Miami Commercial Flake Systems.
Double-broadcast chip floors built for washdown, not for looks alone. Cove base up the wall, traction where staff work wet, and a topcoat matched to what actually hits the floor.
- Service
- Commercial Flake Epoxy
- Coverage
- Miami and Miami-Dade County
- Walk-on
- 24 hours after final coat
- Return to service
- 48 to 72 hours
- Lead time
- Walk-through usually within the week
- Quote
- (786) 488-5057
A commercial flake floor is a different animal
Chip flooring in a house is one broadcast, one clear, done in a weekend. A commercial flake system that has to pass a health inspection and take a hose every night is built to a different spec entirely, and the difference starts with thickness.
We broadcast to refusal twice. The first pass loads the basecoat until it will not take another flake. We scrape it back, vacuum every loose chip, and then go again into a second resin coat. That gets a commercial floor to a real build thickness with a genuinely full flake bed, which is what gives you the mechanical texture underfoot and the abrasion resistance that survives a Doral wash bay. A single broadcast leaves thin spots you cannot see until the topcoat wears through them in the traffic lane in front of the fryer.
The second difference is the perimeter. Commercial washdown means integral cove base, a radiused resin curve running four to six inches up every wall and every equipment plinth, sealed continuously into the field of the floor. There is no joint where the wall meets the slab, so there is nowhere for grease, water, or bacteria to sit. Inspectors in Miami-Dade look at that corner first.
Coverage across Miami.
We install commercial Flake Epoxy across Miami and the surrounding trade area, phased around your operating hours rather than ours.
What a commercial flake build carries that a garage floor never does
The chip is the part everybody looks at and the least important part of the spec. Three details decide whether a washdown floor is still tight in year eight.
Two loaded broadcasts, scraped between them
The first pass fills the basecoat until it refuses another flake. We scrape the high spots back, vacuum every loose chip, then go again into a second resin coat. That gets a genuinely full flake bed with real build thickness underfoot.
Cove base poured as part of the floor
Radiused resin runs four to six inches up every wall and around every equipment plinth, continuous with the field, sealed into your existing drains rather than stopped an inch short of them. There is no joint at the wall for grease or water to sit in.
Topcoat matched to your closet, not the catalog
A dish pit lives on hot water and degreaser. A Doral wash bay sees truck soap and road film. A packing room runs citric acid and sanitizer on a cycle.
Coverage across Miami
Kitchens and commissaries through Little Havana, along Calle Ocho, and up into the Brickell hotel and restaurant back-of-house. Wash bays and fleet service floors out through Airport West, Doral, and Medley. Food processing and packing space in Hialeah. Lab and prep rooms around the Health District. All of it runs from the Miami Beach shop, and we work nights across the whole county.
Why Miami washdown floors fail early
We get called to recoat other people’s flake floors constantly, and the failure is almost always one of three things.
Moisture is the first. An old Miami kitchen slab that has been hosed down for two decades holds water and grease deep in the pore structure, and a lot of these buildings sit on slabs poured with no vapor barrier over sandy fill with a high water table under it. Coat that without testing and priming for it and you get blisters and hollow spots within a season. We moisture-test before the grind and again after it, because grinding opens the slab and changes the reading.
Thickness is the second. A one-pass broadcast quoted against a two-pass one always wins on price and always loses in year two, in the exact three-foot strip where the staff pivot between the range and the pass.
The cure window is the third, and it is the one owners have the most control over. A restaurant that has to reopen for lunch will push a crew to hand the floor back early. Foot traffic at 24 hours is fine. Rolling racks, rubber mats, and a full hot washdown want 48 to 72. Putting a rubber runner down on a green floor prints it permanently, and running hot water over an under-cured topcoat can haze it. We schedule backward from when your mats go down, not from when we roll the last coat. Recent work is in the project gallery, and a walk-through costs nothing.
County / Miami-Dade · Best for / Kitchens, wash bays, processing · Key factor / Washdown and traction · Build / Double broadcast to refusal · Install / Overnight or phased
Where we install commercial flake across the county
Anywhere the floor gets hosed, sanitized, or worked on wet. These are the rooms where seamless detailing and graded traction are worth what they cost.
Restaurant kitchens and commissaries
line, dish pit, walk-in approach, and prep behind the Calle Ocho and Little Havana restaurant density, plus hotel and catering commissary kitchens serving Brickell.
