Irving Metallic Epoxy
Metallic epoxy turns Irving garages, basements, and showrooms into showcase spaces. Pearl pigments suspended in self-leveling epoxy create swirled patterns of depth. Sherwoods installs metallic epoxy across Irving and Dallas County with custom color blends.
Irving Metallic Epoxy
Metallic epoxy is a different animal from a standard flake floor. Where flake is opaque and reads as a solid color with texture, metallic is translucent. The pearl and mica pigments suspend in the clear resin and scatter light at different depths, so the finished floor has movement in it, ripples, veining, and pools of color that shift as you walk across the room. It is closer to a poured stone or a still-water look than to paint. And because it is poured and worked by hand, no two metallic floors come out the same, which is exactly the point.
This is the work Cody came from. Before he built floors he spent years doing live-edge resin tables, and metallic pours draw on the same skill: reading how the resin is moving, when to work it and when to leave it alone, and how a color is going to settle as it cures. That is not something you learn on a weekend crew, and it is the reason a metallic floor is worth putting in the hands of someone who actually pours resin as a craft.
Color sets the mood of the whole room. Warm tones like copper-bronze and gold-walnut suit the more traditional Irving homes and finished spaces that want some richness to them. Cooler tones like silver-graphite and navy-charcoal fit the modern builds in Las Colinas and Valley Ranch and the showcase rooms, offices, and entries where the floor is meant to be the feature. Cody mixes and pours sample boards so you can see how a color actually behaves before it goes on the whole floor, because a metallic photographed online almost never matches what it does in your space.
Color Combinations
The install runs over two days because a metallic floor cannot be rushed. Day one is prep and the base: diamond grind the slab, vacuum it clean, fill the joints and cracks, and lay the primer, same discipline as any floor we build. Then the metallic layer goes down as a self-leveling coat carrying the pearl pigments, and that is where the hand work happens. Cody moves the pigment with rollers, brushes, and directed air to open up the veining and the depth, watching how it settles and stepping in only where the pour needs it.
Once the metallic layer has set, it gets sealed under a clear polyaspartic topcoat that protects the art underneath and gives the floor its wear resistance and its finish, matte, satin, or high gloss depending on the room. Rushing any part of that sequence, especially the pour, is how a metallic floor ends up looking muddy or flat, so the two-day timeline is not a scheduling preference, it is what the material needs to come out right.
The gloss level is a real decision, not an afterthought, because it changes how the whole room feels. A high-gloss finish reads like poured glass and bounces light around, which suits an entry or a showcase space where you want the drama. A satin finish pulls the reflection back and hides everyday dust better, which many Irving homeowners prefer in a lived-in basement or a home office. A matte topcoat softens the shine further for a more understated look. Cody walks through those options against the room’s actual lighting, because a floor that looks stunning in a bright photo can be more reflection than you want to live with once it is in your house.
Where a metallic floor lands is worth thinking through too. It shines in spaces that stay mostly dry and where the floor is meant to be noticed: finished basements, entries, home offices, and great rooms in Irving homes, and on the commercial side, salons, boutiques, and office lobbies where the floor doubles as a design feature. Because it is a coating poured over the concrete you already have, you get that high-end look without a tear-out or a change in floor height. For a hard-working garage that takes hot tires, oil, and daily abuse, a flake system is usually the smarter call, and Cody will tell you so rather than sell you a metallic floor in the wrong room.
Cost vs Other Premium Options
Where metallic epoxy earns its keep is in the range of rooms it works for. In an Irving home it turns a finished basement, an entry, or a great room into something that feels custom, and it does the same for a business, a boutique, a salon, a showroom, or an office lobby that wants a floor people notice. Because it is a coating rather than a slab product, it goes over the concrete you already have, so you get a high-end look without tearing out the floor or building up the height of the room.
Metallic epoxy in Irving comes in well under tile and far under natural stone, and polished concrete cannot match its depth. Metallic hits luxury feel without slab pricing.
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Irving Metallic Epoxy FAQ
Irving Metallic Epoxy FAQ: Pattern matches sample?
Similar but each floor unique. Sample boards show range.
Irving Metallic Epoxy FAQ: Lifespan?
15-25 years residential. Refresh-coat extends another 10+.
Irving Metallic Epoxy FAQ: Over existing coating?
Adhesion test first. Often need to grind off old coating.
Can I pick the exact pattern I want?
You pick the colors and the general look, warmer or cooler, more veining or more open, matte or gloss, and Cody pours sample boards so you can see it before the floor. What you cannot lock down is the exact placement of every ripple, because a metallic floor is poured by hand and the resin moves on its own. That is what makes each one unique, and it is why the person doing the pour matters so much.
Is metallic epoxy slippery?
A straight gloss metallic can be slick when wet, so for entries, kitchens, or anywhere water gets on the floor we work a fine anti-slip grit into the topcoat. It keeps the look while giving you grip underfoot. In a dry finished room most Irving clients leave it smooth for the mirror finish.
Where does metallic epoxy work best in a home?
Anywhere you want the floor to be a feature and it stays mostly dry: finished basements, entries, home offices, great rooms, and man caves or hobby rooms. It is popular in Irving showcase spaces and light commercial like salons and boutiques for the same reason. For a hard-working garage that sees hot tires and oil, a flake system is usually the better call.
Service Area: Irving, TX
We pour metallic floors throughout Irving, from the showcase homes in Las Colinas and Valley Ranch to finished spaces in the older neighborhoods across south and east Irving, and for light-commercial spaces along the Belt Line and MacArthur corridors. Sherwoods works out of Dallas, so Irving is close by, and we cover the surrounding Dallas County suburbs and the broader DFW metro from the same shop.