170, the in-slab probe test. The tests, the moisture-mitigating primers and their limits, and the Town of Huntington's permit rule for finished basements are on our basement floor epoxy page.
Can you put a metallic epoxy floor in a garage?
Yes, the makers allow it, but in a working garage a flake floor is usually the better choice. Laticrete lists "Residential Garages" among the uses of its metallic pigments, and Westcoat's Liquid Dazzle specification allows vehicle traffic in 72 hours. A car brings wet tires onto a smooth floor, and marks that stay. Tennant's June 2017 maintenance guide says of rubber burns from spinning tires, "In most cases, these cannot be removed".
How do you clean a metallic epoxy floor?
Dust mop it, and wash it with a neutral pH cleaner and soft tools. Westcoat's Liquid Dazzle specification states "Interior Floors can be dust mopped daily or mopped using a neutral pH cleaner". Laticrete's Spartacote Flex Pure data sheet (DS-86.6-0126) explains why: such coatings are nonporous, "causing dirt and contaminants to remain on the surface". Tennant's June 2017 maintenance guide calls for "soft nylon brushes and white or red pads", because stiff ones "will dull or scratch your coated surfaces". Stonhard's article on cleaning resinous floors states "A resinous flooring system does not require waxing".
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