Metallic epoxy floor cost: per square foot, garage and basement (2026)

Six US installers publish their own metallic price: three in Dallas-Fort Worth and three in the Phoenix area. Each was already checked for one of our city guides: a real, named business with an address or licence we could look up, real finished jobs of its own, its own published price, and no signs of lead generation. We used only prices installers publish as their own, not market ranges.

Per square foot, the three Dallas-Fort Worth installers run from $10 to $18. The $10 is Dallas Epoxy Guys' rate. The $18 is the top of Red Diamond Epoxy's range, which includes a moisture vapor barrier.^{[1, 3]} Professional Garage Concepts starts at $12 for a single colour and charges $13 to $16 for more than one.^{[2, 13]}

For a 2-car garage, the three Phoenix-area installers run from $3,099 to $6,000, on garages of up to 450 or 500 sq ft. The low end is a current promotion at Saguaro Surface Coatings, for up to 450 sq ft, before tax. The top is Superior Epoxy Floors' range for 400 to 500 sq ft.^{[5, 6]} Check's Epoxy sits between them at $3,640 to $5,460.^[4]

None of the six publishes both a rate and a garage total for metallic. To put the two side by side, here is our arithmetic, not a price any of them publishes: on a 450 sq ft floor, $10 per square foot is $4,500, from $12 is from $5,400, and $12 to $18 is $5,400 to $8,100.^{[1- to 3]}

That is three installers in one Texas metro and three in one Arizona metro, not a national price. No Chicago-area installer on our guides publishes a metallic price.

The full local tables, in US dollars, are on our guides to epoxy garage floor cost in Dallas-Fort Worth, epoxy garage floor cost in Phoenix and epoxy garage floor cost across the US.

Five Canadian installers publish their own metallic price for a garage: one in the Toronto area, three in Metro Vancouver and the Lower Mainland, and one near Edmonton. They passed the same checks. Every figure in this section is in Canadian dollars.

Per square foot, the five run from $9 to $16 and up. The $9 is the low end at both Epoxy Dudes and M&M Floors. At the top, Priority One Epoxy Flooring's range ends at $16.00 and up, and Wish Coatings starts at $16.^{[7, 9- to 11]}

Three of them publish a 2-car garage figure, from $4,000 to $9,000. Epoxy Dudes lists $4,000 and up. Epoxy Experts lists $4,000 to $9,000 for 400 to 600 sq ft. Wish Coatings works its own example: 400 sq ft at $16 is $6,400.^{[7, 8, 10]} Priority One Epoxy Flooring and M&M Floors publish a rate and no metallic garage total.^{[9, 11]}

Ask whether sales tax is included before you compare quotes. Priority One Epoxy Flooring says its written quote confirms the applicable taxes, and the other four pages do not mention tax.^{[7- to 11]}

The full local tables, in Canadian dollars, are on our guides to epoxy garage floor cost in Toronto, epoxy garage floor cost in Vancouver, epoxy garage floor cost in Edmonton and epoxy garage floor cost in Canada.

One installer on our guides publishes a metallic rate for basements: GLI Epoxy Flooring, in Toronto. Its figures are in Canadian dollars. They are what it quotes for a basement of 600 to 1,200 sq ft, not for a garage.^[12]

By our arithmetic, in Canadian dollars, $12 to $18 on a 600 sq ft basement is $7,200 to $10,800, and on 1,200 sq ft it is $14,400 to $21,600. GLI Epoxy Flooring publishes the rate, not those totals.^[12]

Two other installers give a basement example, both in Canadian dollars. Epoxy Dudes, in Toronto, says a 1,000 sq ft basement with a metallic finish could start at $8,000.^[7] Wish Coatings describes a four-colour metallic floor it installed in a 350 sq ft basement in White Rock, BC, over three days, and gives $16 per square foot (Canadian dollars) as its metallic starting rate.^[15]

No US installer on our guides publishes a metallic price for a basement, so we give no US figure.

A basement adds its own checks. GLI Epoxy Flooring says pricing varies more in basements than in garages, because slab condition, moisture readings and access through narrow stairwells all move the number.^[12] Priority One Epoxy Flooring says metallic can suit a basement when the concrete and moisture conditions are compatible with the coating system, and that a decorative coating does not solve an underlying leak or drainage problem.^[14]

Flake and solid colour prices for basements, and what moisture means below grade, are on our guide to epoxy basement floor cost.

