By  Lifetime Epoxy Expert Guest Author: Steve A. Parker

In Huntsville, Madison and all of North Alabama, industrial warehouses to have must be organized, clean and professional-looking. Excellent warehouse flooring is a requirement. Lifetime Epoxy is North Alabama's most trusted name in industrial epoxy floor coatings. 

Floor evenness must be considered in a warehouse since traffic inside is typically busy. Creating a more optimal flow of movement is greatly facilitated by having a strong floor profile. There is the possibility of damaged equipment if the floors are rough or have many holes in them, even if the holes are extremely small. Lifetime Epoxy has the workforce and equipment to refurbish trouble spots that are in bad need of repair.

Epoxy flooring is highly recommended for warehouse floors. What are the specific reasons to choose epoxy flooring?

Epoxy Flooring Can Be Installed

Doing a floor correctly can take anywhere from 1-5 days depending on the size of floor, surface prep required, materials used, etc. Fast dry epoxies are available but the surface prep still needs to be completed.
If there is concern about downtime, floors can be done in segments, although the cost increases.
Floors can also be done over weekends, holidays, nights, etc., but there is still surface prep and dry times that must be followed for longevity of the floor.

With Epoxy Floors Clean-up is Very Simple

When regular floors become dirty, there is wasted time getting them cleaned up. Dirty floors present an unattractive appearance creating a negative impression, but this does not happen with floors made from epoxy. A non-porous surface is a characteristic of epoxy floors, which allows liquids to be blocked and prevents absorption. A spilled liquid on an epoxy floor will bead making it easy to clean. You will be able to save both time due to the easy clean up and you can save money from buying fewer cleaning products.

Resistance to Chemicals is a Property of Epoxy Flooring.

Epoxy is only somewhat chemical resistant, but not completely unaffected. Harsh chemicals, i.e. Formaldehyde, will affect a standard epoxy.

Chemical substances are on the premises in most warehouses and industrial factories. These chemicals can spill onto the floor during the course of business operations and cause damage. Dents and pockmarks are often the effects caused by using some chemicals that contain acids and abrasives. It is likely that this will affect the floor profile and smoothness.

Durability of Epoxy Floors

It is important to tell your deck coatings contractor what type of equipment, and its weight, will be used in the facility so that the floor can be done to handle this traffic.

Floors made from epoxy can last for many years, but a simple epoxy floor will not handle heavy equipment traffic. This is very important.

The floor can become scuffed and scraped when these vehicles are in use, and there is also the risk of additional stress to the floor. It can be a considerable challenge to make the perfect flooring inside your business warehouse.

There are many issues to consider when installing a new flooring system, including how your warehouse will look and operate and be maintained. Just as in any type of business decision, turn your epoxy flooring installation over to the professionals and get it done right the first time.

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Steve Parker, Sr. Estimator. RaiderPainting.com is the leading painting company providing commercial and industrial painting services to over 1,000 Fortune 500 customer nationwide. We are experienced painting contractors, call 877-724-3371 for a no obligation Estimate.
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By  Lifetime Epoxy Expert Guest Author: Jorge Ramos

Concrete staining provides an unique and beautiful floor appearance at a very reasonable price. In Huntsville and North Alabama, it is well known by now that concrete is a versatile and well-accepted material that homeowners and designers are requesting and weaving into their homes, offices, retail outlets, restaurants, malls, etc., in the most amazing ways. But leading the charge in the concrete craze is stained concrete flooring. If applied correctly to a clean surface, acid based concrete stain colors will always be permanent. Lifetime Epoxy is North Alabama and Huntsville most trusted name in Concrete Staining.

Stained concrete combines the best of the best: beauty and functionality

Concrete staining imparts a royal look that can't be simply achieved by any other coloring medium. Stained concrete flooring is becoming a mainstream every day. It is a way of giving the concrete a permanent flake-proof color that won't dull, crack or peel. Nothing is more engaging than coming across a beautiful floor that has stood the test of time.

Staining is no fleeting fad

Stained concrete enjoys an expanding array of exterior and interior applications. Unlike many designs trends, it will remain in vogue for many long years and could even become as a mainstream for many techniques. It can be used and applied everywhere from walkways and patios to family room floors and kitchen countertops. So why leave concrete bare when you can personify and add creativity with a coating or two.

Pick the Right One Yourself

With concrete stained flooring, you don't have to confine yourself to one single color. You can go for subtle earth tones such as browns, cottas, soft-blue greens and tans. Or else, you can mix any two or more stain colors to achieve a different shade or even apply it over one another. Most stain manufacturers will also provide color charts or even actual samples of stained concrete to help you gain the idea. Contractors may also be able to provide samples of the various stain colors they work with.

