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The Green Initiative
Displaying all posts in the category: The Green Initiative
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How to Design a Flooring System at a BioMedical Facility
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Commercial & Industrial Coatings, The Green Initiative, System Design, Urethane Mortars
When designing systems for the biomedical industry, you must take extra care to evaluate the manner in which the finished floor will be used and what it will be exposed to. What kind of chemicals will be used on a day-to-day basis? Will the floor receive heavy cart traffic or just foot traffic? Is there an existing moisture problem?... |
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A Message From Dean about Concrete Moisture
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Industry Trends, The Green Initiative, Moisture Remediation
Founder of Arizona Polymer Flooring, Developer and Manufacturer of VaporSolve™. My experience with concrete moisture problems began in the early 1990s when I was still a concrete coatings contractor.... |
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An Overview of Four Concrete Remediation Systems
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Industry Trends, The Green Initiative, Moisture Remediation
Concrete moisture is one of the biggest issues facing today’s flooring contractors. If you’re installing low permeability flooring over concrete, you need to gain as much knowledge on the topic as possible. However, one of the challenges you’ll encounter is that many “experts” have differing opinions on concrete moisture remediation.... |
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Renewable Materials in Concrete Coatings
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Industry Trends, The Green Initiative, Commercial & Industrial Coatings
We constantly follow trends in sustainable construction, as many preferences and regulations are leaning in this direction. One aspect we’re watching closely is the use of raw materials in building products.... |
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Low VOC Options for Concrete Coatings
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Commercial & Industrial Coatings, Industry Trends, The Green Initiative
Demand for low VOC concrete coatings has surged in the past five years. This is partly driven by consumer demand and partly due to legislation advocating for environmentally safe building practices in states like California.... |
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Flooring for The Food & Beverage Industry
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Commercial & Industrial Coatings, Urethane Mortars, The Green Initiative
Food and beverage processing facilities are among the most challenging environments for both polymer floor coatings and the contractors who install them. The flooring installed in these facililities is subjected to extreme temperatures, thermal shock, hot oils, animal fats, caustic cleaners and strong acids.... |
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Benefits of Urethane Mortars vs. Epoxy
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Commercial & Industrial Coatings, Industry Trends, The Green Initiative, Urethane Mortars
If you work in the industry of concrete coatings, you are probably aware that choosing the correct system for a flooring project can be the deciding factor in the success or failure of a project. Certainly this is the case when we are talking about the critical needs of any floor that will be subjected to extreme conditions.... |
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CASTORCRETE News & Video
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Industry Trends, Commercial & Industrial Coatings, The Green Initiative
We produced a video demonstrating the step-by-step installation process of our CASTORCRETE ™ RT-B System, which is just one of 5 available systems within the CASTORCRETETM brand.... |
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APF Announces CASTORCRETE
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Commercial & Industrial Coatings, The Green Initiative
We are proud to introduce our latest innovative product line CASTORCRETE, a heavy-duty, thermal shock resistant, Urethane Mortar that is...... |
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Pot Life - Part 4 of 5
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Commercial & Industrial Coatings, New Application Techniques, The Green Initiative, Decorative Concrete, System Design
The Floor Coatings MBA: Materials, Business & Application - Topic: Pot Life... |
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Solids Content - Part 3 of 5
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Commercial & Industrial Coatings, Decorative Concrete, New Application Techniques, System Design, The Green Initiative
The Floor Coatings MBA: Materials, Business & Application - Topic: Solids Content... |
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Surface Profile - Part 2 of 5
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Decorative Concrete, System Design, Commercial & Industrial Coatings, New Application Techniques, The Green Initiative
The Floor Coatings MBA: Materials, Business & Application - Topic: Application... |
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Profile-Pot Life-Solids-Thickness - 1 of 5
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Decorative Concrete, The Green Initiative, Commercial & Industrial Coatings, System Design
The Floor Coatings MBA: Materials, Business & Application - Topic: Application... |
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Introductory Post
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Commercial & Industrial Coatings, Industry Trends, Marketing, New Application Techniques, System Design, Decorative Concrete, Small Business, The Green Initiative
The Floor Coatings MBA: Materials, Business & Application - Topic: General... |
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