Living along the Front Range means enjoying over 300 days of sunshine a year. But while that Vitamin D is great for us, it’s absolute poison for standard concrete coatings. At 5,280 feet in Denver—and even higher as you head toward the Springs—the atmosphere is thinner, and the UV radiation is significantly more intense than it is at sea level.
At Twin Brothers Coatings, we often see "mystery" yellowing or chalky floors in local garages and patios. Almost every time, the culprit isn't the traffic—it’s the Colorado sun.
The Science of "Ambering"
Most DIY kits and entry-level professional coatings rely heavily on traditional epoxy. While epoxy is incredibly strong and sticks to concrete like glue, it has one major weakness: it is not UV-stable.
When those intense high-altitude rays hit a standard epoxy, a chemical reaction occurs that causes the resin to "amber" or turn a sickly yellow-brown. Even worse, the UV breaks down the polymer chains, causing the floor to become brittle. Eventually, the coating that looked great in June starts to "chalk" and flake off by the following spring.
Why Polyaspartic is the Solution
To survive the Front Range sun, you need more than just a thick coat of paint; you need a system designed for high-altitude exposure. This is why we use 85% solids polyaspartic topcoats for our installations.
Polyaspartic is a "closed-cell" aliphatic material, which is a fancy way of saying it’s chemically engineered to be immune to UV degradation. It acts like a high-SPF sunscreen for your garage floor. By using an 85% solids formula, we achieve a superior bond and a smooth, glass-like finish that won't yellow, fade, or lose its gloss—even if your garage door stays open all day or if we are coating an outdoor patio or pool deck.
The "Apron" Factor
Even if you plan to keep your garage door closed 90% of the time, the "apron"—that two-foot strip of concrete that sits just outside the door—is constantly exposed. We’ve seen countless floors where the inside looks fine, but the apron has turned yellow and peeled because the installer used a cheap, non-UV-stable topcoat to save a few bucks.
Our Colorado Standard
We don't believe in "indoor-only" coatings. Every floor we install between Denver and the Springs is finished with an 85% solids polyaspartic topcoat. We build our floors to handle the heavy SUVs and the mag-chloride, but we also build them to handle the one thing no one can escape in Colorado: the sun.
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