Matt or satin
The default for working areas. Hides scuffing and tyre marks, reduces glare under high-bay lighting, and shows dust far less than gloss.
Industrial Epoxy Flooring
A floor specified around forklift loads, impact, thermal shock and the chemicals you actually use — not around how it looks in a photograph. We survey the slab, size the system to the duty, and programme the work around your production schedule.
14 YearsInstalling since 2012
1,200+ FloorsCompleted nationwide
All Major CitiesOne number nationwide
Lifetime WarrantyWorkmanship & materials
What industrial epoxy flooring is
Industrial epoxy flooring is a performance specification before it is a finish. In a production hall or a warehouse nobody is buying gloss — they are buying a surface that survives what runs across it, keeps cleaning simple, and does not start breaking up eighteen months after handover. So the system is chosen from the back: we start with the duty and work forward to the build-up.
Five things drive that decision. Point loads from racking legs, machine feet and stillages. Wheeled traffic from forklifts, pallet trucks and trolleys, and in particular where they turn and brake. Impact from dropped tooling, stock and drums. Thermal shock from hot washdown, steam cleaning or process heat. And chemical exposure — the specific substances used in your building, not a general category. Get those five right and the rest of the specification follows.
Epoxy is a family of resin systems, not one product. A two-part chemistry — resin plus hardener — reacts on site, and performance comes from the combination of primer, body, aggregate, thickness and topcoat. Two floors that look identical can behave completely differently under a loaded forklift.
The thickness ladder, stated honestly
Thickness is the single clearest lever on durability, and it is also the single clearest lever on price. There is no free upgrade here.
- Coatings (thin). Roller or squeegee applied, sealing and colouring the slab. Suited to foot traffic, trolleys, storage rooms, plant offices and light workshops. The cheapest option per square foot and the least tolerant of impact — it will show wear first where wheels turn.
- Self-levelling slurries (mid). Poured and spread to a smooth, flat, seamless surface. This is the sensible middle for pallet-truck routes, assembly areas, packing halls and moderate forklift work, and it gives a real step up in load-spreading and abrasion capacity.
- Resin mortars and screeds (thickest). Trowel-applied resin with graded aggregate. Specified where impact, heavy point loads and heat are genuine daily conditions — despatch bays, drum-handling areas, heavy machine shops. It costs the most because it is mostly material and skilled labour.
Where an area is permanently wet, steam-cleaned or subject to hot and cold cycling, a polyurethane-cement screed is often the better answer than epoxy. It tolerates temperature swings that will debond a standard epoxy system over time. If that is what your area needs, we will tell you, even though it is a different product line from the decorative work we are better known for.
Who it is for
This system suits operators who measure a floor by downtime, not by appearance. It is the right conversation if any of the following is true of your site.
- Forklifts, reach trucks or pallet trucks run daily across the same routes
- Racking, machinery or stillages put concentrated point loads on the slab
- The floor is washed down, hosed or steam cleaned as part of the shift routine
- Oils, coolants, solvents, acids or alkalis are handled, decanted or spilled
- Dust from a worn or spalling concrete slab is contaminating product or equipment
- You need marked traffic lanes, walkways and storage bays that stay legible
- An audit, a client visit or a new production line has put the floor on the agenda
Where it is used
Most industrial buildings are not one environment. A single site can need three different specifications: a mortar in despatch, a slurry through the production hall, and a straightforward coating in stores. We zone the building during the survey rather than quoting one rate across the whole area.
Production halls
Warehouses & racking
Loading & despatch bays
Food & beverage washdown
Laboratories & QC rooms
Wash bays & wet process
Workshops & maintenance
Plant offices & corridors
Stores & goods-in
What it looks like
Industrial floors are usually solid colour in a matt or satin finish. That is a deliberate choice, not a compromise: a lower sheen hides scuffing and tyre marking far better than high gloss, and it cuts glare under high-bay lighting. Colour is normally used to do a job — a light body colour to lift light levels, a contrasting colour for walkways, yellow for hazard zones and bay edges.
Advantages
Our epoxy floors cure into one continuous surface with no joints, no grout lines and nowhere for water to seep through. Spills, mopping and washdowns are handled easily — ideal for bathrooms, kitchens, commercial kitchens and wash areas.
Before installation we assess the slab for rising moisture. Where moisture is present we specify a moisture-tolerant primer or barrier system so the floor performs long term. This assessment is part of every free site inspection.