These are the installers' own reasons, from their own pages. The last column of each table above shows the gap at each installer.

It is worked by hand

Professional Garage Concepts describes a metallic floor as a pigmented epoxy base with reflective metallic pigment in a clear resin, poured over the base and moved by hand until the pattern is right. It says the whole effect is made in about a 40-minute window while the resin is still workable, and calls metallic the most skill-dependent floor it installs.^[13] Epoxy Experts says it lays the metallic layer by hand, working the colour while it is still wet.^[16] Wish Coatings says its metallic floors sit above a standard flake floor in price because of the extra artistry and materials involved.^[15]

More layers and more material

At Professional Garage Concepts the build is a pigmented epoxy base coat, then a clear 100 percent solids epoxy mixed with metallic pigment, then a clear topcoat.^[13] Red Diamond Epoxy says its metallic price reflects a mandatory moisture vapor barrier, multiple pigment layers and a slower cure schedule.^[3] Wish Coatings says quartz and metallic cost more for their materials and finish.^[10]

There is no flake to hide the slab

Professional Garage Concepts says a metallic floor is a smooth, high-gloss film with nothing broadcast into it, so it shows slab problems where a flake floor would hide them. A low spot, a high spot along an old patch or a crack repair that is not ground flush catches the eye across the whole floor. It says that makes slab preparation more demanding on a metallic job, and that this is part of why the price is higher.^[13] Check's Epoxy puts it the same way: a high-gloss metallic behaves like a mirror, every low spot, trowel mark and old patch shows through, and grinding is a bigger share of a metallic job than of a flake one.^[17] Priority One Epoxy Flooring says reflective floors can reveal defects in the concrete under them.^[14]

Moisture testing and a barrier primer

Professional Garage Concepts tests for moisture on every metallic job and says a moisture vapor barrier primer is needed on metallic more often than on its other systems. It prices the primer as a $1 to $2 per square foot add-on (US dollars).^[13] Red Diamond Epoxy includes a moisture vapor barrier in every metallic price.^[3]

In a basement, GLI Epoxy Flooring adds $1.50 to $3 per square foot for a moisture mitigation primer when the readings call for it (Canadian dollars).^[12]

More colours and more days

Professional Garage Concepts charges from $12 per square foot for one metallic colour and $13 to $16 for two or more (US dollars).^[13] Saguaro Surface Coatings' promotion includes a base colour and up to three metallic colours.^[6] Red Diamond Epoxy says multi-pigment metallics take longer, and gives 3 to 5 days for a metallic job against 2 to 3 days for a standard 2-car garage.^[3] Wish Coatings and Epoxy Experts each give about two to three days for a metallic floor.^{[15, 16]}

How big the gap is

Professional Garage Concepts says that in a garage holding two vehicles, storage and a workbench, a full flake floor costs roughly half as much as metallic.^[13] Repairs and removal of an old coating are extra on a metallic floor as on any other. Check's Epoxy prices crack and pit repair at $200 to $600 where the slab needs it, and Saguaro Surface Coatings' promotion leaves out removal of an old coating (US dollars).^{[4, 6]}

For a price range on your own floor size, use our epoxy garage floor cost calculator.

For flake prices by garage size, see epoxy garage floor cost by size.

Rooms that are looked at more than worked in

Professional Garage Concepts calls metallic a finish decision, not a durability decision: the system underneath is a standard high-build epoxy floor, and the higher price pays for appearance. It names showrooms, home bars, game rooms and collector garages where the floor is part of the display.^[13] Dallas Epoxy Guys says metallic can work in garages, especially showroom-style spaces, but that flake is often more practical in a garage used heavily for vehicles, tools, gym equipment and storage.^[1] Check's Epoxy usually suggests flake for a working garage and metallic for a space people look at.^[17]

Daily parking and hot tires

Wish Coatings says that for high-traffic garages that see hot tires and grit, many homeowners choose a full flake floor for its added texture and traction.^[15] Priority One Epoxy Flooring says to compare a full flake coating for regular parking, grit, wet tires and a finish that hides everyday dirt.^[14] Professional Garage Concepts steers people away from metallic in a garage where the floor spends its life under two vehicles and storage bins.^[13]

