Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Benefits And Tips For Epoxy Floor Coating

By Dominique Martin


A strong adhesive that is usually used is an epoxy. It is basically two epoxy resin materials that are mixed together to make it functional. These epoxy resins is a term that was taken from an epoxide functional group. These are polymers that are polyepoxides.

There are many uses for this material which includes application on metal coatings, insulators, electrical parts, structural adhesives, and some plastic materials. But they are also common used at home for Ohio epoxy floor coating for garages. This is to prevent the floor wearing out because of the friction from the tires of the care and other objects. This is applied on pre treated cement floor.

Due to the seamless and easy to clean surface for epoxy treated floors, a lot of industrial and garage owners have used this for their floors so that they can easily take away any debris or dirt. This is why other establishments like pharmaceutical packaging or production factories, bottling and beverage, food, and others, would use this. The maintenance is fast and convenient.

The surface has a bright luster that would look aesthetic and gives the atmosphere of the place a better feel. This material comes in various colors and designs and may be used depending on how the owner wishes to install this. It can either be a flat or combination of colors, or also a pattern or logo. They can be mixed and matched with anything and would add beauty to the entire place.

Due to its chemical resistant behaviour, a lot of owners are using this for that reason. Manufacturing companies, along with warehouses and also industrial plants, would use this to prevent damage and wearing of the floors, since there might be additional incidents from the damages in cases of breakage and chipping of the surfaces. The hazard materials may be easily removed and cleaned off from the surface which resists slip, impact, fire, and heat.

In terms of design, this has been used as a material for signages on designated zones inside warehouses and factories to divide traffic zones, work areas, and safety areas. Due to paint being easily worn down through friction and abrasion. This is why the use of this would be more efficient and long lasting.

Because of the durability of the material against friction or abrasion, the company would gain a lot of savings from expenses on preventive measures and overall safety as well as for their maintenance when they use this. Aside from that, this is friendly to the environment which makes the campaign for eco friendly materials to be used by industries to be a success. The hazard materials would be easily contained and cleaned.

Installation for this epoxy on floors would have failures or mistakes if not properly done. A lot of factors ensue like the primer of the floor is very poor, so it should be shot blasted or grinded first. Other things that needs to be checked if it is dry, clean, dust free, no causes of humidity near or under the ground, which means no dripping pipes or taps nearby.

A couple of additional reasons would be weak substrate, the wrong kind of primer or nothing at all, the surface is not compatible with the elasticity of the resin, which for example if applied on wood, the expansion would not coincide with the resin and thus would break. Another likelihood is for contaminated floors with oil and other debris that are not cleaned properly.




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