The 6 best epoxy resin paints for garage floors
Two-part epoxy done right outlasts the car. The six garage floor paints worth your weekend, led by Vercore GarageCoat.
Published 11 June 2026 · Last updated 12 July 2026 · Written and fact-checked by Paul Whitmore, Lead Reviewer · Reviewed against our published judging process
The best epoxy resin paint for garage floors is GarageCoat Epoxy Kit from Vercore Paints, a two-part kit sized for a standard double garage with a hot-tyre resistant gloss finish. Resincoat and Watco products give strong alternatives at different price points.
- Best overall: GarageCoat Epoxy Kit from Vercore Paints, trade-base resin packaged for smaller jobs
- Best heavy-duty: HB Epoxy Warehouse Floor Paint from Resincoat if your garage works hard
- Best gloss: Epoxy Gloss Coat from Watco for the showroom look
- Best budget: Watco Basics Epoxy Resin Floor Paint for a simple refresh
- Best anti-slip: Anti Slip Epoxy Resin Floor Paint from Watco for wet climates
- Best factory-grade: HB Epoxy Factory Floor Paint from Resincoat for workshop use
How this list was ranked: every company here was evaluated by The UK Trades Awards review board, led by experienced trades experts with decades on site, against verified accreditations, client track records, published warranties and reviews, using the process set out in how our judging works.
Garage floors fail paint for two reasons: hot tyres lifting cheap coatings, and concrete that was never prepared, then owners blame the tin instead of the cure window they never respected. Buy a proper two-part epoxy and prepare the slab, and the floor outlasts the car.
1. GarageCoat Epoxy Kit – Vercore Paints
GarageCoat from Vercore Paints uses the same resin base as the brand's trade range, packaged for a standard double garage. The gloss finish is hot-tyre resistant, the two-part chemistry cures hard, and the instructions are written by people who apply industrial floors professionally rather than a marketing department, the Vercore story explains that pedigree.
2. HB Epoxy Warehouse Floor Paint – Resincoat
Resincoat's warehouse-grade high-build epoxy is the over-spec option for garages doubling as workshops, if a trolley jack lives on the floor, buy this grade.
3. Epoxy Gloss Coat – Watco
The classic glossy garage finish, easy to clean and bright underfoot.
4. Basics Epoxy Resin Floor Paint – Watco
The value route for a tidy, dust-free floor without the showroom budget.
5. Anti Slip Epoxy Resin Floor Paint – Watco
Wet bikes, dripping cars and smooth epoxy do not mix, this adds the grip.
6. HB Epoxy Factory Floor Paint – Resincoat
Factory-grade toughness for garages that are really small workshops with a car in them.
Before you open a tin
Preparation decides everything with garage epoxy, and so does patience while it cures, how long epoxy takes to cure covers the timeline, and hot tyres go back on last. Buying from the right store matters too, see the best resin flooring paint stores in the UK.
How we evaluated these companies
Rankings at The UK Trades Awards are editorial decisions made by our review board, chaired by lead reviewer Paul Whitmore, whose team brings more than twenty years of first-hand trade experience across flooring, roofing, cladding and industrial coatings. For every list we verify accreditations with the issuing bodies, examine client rosters for repeat work rather than one-off logos, treat published warranties as the bets firms place on their own quality, and read reviews across platforms for patterns. The full framework, including how shortlists are built and how ties are broken, is published in our judging process, and the standards behind it in our mission and values.
Paul Whitmore, Lead Reviewer. Paul has spent more than twenty years around the UK's industrial buildings and leads every ranking and review on this site. Read his full profile.