Epoxy for Santa Fe garages, shops, and pole barns.
Older ranch slabs, newer subdivision garages, and agricultural shop floors along the Highway 6 corridor. Elite Coatings tests every slab before we quote it because Santa Fe’s concrete runs older than people assume.
Systems for working properties.
Santa Fe is a mix of 1970s ranch slabs, newer 2000s subdivision concrete, and pole-barn shop floors that have never seen a coating before. Every one of them needs its own answer, and the answer starts with a moisture test on the actual slab.
Flake Epoxy Garage Coatings
Our most-requested residential system. Slip-resistant, hides tire marks, handles the Texas heat-cycle better than a slick metallic finish. For Santa Fe subdivisions, we diamond-grind, calcium-chloride test, lay a pigmented base, full-broadcast the flake to refusal, and seal with a commercial-grade polyaspartic topcoat.
- Garages
- Mudrooms
- Basements
- Priced from $6/sq ft
Pole-Barn & Shop Floor Epoxy
Santa Fe has a lot of working shops. Pole barns, detached workshops, agricultural equipment storage. These floors see oil, fuel, solvents, and dropped tools. We install commercial-grade flake or solid-color epoxy, chemical-rated and impact-tolerant, with UV-stable topcoats where the shop has translucent roof panels or open bays.
- Pole barns
- Detached shops
- Equipment storage
- Ag workspaces
Stained Concrete & Sealers
Older Santa Fe slabs often look beat-up but are still structurally sound. Staining rather than coating gives you a natural, organic color that works with the existing concrete’s texture and imperfections. We apply reactive acid stain or water-based stain, then seal with penetrating or topical sealer depending on the exposure.
- Existing patios
- Old garage slabs
- Decorative driveways
- Priced from $5/sq ft
Concrete Resurfacing & Driveway Sealers
If a slab has surface damage (spalling, light cracking, weathering) but is still structurally fine, resurfacing with a cementitious overlay can reset the surface without pouring new concrete. We follow the resurface with a penetrating sealer to protect the work, especially on driveways that see Texas sun year-round.
- Driveway resurfacing
- Patio resurfacing
- Sealers
- Walkways
Exterior Concrete (Patios, Walkways)
Santa Fe patios and walkways deal with direct Gulf sun, freeze-thaw cycles, and yard chemistry from mowing and fertilizer. UV-stable, slip-resistant exterior coatings hold up for a decade-plus when they’re installed on a properly-prepped slab. We don’t cut prep on exterior work, ever. That’s where UV failure starts.
- Patios
- Walkways
- Pool decks
- Porches
Commercial Epoxy for Santa Fe Businesses
Small commercial tenants along Highway 6, auto shops, feed stores, small warehouses. We install commercial-grade epoxy overnight when the schedule demands it, chemical-rated, slip-rated, back open the next morning. Coordinated with your GC or direct with you, whichever is cleaner. See commercial installs in the gallery.
- Auto shops
- Warehouses
- Feed stores
- Night installs
The crew that tests before it quotes.
Santa Fe is the kind of market where people have seen a lot of traveling contractors come through and promise a two-day epoxy install without ever looking at the slab. We don’t work that way. Every estimate includes a calcium-chloride moisture test, because 1970s-era slabs on expansive clay almost always hold water differently than a new subdivision garage down the street.
Justin Thurmon walks every residential install in Santa Fe himself. He’s about 30 minutes from Highway 6 at our Friendswood shop, and the drive hasn’t slowed us down once. We’ve coated more than 100,000 square feet across South Houston without a single warranty callback for delamination, and most of that volume came from word-of-mouth referrals from people who got tired of cut-rate installs failing in 18 months.
Want the honest version of what your slab can hold? Call Justin direct at (346) 624-0125 or send a message through the site.
Real feedback from real slabs.
Justin came out to our property off FM 1764 and tested the slab right there in front of me. Most of the other quotes I got didn’t even step off the driveway. The flake finish has been solid through two summers now.
Thomas W., Santa Fe, TXWe had a 30-year-old patio slab that looked too far gone. Elite resurfaced it, stained it, and sealed it. Looks better than half the new concrete pours on our street.
Linda K., Santa FeMy pole barn shop is where I keep all my equipment and tools. Oil, fuel, the works. Elite coated it with a commercial flake system and it still scrubs clean after 14 months. Worth every dollar.
Don M., Santa FeSanta Fe corridor covered.
From the Highway 6 corridor through downtown Santa Fe, out toward Alta Loma and Arcadia, and south toward Hitchcock and Alvin. Residential garages, commercial bays along FM 1764, agricultural shops on the outer acreage. Santa Fe is about 30 minutes from our Friendswood shop.
Not sure your address falls inside regular service? Call and ask. We travel farther for commercial volume work.
The questions we hear most in Santa Fe.
My slab is old. Is it worth coating or should I pour new?
Usually worth coating. Most older Santa Fe slabs are structurally sound even when they look rough. Surface spalling, light cracking, and weathering can all be worked with. What kills a coating candidate is a slab that’s settling unevenly, has deep structural cracks, or has been contaminated with oil deep into the pour. We walk the slab, test moisture, and tell you honestly during the estimate. If new concrete is the right answer we’ll say so.
Can you coat a pole-barn floor that’s never had anything on it?
Yes, and these are often our best-outcome jobs. Virgin slab, no previous coatings to remove, just straight prep into install. We diamond-grind for profile, test moisture (even out here the clay still holds water), and install a commercial-grade flake or solid-color system rated for whatever the shop throws at it. Oil drops, fuel spills, dropped tools, the topcoat handles it.
What does moisture mitigation cost and do I really need it?
Moisture mitigation adds roughly $1.50-$2.50 per square foot depending on the product. Whether you need it depends on the slab’s calcium-chloride reading, which varies wildly in Santa Fe between old ranch slabs and newer subdivision builds. We test before we quote. If the slab is dry, we don’t add the cost. If it’s wet, we’d rather add the barrier than come back to fix a delaminated floor in two years.
Will direct Texas sun fade my exterior patio coating?
Not if the topcoat is spec’d right. We use UV-stable aliphatic sealer chemistry on every exterior install, which means the sealer doesn’t yellow or chalk under direct sun. Cheap topcoats (the stuff you get from big-box garage kits) are aromatic chemistry, which yellows fast in sun. We don’t use that chemistry anywhere on our exterior work. Your floor stays the color we installed.
How far do you travel out here?
Santa Fe is inside our regular 50-mile residential radius from Friendswood. We service the whole Highway 6 corridor and the surrounding acreage. For larger commercial work, big warehouses, multi-bay shops, we’ll travel beyond the regular radius anywhere in the South Houston metro. Call (346) 624-0125 to confirm.
What’s the fastest turnaround on a residential install?
Onsite estimate usually within 2-4 business days. Install scheduling depends on current workload but we rarely push further than 3-4 weeks out in the residential queue. An 800-1,200 square foot flake garage runs two days on site, light foot traffic next day, vehicles at 72 hours. Request a free estimate to get on the calendar.
Ready to walk your Santa Fe slab?
Free onsite estimate, real moisture test, written scope-of-work. Call the owner direct.