Finish examples

Floor finishes to compare

Ten looks across the five families of floor we install, with a short note on where each one makes sense in a Durban home or business.

Please note: every picture on this page is an illustration made by computer to show a type of finish. None of them is a photograph of a floor we have completed, and none shows a real client's property.

Solid colour

One colour across the whole floor, in gloss or a softer sheen. Pale shades brighten a room that gets little daylight, though they also show sandy footprints from the beach. Darker shades are more forgiving in a garage or a home gym.

Solid colour is the usual choice for a coated garage floor, and it suits salons and passages just as well.

Solid mid-grey high-gloss epoxy in an empty garage with a white roller door

Glossy off-white floor in a salon with two white styling chairs and round mirrors

Glossy black floor in a garage gym with a wall-mounted pull-up bar, yoga mat and plyo box

Metallic

Metallic pigment drifts while the coat is still wet, which gives each pour its own pattern. You choose the colours and the direction of movement, not the exact swirl. In a lounge that faces the sea and takes afternoon sun, plan on a UV-resistant topcoat, since the epoxy itself may shift colour where sunlight falls on it.

There is more on how the pours are built on the metallic finishes page.

Marbled metallic epoxy in pearl, sea-green and sand under a sofa, facing the ocean

Metallic epoxy in grey, pewter and cream swirls across an empty room with tall windows

Flake

Coloured chips are scattered into the base coat and sealed under a clear one. The broken pattern disguises grit, dust and small marks between cleans, which is why flake works well in workshops and garages that double as a way into the house.

Blends and chip sizes are covered under flake epoxy.

Close view of dense charcoal, grey, sand and white flakes under a gloss coat

Blue-grey flake floor with a gloss coat beside a steel workbench and grey cabinets

Industrial and textured

Warehouse floors get painted lane lines to keep people apart from forklifts. Covered verandas and pool surrounds get a textured finish instead, made by broadcasting quartz sand into a wet coat and sealing over it, so the floor still grips when wet feet cross it.

Factory, warehouse and logistics floors are handled on our industrial flooring page.

Glossy grey floor with two straight yellow lane lines through an empty steel-framed warehouse

Sand-toned textured floor on a covered veranda with wicker chairs, a lawn and the sea behind

Polyurethane

A matte, seamless floor for commercial kitchens and food rooms that are washed down every day, with the floor falling to a drain.

Where this system fits, and where epoxy is enough, is set out on the polyurethane flooring page.

Seamless matte charcoal floor with a slot drain in a stainless steel commercial kitchen

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