A Kent Shop Garage Trades Old Painted Lines for Blue Flake

A huge multi-bay garage in Kent with cracks, oil stains and worn painted parking lines, coated in a blue, white and black flake polyurea blend in December 2024.

Large Kent shop garage with blue flake polyurea floor and a blue guide stripe

This is not a two-car garage. The space in Kent stretches across several bays, with multiple roll-up doors, a long wall of cabinets and pegboard, a TV, a card table and room for cars, tools and a lot more. The concrete had seen years of all of it. Oil stains, a few long cracks, and white parking lines painted right on the slab, now chipped and scuffed.

In December 2024 Cascade installed a garage floor coating in Kent with Certified Penntek polyurea, using a blue, white and black flake blend. The old painted lines are gone, and a single crisp blue guide stripe now runs across the finished floor.

What the November visit turned up

The free consultation was in November 2024. The crew walked the whole space and noted:

  • Long cracks running through the main bays, plus stained, patchy concrete near the side wall.
  • Old white paint lines marking parking spots, worn and flaking at the edges.
  • Joints between pours that needed careful prep to keep the finished floor even.
  • A big, open layout with doors, cabinets and mechanical equipment along the walls.

A space this size is a multi-day job, and this one ran across several days in mid-December 2024.

From grinding to the new stripe

  1. Industrial diamond grinding across every bay, taking the old paint lines down to bare concrete.
  2. Vacuum, then repair cracks with Penntek Mender.
  3. Pure polyurea basecoat, over 99% solids, chemically bonded to the slab.
  4. Full broadcast of the blue flake blend on the floor and a few inches up the walls.
  5. Scrape, collect and seal with a polyaspartic topcoat with FadeLock™.
  6. A solid blue guide stripe added across the floor to mark parking.

The crew measured the old lines before grinding them off.

The color: blue, white and black

The flake on this job is a blend labeled Denim and Orbit in our job records, a mix of navy and royal blue with white, gray and black chips. Over a big floor it reads as a cool blue-gray from a distance and shows its color up close. It hides tire marks and shop dust well, and the blue stripe ties right into the chips. To see the current lineup, visit our styles and colors page.

Why paint lines fail and a coated floor doesn't

Paint on bare concrete wears where tires turn and peels when moisture pushes up from below. The same goes for many typical epoxy floors, which often start to show problems in years 3–5. Our post comparing epoxy and polyurea in a Seattle-area garage covers the differences.

A Penntek floor bonds chemically with the concrete at over 1,300 PSI. Its flexible basecoat moves with cracks and seasonal slab movement instead of splitting. The Penntek Stretch Test shows that flexibility. The topcoat is non-porous and resists hot tire pickup, so oil and grease wipe off. It is built for up to 5x the lifespan of typical epoxy, backed by a limited lifetime warranty from Penntek.

Shop and garage floors in Kent

Kent sits in the Green River valley in south King County, with plenty of rain from fall to spring. Wet tires, tracked-in grit and heavy use are a given. A sealed, bonded floor makes those spaces easier to keep clean and nicer to spend time in. See our page on garage floor coatings in Kent, or read about multi-car garage design ideas.

Kent shop garage FAQ

Can you coat a garage this big?

Yes. Large garages and shops get the same process as a small garage, just over more days. On this job the work ran across several days in December 2024.

What happens to old painted parking lines?

They get ground off with the rest of the surface so the polyurea can bond to bare concrete. New lines can be added on top of the finished floor, like the blue stripe here.

Is a blue flake floor practical for a working shop?

A blended flake hides dust, tire marks and small spills better than a solid color. The topcoat is non-porous, so cleanup is a broom and a mop.

Have a big garage or shop in Kent or south King County? Book a free in-home quote or call 425-226-6085.