Wash bays and fleet service floors
truck and equipment wash bays through Doral, Medley, and Airport West taking pressure washing, detergent, and standing water most of the working day.
Food processing and packing rooms
Hialeah and Medley production floors, cold rooms, and produce handling space. Seamless coved system that hoses down completely and gives QA a floor they can swab with a straight face.
Lab, veterinary, and clinical prep
Health District labs, veterinary surgical and kennel floors, and clinical prep rooms running a daily disinfectant regimen. Full flake hides the micro-scuffing that shows immediately on a solid color, and the topcoat is chosen so repeated quat or bleach cycles do not soften or yellow it.
Why washdown floors give up early in this city
We get called to fix other contractors’ flake floors constantly, and the diagnosis is nearly always one of the same three things. Moisture leads the list. A Miami kitchen slab that has been hosed nightly for twenty years holds water and grease deep in its pore structure, and many of these buildings sit on sandy fill with a high water table and no vapor barrier under the pour. Coat that without testing and you buy blisters within a season.
Cure time is the one owners control and the one they lose most often. A restaurant that has to serve lunch will push a crew to hand the floor back early, and the damage is quiet. Foot traffic at 24 hours is genuinely fine. Rubber mats, rolling racks, and hot washdown want 48 to 72. A rubber runner laid on a green floor prints it permanently, and hot water over an under-cured topcoat hazes it in a way no amount of scrubbing takes back.
- County
- Miami-Dade
- Best for
- Kitchens, wash bays, processing, labs
- Key factor
- Washdown chemistry and graded traction
- Typical job
- Two or three consecutive nights, room open for service
How the install runs around your service
Walk-through and zone map
Free, on site, after close if that suits you.
Prep after hours
Diamond grind to profile, chase and fill cracks, cut in at every drain and cove line, full vacuum, then a fresh moisture reading on the opened slab.
Two broadcasts and the cove
Primer, basecoat, flake to refusal, scrape and vacuum, second resin coat, flake again. Cove poured and radiused at every wall and equipment leg.
Topcoat and handoff
Chemical-matched clear with traction graded by zone. Walk-on at 24 hours, mats and racks at 48 to 72, full washdown after. We check in at 30 days.
Other Suncrete coating systems.
The right system depends on the slab and the room. We will not force-fit one when another lasts longer in that space.
What facility managers ask us first.
How is this different from the flake floor you would put in a garage?
Build thickness and detailing. A garage gets one broadcast and one clear. A commercial washdown floor gets two loaded broadcasts to refusal with a scrape and vacuum between them, integral cove base running up every wall and equipment plinth, traction graded by zone, and a topcoat chosen against your actual cleaning chemicals. It is roughly twice the material and considerably more labor.
Will a Miami-Dade health inspector pass this floor?
The detailing is built for it. Seamless field, radiused integral cove at every wall and equipment leg, no open joint at the slab-to-wall transition, and the system sealed into your existing drains so a full washdown actually drains. Inspectors look at that wall corner and the drain surround first. We can also supply the product data sheets your inspector may want on file.
Can you do my kitchen without losing a service?
Almost always. We start after close, grind and prep overnight, and coat inside the same window. A typical Miami kitchen runs two or three consecutive nights depending on square footage and how much cove base the room needs. We bring our own lighting, generator, and dust extraction so your dining room is not covered in concrete dust in the morning.
What flake color should a commercial kitchen use?
Something with enough contrast in the blend to read soil rather than hide it. A very dark blend looks sharp on day one and then your closing crew cannot see what they missed. Mid-tone blends with a light chip in the mix show grease film and standing water, which sounds like a downside and is actually how you get a floor that stays clean. We bring sample boards to the walk-through.
How long before we can hose the floor down?
Foot traffic at about 24 hours. Rubber mats, rolling racks, and rolling equipment at 48 to 72. Hold a full hot washdown until the end of that window, because hot water over an under-cured topcoat can haze it and a rubber runner on a green floor leaves a print that never comes out. We schedule the job backward from when your mats go back down.
Got a slab? Let’s pour it right.
Photo plus square footage plus what happens in the room equals a real quote in 24 hours. Commercial Flake Epoxy across Miami and the surrounding area, on your hours.
See the work first
Finished commercial floors from across South Florida. Have a look, then tell us about your room.