Garage Flooring Warranties: What You Need to Know

Choosing the right garage flooring isn’t just about aesthetics—it’s about protecting your investment for the long haul. For homeowners in Midland and across Michigan, understanding the warranty behind your garage floor coating is just as important as the coating itself.

The Fine Print: What to Watch for in Garage Flooring Warranties

Many warranties sound great on paper—until you look closer. Here are three essential things to ask before you sign:

• Is it a short warranty or “limited lifetime” warranty? Warranties should cover your new garage flooring for a decade or more (quality coatings can be truly “lifetime”). “Limited lifetime” warranties, often associated with “1-day” install systems, reference “lifetime” but many have warranty exclusions to moisture and staining in the small print.
• Does it protect against moisture damage? Coatings can peel or bubble due to moisture-vapor transmission and high hydrostatic pressure. You need a system with built-in moisture mitigation (a moisture vapor barrier)—and a warranty that backs it.
• Is hot-tire transfer covered? Most companies won’t warrant against hot-tire pickup, which leaves black tire marks that are almost impossible to remove.

If your warranty doesn’t address these, it’s not protecting your garage flooring—it’s protecting the installer.

Why GFC Michigan Provides Better Garage Flooring Protection

At Garage Floor Coating of Michigan, we’re proud to offer a lifetime warranty on our full-flake garage flooring systems. Unlike the competition, our warranty does cover both moisture mitigation and hot-tire transfer.

Here’s how we make that possible:

• We apply a high-build, 100%-solids, moisture-mitigating epoxy base coat as a moisture vapor barrier. It slowly and deeply penetrates creating a strong, lasting bond with your concrete—far better than the weaker adhesion of quick-cure polyurea or polyaspartic base coats used in 1-day systems.
• Two layers of high-performance, 100%-solids polyaspartic topcoats offer unbeatable durability and protect against tire pickup—even in Michigan’s fluctuating temperatures.
• Because we use the best materials and a proven multi-day process, we’re confident enough to stand behind our work for life.