Concrete is the perfect canvas for stains

One must watch out the condition of the surface. Concrete, is the perfect canvas for stains because it is porous. But if the surface is rooted by dust, grime, glues, coatings, curing membranes, or sealers that inhibit the stain from soaking in, the stain won't penetrate fully and do its thing. You can try on a simple test for porosity. You can sprinkle the concrete surface with water. If the water beads up and can't penetrate, neither will a stain.

Understanding the basic is crucial

Understanding the basics from surface preparation to final sealing is critical to achieving optimum results. Even staining experts with years of experience can encounter problems from time to time. Using the right tools and equipments is important too, especially with acid-based stains. One should keep in mind that once the stain is done, the color is permanent and there is no going back. If you are not confident of performing multiple colors and elaborate decorative effects, you can use a staining professional in your area.

If you want to stain a small area, you might tackle the job yourself, particularly if you're working with an acrylic-based stain, which tends to be more user-friendly. However, the surface must be professionally cleaned and washed over several times. The surface should also be freed of streak marks, footprints, and all residues. Most stained concrete flooring manufacturers will provide color charts displaying multiple hues, or even actual samples of stained concrete to help you experiment the options.

Outstanding Floor Group LLC offers exceptional services for all type industrial, commercial and retail concrete flooring. More to know about Concrete Stained Flooring and Concrete Stained Floor please contact us outstandingfloorgroup Epoxy Flooring Florida @ 1-866-812-9319.

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By Lifetime Epoxy Expert Guest Author: Robert E Long 

The selection of ESD floors are oftentimes one of the most challenging decisions that specifiers and buyers encounter in the course of creating a world-class ESD program. The installation of anti static coatings represents a major capital investment. The ESD epoxy flooring affects your organization's operational performance, as well as your company image, and can also affect the bottom line. Latent defects in your company's products, caused by faulty ESD flooring, could cost your company many times the original cost of the new flooring.

The engineering, production, QA, and purchasing personnel have competing interests; these include total cost of ownership, durability, company image, safety, aesthetics, maintenance, and static control. Specifiers typically turn to their general contractor or material distributor, to obtain ESD properties. Unless they specialize in installation of ESD flooring, these sources will often have limited ESD knowledge of the installation process, or the usual field-tested results of the products. Or else purchasing may simply contact a supplier of miscellaneous ESD supplies (heel straps, ionizers, etc.) to get advice on installation concerns (flooring materials or installation). This would be similar to having a flooring company recommend ESD mats or wristraps. Not a good solution!

The specifier must speak with a knowledgeable project estimator who works for the flooring applicator. This person must have a solid grasp of the floor preparation process, the materials, the electrical properties, and the warranty. If the buyer does not feel comfortable with the background and knowledge of the installing contractor, then you need to seek another firm, since the results can be disastrous.

A basic question, which often arises, is whether the flooring should be conductive or dissipative? A little known fact are that the terms "conductive" and "static dissipative" were originally developed for the packaging industry, and included table covering materials, tote boxes, garments and flooring. It was also decided that conductive materials would create a safety problem for personnel, which turned out to be incorrect.

Therefore, in the past, most ESD flooring was specified to be dissipative (<1Billion ohms) resistance. The current standard requires a conductivity of <35Million ohms, as per ESD-20.20-2007 which protects sensitive electronic components against walking body voltage (voltage generated by personnel walking on the floor). As a result of the current standards, the final determination is that ESD floor coatings should be selected solely on properties that specifically apply to flooring.

note: a good reference for ESD standards, is available from the ESD Association, on their website (www.esda.org). They provide quality, timely electrical data for an ESD control program.
ANSI/ESD-S20.20-2007 first recommends a resistance below 1 x 10E9 for the floor by itself. However, total system resistance (total of person, wristrap,heelstrap, floor) is recommended to be less than 35 megohms RTC (<35 x 10E6).

The electrical range for static dissipative flooring should be (<35 megohms). This takes precedence over the S20.20 maximum flooring resistance threshold (1x 10E9 megohms). Following these recommendations shall ensure that walking body voltage shall remain below 100 volts, which is the most important criteria for a static dissipating floor (also a S20.20 requirement).

About the Author: Robert Long, Sales Manager with EP Floors Corp., has over 25 years of experience in the industrial epoxy flooring business. He attends technical training seminars regularly, on the latest ESD flooring innovations, and has managed over a thousand epoxy flooring projects. For more information Robert may be reached at http://www.epfloors.com/ or by email at rlong@EPFloors.com
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