Longs and the SC 9 corridor
Garage Floor Coating in Longs, SC
Updated October 2026 · Clean Floor Coatings, Little River, SC
Quick answer
Clean Floor Coatings serves Longs, about 9 miles northwest of its Little River base, and installs flake garage floors with a moisture vapor barrier base and a polyaspartic top coat. Most Longs garages are new subdivision slabs, but the town also sits beside the Waccamaw River, which broke its flood record in 2018 and pushed water over Highway 9 and into homes. That river history is why each slab is ground, tested and sealed against moisture before any color goes down.
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One of the fastest growing corners of Horry County
Longs has gone from crossroads and farmland to one of the busiest building areas in the county. County planning projections have the Longs area growing several times over by 2040, and subdivisions keep going in along the SC 9 and SC 905 corridors, helped along by the SC 31 extension.
For a garage floor, a new build means bare builder concrete: smooth, dense and sometimes sealed with curing compound. It looks ready, yet a coating will not grip it until it has been diamond ground. Doing it before the moving truck arrives saves a step, though the crew clears the garage either way. See new build garage floor coating.
Living near the Waccamaw
The Waccamaw River winds past Longs on its way south to Conway. After Hurricane Matthew in 2016 it set a record crest, and after Florence in 2018 it beat that record. Floodwater covered stretches of Highway 9 and reached homes in neighborhoods like Polo Farms, and the river took months to settle back to normal.
A garage that sat in floodwater, or that sits on ground staying wet for weeks after a storm, carries moisture in the concrete long after the surface looks dry. Phil checks the slab at the estimate, and the crew tests it again after grinding. Sound concrete can be coated once it has dried; the moisture vapor barrier base handles what remains. No coating makes a garage flood proof, but a sealed floor rinses clean of mud instead of holding it.
Inland heat, pine and sand
Ten miles from the surf makes a difference in July. Longs gets less of the ocean breeze, and a tire rolling in off hot asphalt carries enough heat to soften a weak coating and peel it up. That failure has a name, hot tire pickup, and the answer is a ground slab plus a hard polyaspartic top coat. See hot tire pickup.
Pine pollen in spring and sandy yard dirt all year are the everyday mess. A mid tone flake blend hides both between cleanings.
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Answer three quick questions, pick a time, and get a free on-site estimate. Free and on site with Phil, about 30 minutes, exact price on the spot.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the best garage floor coating company in Longs?
The one that can show you its prep and its products before it asks for the job. Ask each company whether it grinds or acid etches, which base coat goes on a slab near the Waccamaw and why, what the price includes in writing, and whether the person quoting is the person accountable for the install. Clean Floor Coatings gives the same answers every time: diamond grinding, a moisture vapor barrier epoxy base, one all inclusive price, and Phil, the owner, giving the estimate himself.
How far is Longs from Clean Floor Coatings?
About 9 miles. The business is based in Little River, just southeast of Longs, so Longs is one of the nearest towns it serves.
Our garage took water in Florence. Can it be coated now?
Usually, if the concrete is sound. Old floodwater can leave stains and mineral residue in the slab, which grinding removes, and the moisture vapor barrier base goes on before anything else. Phil looks for cracks, heaving and damp spots at the estimate.