Garage Floor Coating of New Jersey is pushing back against a pattern across the "1-day" garage floor coating industry.
Moorestown, NJ (PRUnderground) September 18th, 2026
Garage Floor Coating of New Jersey is pushing back against a pattern across the "1-day" garage floor coating industry: manufacturers trimming steps to boost profit margins, then marketing the shortcut as a breakthrough.
Leaving out the moisture-mitigating epoxy base and applying a coating directly to bare concrete saves on materials and labor. It also strips away the one component actually responsible for a garage floor coating holding up over time.
Manufacturers Should Be Transparent
A single-visit install lets contractors move through more jobs with less overhead, and bold claims that their product is "20 times stronger than epoxy" help sell the trade-off. A statement that specific deserves a standardized test behind it, not just a sales script.
That's why we're calling for greater transparency and independent comparative testing of claims involving:
Concrete penetration and adhesion
Moisture-mitigation performance
Impact and abrasion resistance
Comparative strength claims
Plasticizer migration and tire staining
If a concrete coating is claimed to be "20 times stronger than epoxy," consumers deserve to know exactly what measurable property is being referenced and which standardized test supports that claim.
The Real Cost of Cutting Corners in New Jersey
Concrete isn't a sealed barrier--it's full of microscopic channels that draw moisture up from the soil below. That moisture eventually reaches the surface as vapor, pressing outward against anything coating the slab from above.
A thin, quick-install coating--usually polyaspartic--cures too quickly to bond properly. That inevitably leads to bubbling, peeling, or complete coating failure later on.
"There is nothing wrong with polyaspartic technology, we use it extensively ourselves," said Robert G. Hanson, President and CEO of Garage Floor Coating Franchise System Inc. "The problem is where it's being used. Rapid-cure polyaspartics and polyureas belong on top of the system, not directly on the concrete."
GarageFloorCoating.com's system is installed over two days because quality takes time.
Day one: Mechanical surface preparation to open the pores of the concrete, ensuring a deep bond, followed by a 100% solids moisture-mitigating epoxy primer and full Torginol decorative flake broadcast.
Day two: After the lower layers have had plenty of time to cure, we return to apply dual 100% solids polyaspartic clear topcoats.
That's how you get a concrete coating that lasts decades in real garage conditions.
Ask What Your Warranty Actually Covers
A warranty's length on paper means little without knowing its exclusions. Many 1-day warranties leave out:
Moisture vapor transmission
Hydrostatic pressure
Plasticizer migration (permanent tire staining)
Chemical staining
These are precisely the failures a shortcut system tends to produce first.
Installers Are Being Sold the Same Pitch
It isn't just homeowners hearing inflated numbers. Many contractors adopt 1-day systems because of the same manufacturer promises--lower costs, quicker jobs, higher volume. Problems like moisture intrusion often stay hidden for years, by which point an installer may have hundreds of these floors already in the ground.
Garage Floor Coating of New Jersey keeps pressing for independently verified testing on these claims, so homeowners have real data to weigh before a shortcut becomes their long-term problem.
