Just as in painting, installation of epoxy flooring is as much about the preparation as it is about application. Accordingly, high-quality concrete preparation requires careful attention to the repair of hairline cracks, spalling, pitting and major cracks. Besides, proper concrete crack repair enhances the final appearance of your epoxy floor. Concrete crack repair can vary considerably from job to job. …
Indoor Epoxy Applications
Applying epoxy, polyurethane and polyurea-polyaspartic coatings to outdoor concrete substrates is very popular. Why? Because these two-component resins provide extreme durability, UV protection and chemical resistance when applied in proper sequence to driveways, walkways, patios or parking lots. But what about indoor epoxy applications? But are these products suitable for indoor spaces as well? Absolutely! Why are Some Customers Reluctant? …
Exceptional Customer Service
Am I just getting old and grumpy or has exceptional customer service taken a bit of a hit these days? It appears to be the latter (although, I am getting old too). Recent studies from Arizona State University show that customer’s perceive customer service to be getting worse over time. Customer “problems” climbed from 32% in 1976 to 50% in …
Job Site Departure Etiquette
The physical installation of an epoxy coating system is only one small part of the customer experience. There are several essential customer “touch points” that occur before, during, and after coating installation. In this blog, I’ll focus on the (often overlooked) etiquette of job site departure. Isn’t Installing Awesome Epoxy Flooring Enough? Great customer communication, job site arrival etiquette, proper …
Mica Blends: Perfect Aesthetics
Our Flake Blends are Cutting-Edge
Ease of Maintenance: Epoxy Flooring
There are lots of reasons to want an epoxy floor installed in your home, commercial facility or retail space. An epoxy coating is unique because it provides a trifecta of aesthetics, durability and moisture mitigation not provided with other flooring options. Vinyl, tile, engineered wood or carpet, won’t provide all these benefits. But what I love the most about epoxy …
Before and After Epoxy Installs
In prior blogs, we’ve covered a lot of topics from concrete preparation and moisture-mitigation to improving the customer experience. But this time around, I’m invoking the “A picture is worth a thousand words” adage by showing several before and after epoxy installs. Nothing gets us more business than showing our customer prospects what their garage could look like! Peeling Paint …
Water Infiltration: Basements
Spring has sprung. With it, buds bloom, animals awaken and gardeners sow seeds in the warming sun. But spring also brings its perennial rains that saturate the ground and fill storm drains. T’is the season for basement water infiltration…otherwise know as flooding. So how do you ensure your basement is protected against moisture, whether it comes in the form of …
Yellowing of Epoxy Coatings
In this blog, we’re responding to a great question posed by one of our potential customers pertaining to the yellowing of epoxy coatings. Yellowing may occur for several reasons, but in this case, our prospect was referring to the yellowing that occurs at points where the tires of a parked car rest on a coated garage floor. A Quick Sidebar …