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The coating of concrete floors is always challenging. Unlike walls, ceilings, tanks, bridges and other structures floors have vehicular and pedestrian traffic. This usually means that they are coated during off hours with tight schedules. Contractors need to plan the projects to meet the needs and schedules of owners. Often times this means multiple trips to the facility to review the scope of work and provide workable schedules. Required testing is generally performed prior to the scheduled start of work or after the floors are back in service.
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Exterior decorative aerospace livery coatings are designed to be resistant to UV degradation as well as inert to a variety of aggressive solvents and airplane fluids to ensure adequate protection of the airframe. These coatings are also used to project a commercial airline’s identity using multiple overlapping colors in complex designs
This paper presents results of multiple test programs that have been performed to determine the effectiveness of recyclable encapsulated abrasive media to remove chlorides during surface preparation. Tests published in 2002 concluded that this technology consistently achieves significant reductions of chloride levels in comparison to those achieved with conventional abrasive blasting.
This paper will discuss various considerations that should be weighed when writing a specification to line a concrete tank, secondary containment or industrial floor.
While commercial painting is often thought to be less rigorous or less technical than industrial painting, the commercial painting industry has its own set of demands on a coating and is not without its share of coating problems. The authors experience demonstrates that there are commonalities in failures of coatings in commercial painting.
Galvanized mast arms support uncounted numbers of traffic signals and signage throughout the United States. The proportion of these that have a “duplex” coating system (both galvanizing and organic coatings) is unknown. However, the number is surely significant, and the number of coating system failures is also significant.
This presentation will focus on the performance and aesthetic issues encountered when painting masonry surfaces. Contractors will also learn how to cost-effectively add color and improve appearance and weather protection to masonry jobs. Objectives of the presentation are education on proper surface preparation, how to select an appropriate coating for a long-lasting finish and new coating technology.
Metal Components- Selection of coatings for use on joists, canopies, and structural steel, including problems with protecting steel that penetrates concrete or the ground.
Common methods of maintenance painting either involve complete removal of existing paint (SSPC-SP 10) or localized preparation using power tools (SSPC-SP 3). Sometimes an intermediate level of surface preparation may be performed by allowing intact tightly adherent coating to remain. Abrasive blasting may be used to prepare either localized areas, or to partially prepare the entire surface, allowing well-adhered aged coating to remain.
While the coatings on commercial buildings may be less sophisticated than those used on industrial structures, the contractors face challenges that in many ways are equal to or greater than their industrial counterparts.
Before coating concrete, you must first know what the substrate is that you are working on. Since all concrete floors are not the same there is no one, size fits all system. In fact, many buildings will have several different types of concrete floors. Add to that the different mix designs, placement techniques and environmental conditions and you end up with a menagerie of concrete floors exhibiting a wide variety of properties.
Concrete is an inherently attractive building material. It expresses the natural appeal of stone by its mass and permanence. With the addition of natural looking color variations, concrete as stone, is even more realistic. Concrete stains are an excellent choice for producing colors often found in earth and rock. When combined with simple and creative application techniques, stains allow for truly unique concrete installations, which complement a variety of hardscape and flooring designs.