When selecting flooring for your brewery, it’s important to consider options that will withstand the constant exposure to traffic and substances. Poured flooring is an ideal choice due to its superior protection and durability. Here is a guide to the best choice for brewery flooring. Ideal Flooring Conditions for Breweries Like other facilities in the…
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Benefits of Resin for Hangar and Aerospace Facility Flooring
If you are looking for flooring options for an aviation or aerospace facility, then consider professionally-installed industrial floor coatings. Resin flooring systems can be both high-performing and practical, making them a great choice for a hangar floor. The benefits of using industrial concrete epoxy or resinous flooring for aircraft facility flooring include: Reflectivity Durability Cleanability…
Read MoreChemical Resistance: Selecting the Right Industrial Laboratory Flooring Solution
There are many factors to consider when looking for laboratory flooring. Creating a clean and safe environment for research, testing, and scientific development involves finding flooring solutions with chemical resistance. Overlooking this component of your lab flooring can cost your company in time, money, and resources. See how incorporating chemically resistant resin flooring can help…
Read MoreSecondary Containment Coatings for Spill Control Compliance
Businesses have an obligation to protect components of their working spaces from potential hazards by providing adequate spill containment systems. Local and federal regulations require these measures be taken to avoid risk factors associated with chemicals, substances, or other hazardous materials escaping their designated boundaries. Installing secondary containment coatings as a protective barrier is a…
Read MoreResinous Floor Coatings for Cannabis Facilities and Grow Rooms
Although cannabis has been around for a while, recent legislation legalizing cannabis throughout parts of the country means that the industry is on the rise. It is no longer a basement or backyard business and the added regulations to keep things legitimate mean that running to the local hardware store to pick up floor paint…
Read MoreFactors to Consider When Selecting Static Control Flooring: Dissipative, Conductive, or ESD Flooring
Weighing different options for your building’s flooring that can properly resist or direct electrostatic discharge? Here are some factors to consider. Electrostatic discharge (ESD) flooring — also known as static dissipative floors or conductive floors, depending on the speed the charge is dissipated — is an important part of static control in many industries, not…
Read More4 Signs Your Manufacturing Flooring Needs Maintenance
Concrete is one of the most popular choices for manufacturing flooring, and for good reason. It is affordable, holds up better against the elements, and is strong enough to handle heavy machinery without breaking down as quickly and easily as other materials. While industrial concrete manufacturing flooring is more durable than other options, it can…
Read MoreThe Big Difference Between Epoxy Paint vs Epoxy Floor Coating
Epoxy was first used in the early 1950s for concrete restoration. Over the last couple of decades, epoxy-painted floors have hit the mainstream consciousness and have become a preferred coating for residential garages. Many home DIYers and commercial painters are applying a paint mix colloquially referred to as epoxy paint. However, there is a big…
Read MoreSurface Preparation: A Critical Step in Industrial Epoxy Flooring Applications
In our 35+ years in the Epoxy Flooring industry, we know that 80% of all coatings failures can be directly attributed to inadequate surface preparation, affecting coating adhesion. You should expect surface preparation to take up at least 40-50% of the necessary man-hours in a project. Unlike Surface Technology, Inc., many commercial painting contractors lack…
Read MoreLoss Prevention & Disaster Recovery for Industrial Flooring
Facility managers know the importance of mitigating risks, and the need for a clear action plan in the event a disaster does occur. Disasters at commercial facilities such as food processing plants, pharmaceutical operations, manufacturing plants, chemical processing facilities, and other factories and warehousing operations can take many forms: Chemical spills Fires Floods Earthquakes All…
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