Floor coatings - Articles - Page 7

Rapid-Cure Floor Coating

August 31, 2016

An addition to the StrataShield line of resinous floor and wall products, Series 256 ExcellaThane from Tnemec Co. Inc. is a modified aliphatic polyaspartic that provides a return-to-service time of three hours for light traffic and six hours for full service and low-temperature cure capabilities.

LANXESS Pigments Add Color to Rio Olympics

August 1, 2016

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At the summer games in Rio, inorganic pigments from LANXESS add color to the Brazilian Sports Park in Barra da Tijuca.]

Decorative Yet Functional Concrete Floor Coating Helps Restore Historic Building

August 1, 2016

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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.

Performance Breakthroughs in Zinc-Free Floor Finish Composition

Jamey Gaston

March 1, 2016

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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.

WEILBURGER Graphics Buys Brazilian Coatings Producer

March 1, 2015

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WEILBURGER Graphics GmbH, Gerhardshofen, Germany, has purchased the Brazilian coatings producer Heliocolor.

Concrete Floor Coating

February 4, 2015

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The FormCove™system from Penntek Industrial Coatings is a mold-in-place system designed for more efficient cove base installation.

Finding the Right ‘Level’

High-Performance Waterborne Epoxy Hardener for Zero-Emission Self-Leveling Flooring

Shuyuan Liu Tushar Trivedi

December 1, 2013

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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.

A New Generation of High-Speed Fluorosurfactants

Performance Based on Environmentally Friendly Fluorochemistry

Merck KGaA

May 1, 2013

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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.

Stain Additive for Premium Clear Floor Coating Kit

Rust-Oleum

January 4, 2013

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EpoxyShield Stain Additive allows contractors to achieve premium-looking stained floors in just one coat.

Highly Sustainable Soy Plant-Based Urethane Floor Coatings

July 2, 2012

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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.