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Protect concrete floors from automotive fluids and oils

Bone Dry EM Coating in the bays, Bone Dry Pro under the showroom floor

Protecting your garage or dealership floors comes with unique challenges. Auto shops need to protect their concrete floors to maintain a functional, safe and clean work environment, while dealerships need their floors to stay in pristine condition for customers at all times.

Bone Dry brings industry-leading protection to seal out moisture in your concrete auto shop or dealership floor and toughen your concrete to resist stains, bacteria, mold and more, and Bone Dry Pro is backed by a 25-year replacement warranty that includes labor and material to replace the finished flooring system, adhesives, and prep material.

Penetrating Sealers Under Showroom and Office Floors

For new and existing concrete floors topped with wood, tile or carpet, penetrating sealers like Bone Dry Pro seep into and bond with the pores of concrete surfaces. Improperly installed or maintained vapor barriers can result in moisture absorption in concrete slabs, leading to:

  • Sweating
  • Mold & mildew growth
  • Failure of urethane, latex, acrylic, and water-based adhesives
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Indoor parking garage with painted bay lines on a sealed concrete floor

Service Bays vs. Showroom: Which Bone Dry Product Goes Where

An auto shop is two floors in one building. The bays take gasoline, brake fluid, antifreeze and solvents from above; the showroom and offices take a finished floor that fails if moisture rises from below. Bone Dry has a product for each.

Service bays, wash areas and parts rooms
Bone Dry EM Coating is the wearing surface: a two-component, epoxy-modified coating with a clear semi-gloss finish that withstands gasoline, antifreeze, brake fluid, solvents, salts, acetone and alcohol, blocks water infiltration, and has antimicrobial properties built in. It is VOC-free, resists scratching and forklift traffic per its specification sheet, and goes on bare, clean, dry concrete as a stand-alone coating, never over a Bone Dry sealer. Browse all surface coatings.

Showroom, customer lounge and offices
Tile, LVT, carpet and hardwood need a dry slab underneath. Bone Dry Pro seals new or existing slabs from within and flooring can go down in as little as 6 hours; Bone Dry Original does the same job on an existing slab with a garden sprayer, and Bone Dry Plus adds antimicrobial protection where mold or odor is the concern. Hard-troweled or burnished slabs get one coat of Etch-A-Crete first. See sealing a slab on grade before flooring.

Exposed concrete in high-traffic areas and parking structures
For exposed concrete that keeps a natural matte look under heavy traffic, see Bone Dry Li 200 Logistics. For parking decks exposed to deicing salt, see protecting parking garage concrete from deicing salt.

Vehicle-maintenance project: contractors building the CATA administration and maintenance facility, which stores up to 96 buses, used Bone Dry Pro on the concrete substrates.

Epoxy-Modified Protection with Bone Dry EM Coating

Considering an epoxy floor for the shop? Bone Dry EM Coating combines classic epoxy elements with increased flexibility, minimized shrinkage and raised peel strength in a scratch-resistant, VOC-free formula. It gives even older floors a clean semi-gloss finish, indoors or out, and provides:

Exceptional resistance to gasoline, antifreeze, brake fluid, solvents, salts, acetone and alcohol
A seal against water infiltration and standing water
Antimicrobial properties for floors where hygiene matters
A clear, scratch-resistant semi-gloss finish that wipes clean

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Frequently Asked Questions

A penetrating sealer such as Bone Dry Pro or Bone Dry Original seals the capillaries inside the slab against moisture and leaves the surface unchanged; it is not a stain-resistant wearing surface. For bays that see gasoline, brake fluid, antifreeze and solvents, Bone Dry EM Coating is the product: a clear, epoxy-modified coating that keeps spills on top of the floor so they wipe off.

No. EM Coating is a stand-alone product and is not compatible with Bone Dry sealers. Apply it to bare, clean, dry concrete.

Yes. The EM Coating specification sheet states that its durability resists scratching, forklift traffic and seasonal weathering; allow 48 hours before foot traffic and 72 hours before vehicle traffic. It is a stand-alone coating applied to bare concrete, not over a Bone Dry sealer. Send us the traffic and exposure list for the space and we will confirm the fit.

As little as 6 hours after application. Quick Dry is always included with Bone Dry Pro, so there is no waiting on cure and dry-down or on RH probes.

Bone Dry Pro is backed by a 25-year replacement warranty that includes labor and material to replace the finished flooring system, adhesives, and prep material.

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