A cluttered Woodinville garage with red paint smears and a crack got Tidal Wave flake polyurea in one day in September 2025, after the owner picked the color from samples.
When Cascade first stepped into this Woodinville garage, it was the garage most of us have. Ladders, shop vacs, extension cords, bins and boxes covered almost every square foot. Under the clutter, the concrete had smears of old red paint, worn spots and a crack running across one side. The walls were still open framing and OSB. The owner was ready to make it a real room, starting from the floor up.
In September 2025 Cascade installed a garage floor coating in Woodinville with Certified Penntek polyurea in Tidal Wave flake. One day, once the garage was cleared.
The free consultation was in August 2025. The crew did what they do on every visit.
Picking color outside matters. Flake looks different in sun, shade and under garage lights, and seeing it at full size beats a tiny swatch.
By the end of the day, the paint, the crack and the patchy gray were all gone under one even floor.
Tidal Wave Evolution is a cool mix of white, gray and navy chips. It is a calm color that will work with whatever the walls turn into after the drywall goes up. It also hides sawdust, footprints and the odd paint drip from future projects. If you are still deciding, browse the full lineup on our styles and colors page.
Those red smears were a reminder of what happens to things sitting on bare concrete. They soak in. Most typical epoxy and paint coatings only stick to the surface, so they wear through or peel, often in years 3–5. Our post on why garage floor coatings peel walks through the usual causes.
A Penntek floor forms a chemical bond with the concrete at over 1,300 PSI, and its polyaspartic topcoat is non-porous. Paint, oil and grease sit on top and wipe off. Hot tires won't lift it either, since the topcoat resists hot tire pickup. The Penntek Stain Test shows how it handles spills.
A lot of garages around Woodinville sit somewhere between storage and project space, with framing showing and plans for later. Coating the floor first is a smart order of work. It is the hardest thing to do once cabinets and finished walls are in. See more of our Woodinville polyurea garage floors, or another Woodinville garage in Tidal Wave with finished white walls, for a look at where this one could go.
Look at real samples in your own space. Cascade brings flake boards to the free consultation and lays them out in daylight and under your garage lights, so you can see how each blend looks on your concrete.
They get ground off. Diamond grinding takes the top layer of concrete down to a clean, open surface, which removes paint drips and smears before the basecoat goes on.
Yes. This garage still had open framing and OSB. Doing the floor first means no one has to work around cabinets or protect fresh drywall later.
Ready to see samples in your own driveway? Book a free in-home quote or call 425-226-6085.
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