Before: A Garage Floor Breaking Down Due to Moisture Vapor Transmission
Northeast Ohio homeowners know the routine: wet winters, humid summers, and freezing nights all take a toll on your garage. Even brand-new garage flooring can start to fail early—peeling, bubbling, or cracking despite careful upkeep. The real problem usually isn’t wear and tear—it’s what’s happening inside the concrete. Moisture from the ground below moves upward through the slab in vapor form, a process called moisture-vapor transmission (MVT). In freeze-thaw climates like Akron and Cleveland, that vapor can freeze and expand inside the slab, causing even more damage.
If your coating system isn’t designed to stop vapor, it won’t matter how good it looks when it’s installed.
During: The GFC 2-Day System Blocks Moisture-Vapor Transmission Where it Starts
Forte Garage Floor Coating solves the moisture issue with GFC’s 2-day installation garage flooring system, which is specifically designed to protect your floor from the inside out.
It starts with a thick application of 100%-solids, moisture-mitigating epoxy primer coat, which deeply penetrates into the concrete and cures into a dense, vapor-blocking foundation. This is where moisture mitigation happens—right at the base.
After the moisture-mitigating epoxy cures overnight (into which the customer’s chosen flake blend has been broadcast), two separate 100%-solids polyaspartic topcoats are added. The dual top coats provide UV resistance, chemical durability, resistance to hot-tire transfer, and a high-performance finish.
Why this process matters in Ohio:
- MVT is common due to groundwater and humidity
- Freeze-thaw cycles amplify pressure inside the slab
- Polyaspartic-only (1-day) systems offer no real vapor defense
After: A Garage Floor That Looks Good—and Stays That Way
With a 2-day Forte-installed coating system, your garage flooring doesn’t just look flawless—it’s built to last through Ohio’s wettest months and coldest nights.
The moisture-mitigating epoxy base keeps vapor from damaging the surface, so your floor won’t bubble, peel, or delaminate like lesser coatings. And with our dual 100%-solids polyaspartic topcoats, the surface is easy to clean, resistant to salt and chemicals, and made to hold up year after year.
Contact Forte today to get a quote on garage flooring that’s built for Northeast Ohio’s toughest conditions—from the ground up.