Epoxy Flooring in Mercedes, TX

Epoxy flooring in Mercedes starts with the air. Most of Hidalgo County is classed as hot semi-arid, but Wikipedia places Mercedes in a humid subtropical climate, with hot, humid summers and mild to cool winters. That extra moisture matters on install day. Resin that goes down on a damp slab, or in sticky air, can cure cloudy or lose grip. So in Mercedes we check the slab and the air before we open a single kit.

How humidity affects a coating

A concrete slab is porous. Moisture comes up from the ground below and settles on it from the air above. When the slab is cooler than the air, which happens on many humid mornings, water can form a thin film on the surface. Coatings do not stick well to that film. Here is how we deal with it:

• Moisture readings on the slab before the first coat, in more than one spot
• Dew point checks so we know the surface is warmer than the point where condensation forms
• Grinding that opens the surface and lets it dry out evenly
• Product choice for the day, with polyaspartic on the table when the conditions are right for its fast cure

If the numbers are wrong, we reschedule. A floor that fails in a year costs far more than a day's delay.

A town with a lot of history on its slabs

Mercedes was founded on September 15, 1907, by the American Rio Grande Land & Irrigation Company and incorporated in 1909. Wikipedia counts it among the oldest towns in the Rio Grande Valley. The census table shows 10,081 residents by 1950 and 16,258 in 2020. Older homes in town have older garages and carports, many with patched concrete, old paint and edges worn down at the door. New homes on the outskirts have the opposite issue: slick, fresh slabs that need grinding before anything will bond. Our garage floor epoxy system covers both. The prep just changes.

Storefronts, outlets and commercial floors

The Rio Grande Valley Premium Outlets opened in Mercedes in November 2006. Wikipedia describes the city as roughly the geographic center of the Valley, on Interstate 2 between McAllen, Harlingen and Brownsville, and close to a major border crossing. That location brings shoppers, and shoppers mean retail floors, back rooms, food spaces and service bays across town. For businesses we offer:

• Warehouse and commercial floor epoxy for stockrooms, loading areas and service bays
• Flake floors for back-of-house and break rooms where slip resistance and easy cleaning matter
• Metallic epoxy for a dealership or sales floor that needs to look sharp

We can phase a commercial job in sections or after hours so a store does not have to shut down completely.

Sun on the west side of the slab

Mercedes summers are long, and a garage that faces west takes the low afternoon sun straight through the open door. That strip of floor near the door fades and yellows first on a standard epoxy. We finish it with a UV-stable topcoat so the color stays even from the threshold to the back wall. On patios and carports that sit in full sun, a lighter color also keeps the surface from getting as hot underfoot.

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Planning your Mercedes floor

Tell us what the space is used for, how much sun it gets and whether it has been coated before. Then we come out, take readings and measure. You get a written quote that lists the system, prep steps and coats. Call (956) 420-7849 when you are ready.