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Smith Paints

Smith Paints — Decorative & Industrial Concrete Products

Substrate Technology carries the full Smith's line of decorative and industrial concrete products — everything you need to prep, color, resurface, seal, and coat a floor. From vibrant decorative stains and dyes to heavy-duty industrial coatings, Smith Paints makes professional-grade products for polished concrete, decorative floors, and the toughest industrial environments. Call and talk to a real surface-prep expert, not a call center.

Decorative Concrete Color

Bring vibrant, natural color to concrete:

  • Color Floor — water-based decorative stain in three color series
  • Liquid Dye — concentrated penetrating dye for polished concrete; 13 colors
  • Dry Pigment Packs — integral pigments for overlays and resurfacers; 16 colors

Overlays & Resurfacing

  • 4 in 1 Overlay — multipurpose polymer-modified decorative cement overlay for trowel, stamp, spray, carve, and repairs

Cleaners & Prep

Get concrete ready for color and coatings:

  • Green Clean Pro — biodegradable concrete cleaner and profiler
  • CT-8 — cleaner and toughener

Decorative Sealers

  • Poly-SEAL+ — fast-dry, one-component waterborne decorative sealer
  • Poly-WB+ — two-component waterborne aliphatic urethane topcoat

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Smith’s CRU ’86 — High-Gloss Urethane Topcoat

  • High gloss — smooth, highly light-reflective finish with excellent gloss retention
  • 86% solids, single-component aliphatic urethane
  • UV-stable — resists yellowing, holds clarity
  • Chemical- and stain-resistant — excellent against a wide range of chemicals
  • Abrasion-resistant — very durable, improves the coating system’s service life
  • Resistant to hot tire pickup
  • Long working time — more forgiving to apply
  • Less odor than traditional solvent-based moisture-cured urethanes
  • Meets FDA & USDA standards for flooring
  • VOC compliant in most regions (<99 g/L)

Smith’s Polyaspartic 7000LO — Floor Coating

  • 76% solids — high build, up to 15 mils per coat without foaming
  • Low odor and low VOC (<249 g/L)
  • Fast cure — recoat within a few hours; heavy/forklift traffic in ~24 hours
  • UV-stable, aliphatic — non-yellowing; interior or exterior
  • Excellent chemical and stain resistance
  • Hot liquid spill tolerant — to 300°F over a thermal-shock-resistant system
  • Hot tire pickup resistant
  • Meets FDA & USDA flooring requirements (indirect food contact)
  • 1:1 mix ratio with a longer working time than most competitors’ polyaspartics

Smith’s Epoxy MPP3 — Multipurpose Floor Epoxy

  • 100% solids epoxy — no shrinkage, a full-build coat
  • Multipurpose — primer, body coat, broadcast matrix, or patching
  • Low VOC (3 g/L) and low odor — good for occupied and interior spaces
  • Chemical- and stain-resistant — stands up to acids, bases, oils, and more
  • Very hard and abrasion-resistant — 6H pencil hardness
  • High gloss — >95 @ 60°
  • Good working time with medium viscosity for good flow and self-healing
  • Available in 4 colors — White, Boulder, Glacier Gray, Medium Gray

Smith’s Poly PCF-45 — Concrete Crack Filler & Patch

  • Fills cracks, spalls, pop-outs, holes, and voids in concrete
  • Fast return to service — grind in 15–60 minutes; heavy traffic in ~1 hour
  • Low viscosity — penetrates hairline cracks; extend with sand for deep repairs
  • 1:1 mix ratio — easy to measure and mix; no primer needed
  • Tenacious bond to prepared concrete (650 psi — the concrete fails first)
  • Chemical- and impact-resistant with good load transfer
  • Feather edge to any depth (with aggregate extension)
  • Interior/exterior, above or below grade — even freezer/chiller floors and radiant-heat floors
  • Doubles as a pit grout for polished concrete

Smith’s WB Marking Paint

  • Fast return to service — air dries for full traffic in 1–2 hours (even at 50°F / high humidity)
  • Durable — accepts forklift and pallet-jack traffic within a few hours
  • Ready to use, single component — no mixing, easy to apply
  • Excellent UV stability — interior or exterior
  • Holds crisp tape-line edges — good bleed-through resistance for clean lines
  • Low odor, low VOC, non-flammable — use in all regions
  • Good opacity with two coats; may be applied up to 30 mils WFT in a single layer
  • Soap-and-water cleanup while wet
  • Meets Federal Specification TT-P-1952F Type III

