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Concrete Repair & Restoration

Concrete Resurfacing

Spalled, cracked, and salt-eaten concrete — restored. We grind, repair, and resurface damaged slabs across the Calgary region, then seal them under a polyaspartic topcoat so the damage never comes back. The fix for garage floors, patios, shop floors, and walkways that freeze-thaw and Alberta winters have destroyed.

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The Problem

Tired of dealing with your floor?

  • Spalling, flaking concrete from years of winter salt damage
  • Cracks, pop-outs, and pitting spreading every freeze-thaw cycle
  • Oil-soaked garage and shop floors that no coating will stick to
  • Failed DIY epoxy or paint that's peeling off the slab

The MLC Epoxy Floors Result

A floor you'll love for 20+ years.

  • Damaged surface ground off and repaired down to sound concrete
  • Cracks, spalls, and pop-outs filled with flexible structural polyurea
  • Sealed under UV-stable polyaspartic — salt and brine can't get in again
  • Restored in a single day at a fraction of slab replacement cost
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Why Concrete Resurfacing

Built specifically for performance.

Stops the damage cycle

The polyaspartic topcoat is impermeable to salt and brine — the freeze-thaw spalling that destroyed your floor can't restart.

Repair, not replace

Most spalled and cracked slabs don't need to be torn out. We restore them in a day for a fraction of replacement cost.

Honest assessment

If your slab actually needs replacement, we'll tell you straight at the free estimate — no upselling resurfacing onto a failed slab.

10-Year warranty

Backed by a written warranty covering peeling, delamination, and hot-tire pickup on the finished system.

Benefits

  • Repairs spalling, cracks & pop-outs
  • Salt & freeze-thaw proof finish
  • 1-day install on most floors
  • Fraction of replacement cost
  • Choose your finish system
  • 10-Year workmanship warranty

Best For

  • Salt-damaged garage floors
  • Spalled patios & walkways
  • Cracked shop & warehouse floors
  • Oil-soaked auto bays
  • Failed DIY epoxy floors
  • Aging commercial concrete

What Is Concrete Resurfacing?

Concrete resurfacing is the process of mechanically removing the damaged top layer of a concrete slab, repairing structural defects, and applying a new wear surface — either a polymer-modified overlay or a full coating system — to restore the floor to a sound, sealed, finished state. It is the right answer when your slab is structurally fine underneath but the surface has failed: spalling (the top 1/8"–1/4" of concrete flaking off in sheets), surface cracking, pop-outs, pitting, salt scaling, or freeze-thaw delamination. Replacing the slab in those cases is expensive, slow, and rarely necessary. Resurfacing restores the floor in a single day at a fraction of replacement cost. In the Calgary region, surface failure is overwhelmingly caused by one thing: road salt and brine tracked into garages every winter, combined with repeated freeze-thaw cycles. The salt penetrates the porous concrete surface, the water freezes, expands, and pops the top layer off. Resurfacing addresses both the damage and the cause — the polyaspartic topcoat we finish with is impermeable to salt and brine.

Common Calgary-Region Concrete Problems We Fix

We see the same surface failures over and over across Calgary, Airdrie, Cochrane, Chestermere, and Okotoks: • Spalling — top layer flaking off in sheets, exposing aggregate. Almost always caused by winter salt and freeze-thaw. • Surface cracking — hairline to 1/4" cracks running across the slab from shrinkage, settlement, or freeze damage. • Pop-outs — small conical chunks missing from the surface, usually where reactive aggregate or trapped moisture has expanded. • Pitting & rough texture — surface dusting, light scaling, and a chalky finish that won't clean. • Oil-soaked & contaminated concrete — old garage and shop floors saturated with oil that won't accept any new coating without remediation. • Failed DIY epoxy or paint — peeling consumer-grade coatings that need to be removed before a real system can go down. If your floor has any of these, it's a resurfacing candidate — not a replacement candidate.

Our Resurfacing Process

Step 1 — Diamond grind. We remove every loose, spalled, and contaminated layer with industrial planetary grinders and HEPA dust extraction. This exposes sound concrete and creates the CSP 2-3 surface profile every premium coating requires. Step 2 — Crack & spall repair. Cracks are chased open, vacuumed, and filled with structural polyurea — a flexible, fast-curing repair compound that bonds permanently and moves with the slab. Spalled areas and pop-outs are filled and feathered flush. Deeper damage gets a polymer-modified cementitious overlay troweled to grade. Step 3 — Prime & coat. Once repairs cure, we apply a penetrating epoxy primer that locks into the freshly ground surface. Depending on the floor's intended use, we then install one of three finish systems: a full flake or solid color epoxy + polyaspartic system for garages, a clear grind & seal for warehouses and shops that want to preserve the natural look, or two coats of pigmented polyaspartic for commercial spaces with tight turnaround windows. Step 4 — Seal & protect. Two coats of UV-stable polyaspartic topcoat go on last. The finished system is impermeable to salt, brine, and oil — the three things that destroyed the original surface in the first place.

Repair vs. Replace — When Resurfacing Is The Right Call

Resurfacing is the right answer in roughly 90% of the residential and light-commercial slabs we evaluate. The exceptions are slabs with structural failure: deep settlement cracks where one side has dropped, heaving from frost or expansive soil, or slabs that have lost so much surface concrete that the rebar is exposed across large areas. If your slab is reasonably flat, the rebar isn't exposed, and the damage is surface-only — resurfacing will give you a better floor than the original at a fraction of replacement cost. We provide an honest assessment during the free in-home estimate. If we think you need replacement instead, we'll tell you straight.

Cost & Timeline

Most resurfacing projects in the Calgary region run $8–$14 per square foot fully installed, depending on the extent of repair work and the finish system you choose. A typical 2-car garage with moderate spalling and a flake epoxy finish lands around $4,200–$6,500. Timeline is one day for the install itself. Walk on the floor that evening, park on it the next morning. Heavy repair work occasionally requires a second day for the repair compound to fully cure before the finish goes down — we'll tell you in advance if your slab needs that.

Specs

The technical stuff.

Every floor we install is engineered for Calgary Region conditions and built to outlast the slab beneath it.

System
Diamond grind + polyurea repair + polyaspartic finish
Install time
1 day (occasionally 2 for heavy repair)
Walk on
4–6 hours after final coat
Drive on
18–24 hours
Lifespan
15–20+ years on restored slabs
Warranty
10-Year Warranty
Pricing
From $8–$14 / sq ft

Verified Customer Reviews

What Calgary Region customers say.

Customer Rating5.0(127 reviews)

Mark R.

Local Guide · 12 reviews

2 weeks ago
Our garage floor was a mess of oil stains and salt damage. MLC Epoxy Floors ground it down, fixed every crack, and laid a flake floor that looks better than the inside of our house.
Airdrie, AB

Janelle T.

Local Guide · 47 reviews

1 month ago
Worth every dollar. Hot tires, road salt, motor oil — nothing fazes it. Crew was in and out in a single day and the workmanship is incredible.
Calgary, MD

Doug & Pat M.

Local Guide · 8 reviews

3 weeks ago
Two winters in and not a single chip or peel. Best upgrade we've made to the house. The polyaspartic finish still looks brand new.
Falls Church, VA

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