5 Tips for Choosing the Right Floor for Your Facility

When your floor fails, everything suffers, safety, sanitation, productivity, and profits. That’s why choosing the right flooring isn’t just a construction decision, it’s a critical investment in your operations.

At FX Coating, we’ve helped Ontario’s food processors, manufacturers, and ag facilities protect their toughest surfaces for decades. Here are five essential steps to choosing a floor that won’t let you down.

1. Understand Concrete's Strengths and Its Limits

Concrete is one of the most widely used construction materials in the world, and for good reason. It’s strong, durable, and provides a solid base. But it’s not a complete system.

Concrete alone can’t handle everything today’s production environments throw at it. It’s vulnerable to moisture, thermal shock, chemical attack, and microbial intrusion. That’s where the right floor coating system comes in, complementing concrete’s strengths and overcoming its weaknesses with targeted protection.

2. Match the Floor to the Threat

Not all floors face the same abuse. Are you dealing with constant washdowns? Thermal cycling? Acidic byproducts? Steel-wheeled carts? Identify the physical and chemical threats in each area of your plant.

For high-traffic areas that are cleaned frequently, like meat, dairy, and beverage processing, FX SOLID-THANE delivers exceptional durability and hygiene. This urethane cement system is anti-bacterial, anti-slip, and chemically resistant.

Need a more versatile option? FX EPOXY is an excellent all-around solution for dry production areas, warehouses, or packaging zones. It is cost effective, long lasting, and easy to clean, making it a reliable choice for many types of operations.

3. Prioritize Safety and Sanitation

In any food or beverage facility, your floor isn’t just a surface, it’s a safety system. A proper coating reduces slips, improves cleanability, and prevents microbial growth.

Our FX SHIELD system is built for exactly that: fast installation, low odour, and full compliance with USDA and CFIA regulations. It delivers both chemical and thermal shock resistance, making it a dependable barrier in environments where food safety is non-negotiable and downtime isn’t an option.

4. Choose a Floor That Works on Your Schedule

Plant downtime is expensive. Your floor system should work around your operations—not stop them.

Urethane cement coatings like FX SHIELD cure fast and have low odour, making them ideal for phased installations or weekend upgrades. Whether you’re replacing an old floor or installing a new one, we deliver fast-turnaround solutions without compromising on quality.

5. Invest in a Partner, Not Just a Product

A coating system is only as good as the prep and the people who install it. Poor surface preparation and product mismatch are the top reasons for premature failure.

At FX Coating, we don’t just apply a product, we engineer solutions tailored to your facility. From prep to performance, we ensure every surface is built to protect people, products, and profitability.

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