Find Out About The New Floor Coating Systems Technology Before Making A Contract Award

Find Out About The New Floor Coating Systems Technology Before Making A Contract Award

For a long lasting and more permanent floor coating system, Hybrid coating systems are the most advanced. They combine the best of all resin systems tailor made for your needs. The selection of the hybrid system depends on your application requirements.

Hybrid systems are actually individual coatings applied in successive steps. The selection depends upon what problems you need to solve.

Hybrid systems have developed from the new technology of urethane cements. These systems, in combination with other resins yield a superior, longer lasting floor. Costs are similar to stand alone resin systems so that improved performance can be achieved with the same budget.

One of the first steps when considering a hybrid system for your floor is to contact the manufacturer. Their guidnce can be relied upon for objective assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of various resin flooring systems.

Many hybrid systems rely upon polyurea and epoxy coatings with a cementitious urethane underpinning, especially when moisture conditions are present. These systems serve the broad base of industrial applications where hybrid coatings are used very effectively.

Selecting a contractor to perform the floor coating work is an important task. Failure begins or ends with this critical decision. Be sure to investigate reputation, and the process of installation step by step with each contractor you interview. The right questions will help you make your decision.

It’s not so easy to select the right contractor. Always begin with a specification from a manufacturer, not a contractor. Be sure to always engage someone regularly engaged in the business of installing floors, not just any contractor will do.

It would be a mistake to assume that all contractors have experience in applying all resin systems. Some prefer one type of coating or another. You want a professional organization that stays on top of all the latest technology, has demonstrated good communication and customer service.

One must be attentive to the language and terms used by the contractor as a guide to their familiarity with the type of work to be done. This is a highly specialized area that requires matching the contractor with the right skill set to produce a quality installation.

Innovation in coating systems comes from manufacturers. Generally they work very closely with contractors during the product development stage. Always ask for the latest technology when speaking to the manufacturer. A more effective solution may be yours for the asking.

Always inquire about “what’s new”. You’ll learn that a new cement urethane has an integral gloss component to it that assures a semi gloss finish with no additional materials or labor required.

Resurfacers are usually “stiff” and hard to apply at 1/4″. There is a self leveling cement urethane primer that applies at 1/8″ that can be hybridized into a decorative quartz or flake floor that’s quite beautiful.

Hybrid technology allows you to “mix it up” by selecting the very best properties of cement urethanes, epoxy and poly aspartics to achieve for your application.

Asking questions is always important. Don’t stop asking them until you hear that you can achieve product protection with the new hybrid systems while reducing costs. Both are available in the same hybrid systems.

Recent research and development has produced some very interesting hybrid combinations. Methyl methacrylate resins are the latest entry into the marketplace of hybrid technology.

While the system sets very fast, there is an objectionable odor while being applied. Areas of application must be carefully chosen but the results to be expected can be exceptional. Installations wherever high pedestrian traffic is encountered such as malls, supermarkets or pedestrian hallways are the predominant applications at this time.

Any high pedestrian traffic area is a prospect for a methyl methacrylate hybrid coating. These surfaces resist micro gooving and require very little maintenance. Compared to wax and strip floor surfaces, they are much easier to maintain as these maintenance operations are unnecessary. In these aspects they out perform cement urethane and epoxy floors.