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Municipal Facility Floor Recoating

Client: Municipal Fleet Maintenance ClientIndustry: Facilities Maintenance / Municipal FleetYear: 2026
Municipal Facility Floor Recoating

Challenge

Across a municipal fleet maintenance campus, the concrete floors in the lift garage, motorcycle bay, heavy truck garage, and weld shop had reached the end of their service life. The original coating had broken down under constant vehicle traffic, lift loads, oils, and washdown, leaving worn, stained, and porous concrete that was difficult to keep clean, and expansion joints that needed rebuilding before any new system could be installed.

Belzona Solution

The old coating was fully removed and the slabs were mechanically ground back to sound concrete. Expansion joints were prepared with Belzona 4911 and filled with Belzona 4511. Belzona 4151 (Magma-Quartz Resin) was then used as a primer to fill the deeper imperfections left by grinding, tinted to the client's chosen color with a colorant pack and applied at 6 mils using rollers and a notched squeegee. The wearing surface was Belzona 5231 (SG Laminate) in an anti-slip grade with aluminum oxide grit blended in at manufacture, applied in two 6-mil coats with the same roller and notched-squeegee technique. Two coats were specified deliberately: it keeps the anti-slip aggregate suspended where it belongs at the surface, and it reduces the chance of air bubbles in the finished film. Traffic lanes and parking bays were then re-striped in safety yellow and blue.

  • Belzona 4911 (Magma TX Conditioner)
  • Belzona 4511 (Magma-Quartz Joint Filler)
  • Belzona 4151 (Magma-Quartz Resin)
  • Belzona 5231 (SG Laminate)

Result

All four areas came back into service with a seamless, chemical-resistant, anti-slip floor that is far easier to clean and clearly marked for traffic and parking. Because Belzona 4151 accepts a colorant pack, the finish was matched to the client's preferred color, with safety colors available for future areas. Work was staged area by area so the shops kept operating throughout.

Project Photos

Damage survey: the old coating peeling and delaminating along the trench drain edge, with oil staining soaked into the exposed concrete.
Damage survey: the old coating peeling and delaminating along the trench drain edge, with oil staining soaked into the exposed concrete.
Damage survey: worn slab at the wall line with the surface paste gone and aggregate exposed — the profile the primer coat had to fill.
Damage survey: worn slab at the wall line with the surface paste gone and aggregate exposed — the profile the primer coat had to fill.
Before — lift garage: bare, worn concrete after the failed coating was ground off, with staining and open joints around the lift bases.
Before — lift garage: bare, worn concrete after the failed coating was ground off, with staining and open joints around the lift bases.
After — lift garage: seamless anti-slip Belzona 5231 finish carried right up to the trench drain and around every lift base.
After — lift garage: seamless anti-slip Belzona 5231 finish carried right up to the trench drain and around every lift base.
Before — motorcycle bay: patchy, discolored slab with tire tracking and a corroded trench drain edge.
Before — motorcycle bay: patchy, discolored slab with tire tracking and a corroded trench drain edge.
After — motorcycle bay: coated floor with fresh safety-yellow bay markings and a blue traffic line.
After — motorcycle bay: coated floor with fresh safety-yellow bay markings and a blue traffic line.
Before — heavy truck garage: large uncoated slab ground back to bare concrete, joints cut open and ready for filling.
Before — heavy truck garage: large uncoated slab ground back to bare concrete, joints cut open and ready for filling.
After — heavy truck garage: uniform anti-slip coating with the drain channel picked out in safety orange.
After — heavy truck garage: uniform anti-slip coating with the drain channel picked out in safety orange.
In progress — weld shop: the crew applying Belzona 5231 at 6 mils with rollers, working in from the drain channel.
In progress — weld shop: the crew applying Belzona 5231 at 6 mils with rollers, working in from the drain channel.
In progress — apron area: wet Belzona 5231 pulled out with a notched squeegee and back-rolled to hold an even 6-mil film up to the concrete edge.
In progress — apron area: wet Belzona 5231 pulled out with a notched squeegee and back-rolled to hold an even 6-mil film up to the concrete edge.
After — weld shop: finished floor with rebuilt joints and clean transitions around the grates.
After — weld shop: finished floor with rebuilt joints and clean transitions around the grates.