Dance Studio Epoxy that survives the room
Grip has to be exactly right. We are in and out in a day on most garages, then the floor cures.
Enough grip to turn, not enough to catch.
What we actually install
Controlled-sheen coating tuned for slide.
Good floors are decided during prep, not during the pour. Pivoting, sliding, constant movement.
Talk to us about this floor or call 601-319-9619.
How the day runs
Grind
Controlled-sheen coating tuned for slide.
Build
Pivoting, sliding, constant movement.
Cure
You lose the garage for a day, not a week.
What the install actually looks like
The first hour on site is spent on the concrete, not the color.
We open up the surface and see what we are actually dealing with. We turn up with the grinder and the extraction first, and the first hour is dust and noise rather than anything that looks like progress. Controlled-sheen coating tuned for slide.
Once the slab is open and clean we chase any cracks, fill them, and grind those flat. Then the primer goes down, and from that point the day is a sequence with cure windows in it rather than a job you can rush. Grind in the morning, coat in the afternoon, walk on it that night.
Kevin Garner founded ICM in 2021 wanting work he could hand down. Aaron, Kyler and Averie make that possible. That matters on a dance studio epoxy job because the person who decided the spec is the person holding the squeegee, so nothing gets lost between the quote and the floor.
Aaron and his crew did a fantastic job, friendly and professional.Verified review
Other fitness floors we coat
The slab decides the spec.
What we find under a dance studio epoxy job
A slab that has been acid etched instead of ground has an inconsistent profile. Some areas take the coating and some do not, and you cannot tell which until it fails. We grind regardless of what was done before.
Concrete that has been under carpet or tile carries adhesive, and old adhesives vary from water soluble to essentially permanent. Identifying which one is on the floor decides whether it is a grinding job or a full removal.
The system we specify
Moisture-tolerant primers exist for a reason and cost more for a reason. On a damp slab they are the difference between a floor and a warranty claim.
Quartz systems are built in layers, broadcast and troweled rather than rolled. It is slower to install and it is the toughest, grippiest thing we lay.
Specified from the load, not a brochure.
Impact is a different problem from wear
Most floors are specified for abrasion, which is a slow surface problem. A gym floor has to survive impact, which is a sudden structural one. A dropped barbell delivers its whole energy into a few square inches, and a thin rigid coating over concrete will spall at that point no matter how hard the topcoat is.
The answer is build thickness in the drop zones and a topcoat with some flexibility rather than maximum hardness. Under matting the coating still matters, because sweat and cleaning water get under mats and sit there. A sealed non-porous floor under the mats is what stops that becoming a smell you cannot find the source of.
We are in and out in a day on most garages, then the floor cures.
What we specify for training floors
Grip has to be exactly right.
What this floor has to put up with
Pivoting, sliding, constant movement. Controlled-sheen coating tuned for slide. That combination is what we specify against, and it is why a dance studio epoxy job is quoted from the room rather than from a rate card.
Enough grip to turn, not enough to catch. A day on site is the normal answer for a residential floor.
Living with the floor afterwards
Pressure washing exterior coated concrete is fine at sensible pressure. Holding a turbo nozzle in one place is not.
A dust mop twice a week does more for the look of a floor than any product you can buy.
We work out of Laurel and cover roughly a hundred miles in every direction. That takes in Jones County, Rankin, Simpson and Lamar to the north and west, the whole Mississippi coast from Bay St. Louis through Biloxi to Pascagoula, across into Baldwin and Mobile County in Alabama, and west to St. Tammany Parish. See the areas we cover.
Questions we get asked
Do you need the space for more than a day?
We are in and out in a day on most garages, then the floor cures.
What do you do before any resin goes down?
Controlled-sheen coating tuned for slide. Good floors are decided during prep, not during the pour.
Does it cope with the loads in here?
Pivoting, sliding, constant movement. We specify the build thickness against the actual use, not a standard sheet.
Is my area inside your radius?
We cover south Mississippi, the coast, coastal Alabama and St. Tammany Parish, roughly a hundred miles out from Laurel.
Who will be in my building?
This is a family crew. Kevin founded it in 2021 and works alongside Aaron, Kyler and Averie.
Can I see the color before deciding?
Yes. We bring the chip deck out and you pick the blend against your own light and your own walls. Colors read differently under LED, under a skylight and under a garage door that is half open, so choosing off a photograph is how people end up disappointed.
Does a cracked slab rule this out?
Concrete keeps moving for years after it is poured, and it moves more near the coast where the ground is wet and sandy. That is why we detail edges and joints rather than laying one continuous rigid sheet and hoping.
How do I stop it wearing?
Keep the drains clear in a wet room. Standing water is not a problem for the coating and is a problem for everything else.
Why does the topcoat matter?
We install Duraflex systems. The certification matters less than what it means in practice, which is that the product data is real, the cure windows are tested, and there is a manufacturer standing behind the spec rather than a generic resin bought on price.
Get in touch and we will come measure it up.
Four names, one crew. Kevin Garner built the company in 2021 to pass it on. Serving Laurel and south Mississippi, the Gulf Coast, coastal Alabama and St. Tammany Parish. See finished floors or get in touch.