The renovation of an 86-year-old historical building in Pittsburgh took special care in preserving the building’s interior features. The restoration process included a cementitious overlay to repair the existing concrete, an epoxy primer and a two-component waterborne polyurethane topcoat based on high-performance resins to protect long-term against wear and stains.
This new crosslinking innovation can now enable floor finish producers to develop effective solutions for customers needing products that have green certifications, while also offering the opportunity to extend the environmental benefits of zinc-free floor finishes to all users of traditional zinc-based floor finishes.
The architectural design of a new amine epoxy hardener by molecular engineering has been shown to meet increasingly stringent market demands on legislation compliance, operator and environmental impact, and high productivity while showing excellent cost-performance balance of self-leveling epoxy systems.
The concept of branched, short-chain fluorosurfactants not only leads to more environmentally friendly products, but also to one of the fastest surfactants ever measured.
Tennant Company, a world leader in designing, manufacturing and marketing solutions that help create a cleaner, safer, healthier world, announces the launch of the floor care industry’s first known sustainable urethane floor coatings that are 50 percent soy plant-based and specifically designed for manufacturing, industrial and warehousing facilities.
Self-leveling coatings based on Bayer MaterialScience LLC’s Desmophen® 1150 polyester resin and Desmodur® VL technologies are appropriate for a variety of applications requiring a seamless floor.