| In today's competitive environment, factories and | | | | peanut butter consistency. This mix can be placed in |
| other production facilities need to operate around the | | | | holes using a trowel or putty knife. Small vertical |
| clock in order to maximize the use of the company's | | | | surfaces are best filled by using a heavy rubber glove |
| resources. But heavy usage means increased damage | | | | and applying the mixture by hand with a rubbing |
| to the plant floor since even the hardest cement | | | | motion. Small holes can be quickly filled simply by |
| deteriorates under constant friction. With floor | | | | pouring syrup-consistency liquid epoxy to the surface |
| damage comes difficulty in cleaning, maintaining rolling | | | | and grinding flush once hardened. Uneven surfaces |
| equipment, and presenting a positive corporate image. | | | | can be matched by bridging from the higher surface |
| Shutting down the plant would be too costly to the | | | | to the lower surface with a trawled-on mini-ramp |
| business operations, so the damage must be repaired | | | | that transitions from one level to the other.Photo |
| on the fly--and it must last. This is where a new | | | | examples of the joint sealing process are available at |
| breed of wear-resistant and easy-to-use epoxy | | | | They are provided by Durall Industrial Flooring of |
| patches and laminating products can save the | | | | Minneapolis, MN, the only industrial flooring |
| day.Even more difficult than maintaining clean, smooth | | | | manufacturer that also makes over 500 specialty |
| floors with out chipping, lifting, or pealing, is fixing | | | | cleaners, allowing them to produce special |
| holes, cracks, and erosion. Some facilities suffer from | | | | preparations and application systems designed to |
| shaking concrete floors. The shaking is most often | | | | assure optimum flooring adhesion and wear |
| caused by rolling equipment crossing expansion joints | | | | results.For more information, contact Harvey |
| cut in the concrete when poured. All these problems | | | | Chichester at Phone: 1-800-466-8910 or 952-888-1488 |
| can be remedied with 100% epoxy fillers mixed with | | | | (24/7)###Harvey Chichester is a principal of Durall |
| quartz that can be feathered to blend with the | | | | Industrial Flooring, a company with more than 40 |
| surrounding undamaged surfaces. With some careful | | | | years experience in developing special flow-coatings |
| preparation, and the use of grinders, the damaged | | | | for industrial and residential floors. He has experience |
| floor can be brought back to level quickly and | | | | with Automotive and shopping centers, breweries, |
| without interruption to operations. The patching | | | | food processing plants, manufacturing plants, airplane |
| materials have compression strengths exceeding | | | | hangars, car washes, kennels, warehouses, printing |
| 22,000 lb. per sq. in., can be feathered to a fine edge, | | | | plants, residential basements, pool decks, and |
| and will not wash or knock out of the holes and | | | | condominiums are among some of the facilities that |
| cracks that they fill.Mixing 100% epoxy with color | | | | benefit from these non-porous, moisture- and |
| quartz to 28 lb. per gallon gives a trowel mix with a | | | | wear-resistant cement floor coverings. |