Smith’s Poly-FLEX — Semi-Rigid Resurfacing Compound

  • Moisture tolerant — withstands up to 15 lbs (ASTM F1869) and 90% in-situ RH (ASTM F2170)
  • Suppresses minor cracks from telegraphing through to the surface
  • Flowable and self-smoothing — levels itself for a smooth base
  • 100% solids — no solvents, no water, zero VOC, low odor
  • High build — applies from 30 mils up to 5 inches neat
  • Fast — walkable in ~4 hours to accept the next layer; heavy forklift traffic after an overnight cure
  • Freeze/thaw stable — interior or exterior
  • Suitable over radiant in-floor heat systems
  • Tenacious bond — concrete fails before the bond does (ASTM D4541)
  • Strong — 14,010 psi compressive strength; stronger than typical epoxy mortar systems
  • Accepts vinyl chip broadcasts directly into the wet film

Smith’s Epoxy FW38 — Primer / Sealer

  • Waterborne epoxy primer and sealer — low odor, low VOC, available in all regions
  • 38% solids, 2-component
  • Penetrates porous substrates — bonds tenaciously to concrete (concrete fails before the bond does)
  • Bonds to concrete and wood — a versatile primer across substrates
  • Fast cure — typically ~3 hours at 72°F; recoat in a few hours
  • Inert to high pH levels
  • Soap-and-water cleanup while wet
  • Solid colors available with Smith’s WSC Color Packs (sold separately)

Smith’s Poly JF — Semi-Rigid Joint Filler

  • Semi-rigid polyurethane — supports and protects joint edges under heavy traffic
  • Self-leveling, pourable — easy to place and finish
  • 100% solids — zero VOC, low odor, non-tainting
  • Fast — shave in 90–120 minutes, diamond grind in ~6 hours, forklift traffic in 8–10 hours
  • Moisture tolerant — can be used with Smith’s moisture-mitigation primers on damp slabs
  • Bonds tenaciously to concrete, overlays, coatings, tile, and metal
  • For joints and repairs up to 5″ deep
  • FDA/USDA/CFIA facility acceptable — non-tainting
  • No red-label shipping required

Smith’s Epoxy FRM — Fast Repair Mortar

  • 3-component, 100% solids epoxy mortar — trowel applied
  • Heavy-duty — 10,500 psi compressive strength, 85–90 Shore D hardness
  • Fast return to service — heavy/forklift traffic in as little as 8 hours at 72°F
  • High impact and abrasion resistance — excellent rolling-load resistance for cart and forklift traffic
  • For repairs ≥ 3/16″ — resurfacing, deep patching, joint-wall rebuilding
  • Bonds tenaciously — concrete fails before the bond does
  • Low odor, low VOC
  • Mix in the container — convenient packaging

Industrial Floor Coatings

Heavy-duty coatings for demanding floors — see our full industrial coatings:

  • Epoxy MPP3 — 100% solids multipurpose epoxy (primer, body coat, broadcast, patching)
  • Hi-Wear 90S — low-sheen, maximum-longevity urethane topcoat
  • CRU ’86 — high-gloss, UV-stable urethane topcoat
  • Polyaspartic 5000LO — low-odor, fast-return polyaspartic

The Complete Smith’s System

The strength of the Smith’s line is that it’s a complete system — prep, color, overlay, densify, seal, and topcoat, all designed to work together:

  1. Prep — Green Clean Pro or CT-8
  2. Color — Color Floor, Liquid Dye, or Dry Pigment Packs
  3. Resurface (if needed) — 4 in 1 Overlay
  4. Seal / Coat — Poly-SEAL+, Poly-WB+, or an industrial coating

We’ll help you put the right system together for your floor.

Shipped Fresh, Factory-Direct

Smith’s products ship factory-direct from the manufacturer to your job site — fresh product, straight from the source, when you need it. We carry the complete Smith’s line, so if you don’t see the exact product you need, just ask.

Get Expert Help

Call (815) 941-4800 x 1 or fill out our contact form. See our decorative concrete stains, sealers, and industrial coatings.