- Load spreading — thickness carries point loads and impact the bare slab cannot
- Dust control — a sealed surface stops concrete dusting into product and machinery
- Faster cleaning — no joints or grout to trap residue; sweepers run without catching
- Chemical resistance depending on the system specified and matched to your chemical list
- Slip-resistant finishes available for braking zones, ramps and wet areas
- Permanent demarcation — lanes and bays built into the floor instead of taped on
- Repairable in sections, so a damaged bay does not mean relaying a whole hall
Honest limitations
These are the trade-offs we raise before you sign, because they are the ones that cause arguments later if nobody mentions them.
- Heavy duty costs more, because it is more material. A resin mortar is not a thicker version of a coating at the same price — the aggregate, the resin volume and the trowelling labour are all higher.
- Thicker systems need a longer shutdown. More material means more cure time before the area takes traffic. If you cannot release the area, we phase it bay by bay, which extends the overall programme.
- Temperature and humidity affect cure. Resin chemistry is sensitive to site conditions. In cold or very humid conditions we adjust the programme rather than force a coat down and hope.
- Chemical resistance is system-specific. No resin resists everything. We ask for your actual chemical list, concentrations and contact times, and specify to that — we do not make a blanket claim.
- A floor cannot outperform the slab beneath it. Most resin-floor cracking originates in the concrete. If the slab is moving, delaminated or badly cracked, that needs structural repair first — coating over it only hides the problem until it reappears.
- It scratches and it marks. Steel wheels, dragged pallets and dropped tooling leave evidence. A harder topcoat improves abrasion resistance, but an industrial floor is a working surface, not a showroom.
Movement joints must be carried through, never coated over. If a slab has expansion or movement joints, the floor finish has to respect them with a matching joint and a suitable sealant. Painting resin across a live joint guarantees a crack in the finish at exactly that line, usually within the first season. Saw-cut control joints in a sound slab can often be filled and closed; movement joints cannot.
How it is installed
Surface preparation is the single biggest quality factor in a resin floor. We mechanically grind every slab to open the surface so the primer can bond, and we do not coat over dust, laitance or an untested substrate. On industrial work the sequence runs like this.
- Survey and zoning. We walk the building with you, record traffic routes, loads, wash regimes and the chemical list, then divide the area into zones with different specifications.
- Slab and moisture assessment. We check the substrate for rising moisture — industry practice uses in-situ relative humidity probes and calcium-chloride vapour-emission testing as concepts — and specify a moisture-tolerant primer or barrier where it is needed.
- Mechanical preparation. Diamond grinding, or shot blasting on larger heavy-duty areas, to a clean, open profile suited to the system thickness.
- Crack and joint work. Cracks are cut out, filled and consolidated. Movement joints are set out so they can be carried through the finish; failed joint arrises are rebuilt.
- Priming. A penetrating primer seals the slab and creates the bond that everything above depends on.
- Body application. The coating, self-levelling slurry or trowelled mortar goes down to the specified thickness, together with coving at wall and plinth junctions where the area is washed down.
- Anti-slip and topcoat. Where specified, an aggregate broadcast is applied and locked in, then the protective topcoat sets the final abrasion, chemical and slip performance.
- Line marking, cure and handover. Traffic lanes, walkways, bay outlines and hazard markings are set out and applied, the floor cures to its return-to-service point, and we walk the finished area with you before handing over the written warranty.
Details that decide whether an industrial floor works
Coving. In washdown areas the floor should turn up the wall as a formed cove so there is no square junction for water and residue to sit in. It costs extra per linear metre and it is the detail most often value-engineered out — and then missed.
Line marking and demarcation. Lanes, pedestrian walkways, racking bays and hazard zones can be built into the floor as resin markings rather than applied tape. They survive forklift traffic and cleaning; tape does not.
Anti-slip broadcast. Smooth resin is slippery when wet. Where forklifts brake, on ramps, and anywhere the floor gets wet, we broadcast a graded aggregate into the coat to build texture. The trade-off is honest: more texture means better grip and slower cleaning, so we set the level per zone rather than across the whole floor.
Typical heavy-duty build-up
Shown top to bottom, as the floor is seen and then as it is built.
Protective topcoatSets abrasion, chemical and slip performance; anti-slip broadcast locked in where specified
Seal / grout coatCloses the surface of the mortar so it cleans easily and resists penetration
Resin mortar or slurry bodyMost of the thickness; carries point loads, impact and wheeled traffic
Primer / scratch coatBonds to the slab and seals it; moisture-tolerant where the survey calls for it
Prepared concrete slabGround or blasted, cracks repaired, joints set out, moisture assessed
What affects cost
Industrial rates start from Rs. 570 per sqft for a straightforward system on a sound slab, and heavy-duty specifications sit well above that. Treat any figure before a site visit as indicative only — the table below is what actually moves the number.