Tire marks are not only a metallic problem. Simiron's data sheets say tire marking may occur on both its polyaspartic and its epoxy.^{[18, 19]} On a metallic floor the sheen changes how much shows. Professional Garage Concepts says high gloss shows dust, footprints, water spots and scuffs, while satin hides dust and tire marks better and gives up some depth.^[13]

Sunlight

Professional Garage Concepts says epoxy ambers under UV light, so a metallic pour finished with a clear epoxy topcoat will yellow anywhere sunlight reaches it. It finishes metallic floors with a clear polyaspartic topcoat instead.^[13] Wish Coatings and Epoxy Experts also name a UV-stable topcoat for metallic floors.^{[15, 16]}

Data sheets say the same about epoxy. Sherwin-Williams says epoxy coatings may darken or yellow, and that its clear epoxy is for interior use only. Westcoat says its epoxy primer is for interior use only unless a UV resistant coating protects it.^{[20, 21]} Priority One Epoxy Flooring adds a caution: a UV-resistant clear coat does not make every layer under it immune to colour change. It asks about large windows and direct sun before it picks the products.^[14]

Water on a smooth floor

Professional Garage Concepts says a high-gloss metallic floor is slick when wet, because it is a smooth film with nothing broadcast into it. For spaces that get wet it adds grit to the clear topcoat.^[13] Priority One Epoxy Flooring says a traction additive can change the texture, sheen and clarity of the design.^[14]

Repairs and warranty

Professional Garage Concepts says a damaged section of a metallic floor cannot be spot repaired invisibly, because a patch will not match the pour around it.^[13] GLI Epoxy Flooring says metallic finishes are harder to blend than solid or flake systems.^[12] Epoxy Experts gives a 5 year written warranty on metallic floors and a 15 year one on its flake and solid colour garage floors.^[8]

How epoxy and polyaspartic compare for sunlight, cure time and hot tires is in our guide to polyaspartic vs epoxy garage floors.

The pattern is made on your slab, by hand, while the resin is wet. Professional Garage Concepts says a metallic floor cannot be exactly reproduced from a photo, a sample panel or another job, and that the more colours there are, the more the outcome depends on the installer's hands.^[13] Epoxy Experts says metallic floors live or die on the hands that pour them.^[16] Check's Epoxy says it can match a colour palette closely, but not a specific pattern.^[17] Priority One Epoxy Flooring says a sample sets the direction and cannot promise an identical pattern across a larger floor.^[14] Dallas Epoxy Guys says your floor will not look exactly like a photo you found online, and that variation should be expected with metallic.^[1]

So the same price can buy a different-looking floor from two installers. Ask to see metallic floors the installer poured itself, and a sample in your colours under your own lighting. Professional Garage Concepts says a metallic pour changes completely with the light in the room.^[2]

The same limit applies to us. A Pictimate preview is an AI picture of a finish in a photo of your own room. It can help you choose a colour direction. It is not a photo of a finished job, and the floor an installer pours will not match it line for line.

A quartz floor uses coloured quartz aggregate where a flake floor uses vinyl chips. Priority One Epoxy Flooring describes its quartz garage system as coloured aggregate with a sealed texture.^[9] Fewer installers on our guides price it: three in Canada and one in the United States.

In Canadian dollars the three run from $10 to $16 per square foot. The $10 is the low end at Priority One Epoxy Flooring, and the $16 is the top at Surface Coating Experts. None of them publishes a garage total for quartz.^{[9, 22]} At Priority One Epoxy Flooring and Wish Coatings, quartz is priced between flake and metallic.^{[9, 10]}

In US dollars, one installer on our guides publishes a price that covers quartz. High Performance Concrete Coatings, in Addison, Illinois, prices all its decorative systems at $5.25 to $6.00 per square foot, assuming the concrete is clean, with repair work not included. Its page names two decorative systems, DecoFlake and DecoQuartz. That is one installer's price for its decorative floors, not a quartz price on its own.^[24]

Installers sell quartz for grip. Wish Coatings calls it the finish for wet areas, and Surface Coating Experts points to its slip resistance.^{[10, 23]} The texture is the thing to check first. High Performance Concrete Coatings says its quartz system has an abrasive, very slip-resistant profile and needs a hose, and sometimes a plastic scrub brush, to clean.^[24] Priority One Epoxy Flooring suggests reviewing a finished sample before choosing the texture.^[9]

The local tables these quartz prices come from are on our guides to epoxy floor cost in Toronto, epoxy floor cost in Vancouver and epoxy floor cost in Chicago.