A 380 sq ft Sammamish garage coated in Olympus White solid color Penntek polyurea with aluminum oxide in the topcoat for grip.
Most garages we coat get a flake finish. This one didn't. The Sammamish homeowner had a tidy, organized two-car garage with a wall of yard tools, bikes hung up off the floor and white walls everywhere. They wanted the floor to match that feeling. Clean, bright and simple, with no chips at all.
The answer was a solid color garage floor coating in Sammamish: Certified Penntek polyurea in Olympus White, a soft light grey, with aluminum oxide in the topcoat for grip. The work started in late May 2025 and wrapped up with a final visit in July.
At the April consult the moisture meter read 5.6%. We take that reading on every job before quoting, because it decides whether the slab needs our two-layer moisture barrier system under the basecoat.
The rest was straightforward:
A light solid color shows everything underneath it, so prep matters even more than usual. Any gouge or patch line in the slab will telegraph through a flat color in a way flake would hide.
No flake broadcast, no scraping. The look comes from a flat, even color and a glossy topcoat. The control joints stay as clean lines, which gives the floor a tiled, finished look.
Flake hides dirt. Solid color shows it, and some people want exactly that. A light solid floor makes it easy to spot a dropped screw or a drip from the car, and it reflects a lot of light back into the room. In a garage with white walls and good windows, it reads almost like an interior space.
The trade-off is upkeep. A solid light floor needs more frequent sweeping to look its best. Our guide on choosing a color and finish walks through which look fits which household. You can see flake and solid options side by side on our styles and colors page.
People ask about this every time they see a shiny floor. The aluminum oxide in the topcoat adds a fine texture you can feel underfoot. It is the solid color version of the texture flake gives a floor. We don't publish slip ratings, but the difference is easy to feel in person. More on that in is epoxy flooring slippery.
A solid color can look like garage paint from across the room. It isn't. The pure polyurea basecoat is over 99% solids, with a chemical bond to the concrete of over 1,300 PSI. Before the coating comes up, the concrete will come up. The Penntek Hammer Test shows that bond taking hits that chip typical coatings. FadeLock™ keeps the light color from yellowing, which matters more on a pale floor than on any other.
A lot of Sammamish homes are newer builds with clean white garages, and a solid floor suits that style. It also suits the climate. The non-porous topcoat sheds the rain and road grime that come in from October through May. See more on our Sammamish garage floor coatings page.
Prefer some texture and pattern? Compare this with a Sammamish entry walkway in Blue Granite.
A flake floor has colored chips broadcast into the basecoat for pattern and texture. A solid color floor skips the chips and uses a tinted basecoat under a clear topcoat. Both use the same Certified Penntek polyurea and polyaspartic system.
Typical epoxy often yellows or ambers in sunlight. The Penntek topcoat uses FadeLock™ UV stability and passed a 16-hour QUV accelerated UV test, so a light color stays light.
It's just as easy to clean, but it shows dust and drips sooner than flake. A quick dust mop once a week keeps it looking like this one.
Want to see Olympus White and other solid colors on your own slab? Book a free in-home quote or call 425-226-6085. Nicole brings the samples.
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