| Cost factor | Why it moves the price | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| System thickness | Coating, slurry or mortar. Material volume and application labour rise together as the duty rises. | Largest single driver |
| Slab condition | Grinding a sound slab is routine. Spalling, delamination, oil contamination or deep cracking adds repair work before any resin is laid. | Increases |
| Total area | Mobilisation, plant and set-up are spread across the area. Small isolated rooms carry a higher rate than one large hall. | Larger area, lower rate |
| Chemical exposure | A resistant specification for aggressive chemicals uses a different, more expensive chemistry than a general-duty floor. | Increases |
| Thermal duty | Hot washdown, steam or thermal cycling points to a polyurethane-cement screed rather than a standard epoxy. | Increases |
| Coving and detailing | Priced per linear metre. Plinths, drains, channels, thresholds and pipe penetrations are all hand work. | Increases |
| Joint treatment | Movement joints must be carried through the finish with the correct profile and sealant. | Increases |
| Line marking | Lanes, walkways, bays and hazard markings are set out and applied as separate operations. | Increases |
| Anti-slip finish | Aggregate broadcast plus an extra lock-in coat over the zones that need texture. | Modest increase |
| Access and shift working | Night work, weekend possessions, live-plant phasing and restricted access all extend the programme. | Increases |
| Location | Sites near an office carry lower mobilisation than remote single-visit projects. | Varies |
Indicative only. Rates on this page are for budget planning, not a quotation. After a free site inspection we issue a fixed written price against a defined specification, zone by zone.
Timeline
A contained industrial area — a workshop, a store, a single bay — is typically a three to five day operation including preparation, coats and cure. A full production hall or warehouse is planned in zones so part of the building keeps working while another part is closed. The realistic constraint is rarely our speed; it is how much floor you can release at once.
Preparation usually takes longer than people expect and application takes less. Grinding, crack repair and joint work on a tired slab can occupy half the programme. Once priming starts, the coats follow on a fixed rhythm dictated by the resin, and that rhythm cannot be compressed by adding people.
Return-to-service time is system-specific. Foot traffic, wheeled traffic and full chemical service each become available at different points, and the intervals differ between a thin coating and a thick mortar, and shift again with site temperature and humidity. We confirm the actual figures for your specified system in the quotation, in writing, before you plan the shutdown around them.
Maintenance
An industrial resin floor is low maintenance, not no maintenance. What keeps it performing is routine and unglamorous.
- Sweep or machine-scrub regularly — grit left on the surface is what abrades it
- Clean spills promptly, especially anything outside the specified chemical range
- Use a neutral detergent; strong solvents attack the topcoat over time
- Keep forklift wheels in good condition — worn or seized wheels scrub the surface
- Protect impact zones with pads or matting under drop points and press lines
- Re-coat high-traffic lanes before wear reaches the body, not after
- Repair local damage early; a small patch is straightforward, a spreading failure is not
Finish options
Once the system is sized to the duty, these are the choices left to make. Each one is set per zone, not once for the whole building.
Gloss
Reserved for showroom bays, plant offices and visitor routes where appearance matters and traffic is light. It marks more readily.
Anti-slip broadcast
Graded aggregate worked into the surface for ramps, braking zones and wet areas. Texture is set per zone to balance grip against cleaning effort.
Line marking & demarcation
Traffic lanes, pedestrian walkways, racking bays and hazard markings applied in resin so they survive forklifts and scrubbing.
Coving
The floor turned up the wall as a formed cove at junctions, plinths and around drains — the detail that makes a washdown area genuinely cleanable.
UV-stable topcoat
Epoxy can amber under direct sunlight. Where rooflights or open shutters expose the floor, a UV-stable topcoat is available where specified.
Why 3D Master Epoxy
Specified By People Who Have Repaired The Mistakes
We have been installing resin floors since 2012 — fourteen years and more than 1,200 floors, with offices in all major cities and service all over Pakistan. A good part of that work has been replacing industrial floors that were specified too thin, laid over an untested slab, or coated straight across a live movement joint. It is why we survey before we quote.
- 14 years installing, since 2012 — 1,200+ floors completed
- Offices in all major cities, service all over Pakistan
- Experienced installation teams, zone-by-zone specifications
- Free site inspection and a fixed written quotation
Lifetime warranty on workmanship & materials. We stand behind our floors for life. Our lifetime warranty covers workmanship and material defects — if the floor fails because of our installation or the materials we used, we repair it free of charge, with no time limit. Damage from misuse, chemical exposure outside the specified system, structural movement, or moisture rising through the slab is assessed separately. Full warranty terms are provided in writing with every project. Read the full warranty.
Book a free site inspection
Tell us the area, the traffic it takes and what gets spilled on it. We will survey the slab, zone the building and come back with a fixed written specification and price.