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NOT CREATED EQUAL There are many pros and cons of working in the epoxy industry. I have been applying epoxy resins since 1986. One of the most frustrating things we have dealt with is sharing the understanding that not all epoxies are the same… Of course this is true of applicators as well. QUALITY Why…
Read MoreWhy do firehouse floors need to be so tough? The short answer is firemen are hard on their supplies. The trucks are very heavy and other heavy, metal objects get dropped on the floor constantly during loading and unloading. The floor in a firehouse needs to be impact resistant, somewhat chemical resistant, and non-slip. So…
Read MoreUrethane Cement, Epoxy Flake, Epoxy Quartz, or Epoxy with sand are the typical systems that people use to create a non-slip or non-skid resinous floor. I would like to explore the differences between these systems. The prices range, for the above mentioned systems, from $3 to $25 per foot. As the flooring expert, it is…
Read MoreInstalling epoxy floors for the government means knowing what projects are to be prevailing wage, what the rates should be, and of coarse which floor coating system is best for which situation. Our entire staff is trained on at least 10 different floor coating systems. Some of our crews are trained in as many as…
Read MoreHOW DO YOU MAINTAIN AN EPOXY OR METALLIC EPOXY FLOOR? People ask us this question often. The truth? Maintaining an epoxy floor is actually quite easy. You can maintain an basic epoxy floor and a metallic epoxy floor the same way! We promise you that it is very easy! One of our key selling points…
Read MoreAs I sit on the plane headed home from Vegas after a week of intense learning and testing out the latest and greatest products in the concrete industry at The World of Concrete. I ponder the best way to share and implement the things learned. Many of them are very technical. They are also ways…
Read MoreWhen people think of epoxy floors, most of the time they are imagining a single solid color epoxy floor. And that is what a traditional epoxy floor has been for the last 50 years. What we are presenting is a much different system. We can do a normal single color epoxy or “resinous” floor as…
Read MoreLast week we spent a few days at the PA motor sports race car show just outside Philly. We met a lot of race car owners and drivers as well as the guys that work on these beasts. The take a way for me is that many of them car deeply not only for the…
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