Material Types

  • Working Smarter in Winter: Cold …

    For contractors in the desert Southwest, winter work rarely stops — but the conditions shift in ways that directly affect project outcomes. Cold overnight temperatures, condensation at dawn, and unheated spaces like garages or breezeways all influence how epoxy, urethane, and polyaspartic flooring systems perform. Knowing how to adapt in …
  • When Epoxy Isn’t Enough: Choosing …

    Some jobs demand more than a high-performing epoxy. In warehouses, food processing facilities, manufacturing plants, and hangars, failure isn’t just inconvenient—it’s costly, dangerous, and disruptive. While epoxy is a solid choice for many commercial spaces, basic epoxies simply aren’t engineered for extreme environments that are exposed to constant abuse from extreme …
  • Best Floor Coatings for High-Traffic …

    Top Solutions for Warehouses, Showrooms & Retail Environments In high-traffic commercial environments, floors are more than just a design element—they’re a critical part of daily operations. Subjected to everything from forklift traffic and heavy footfall to chemical exposure and frequent cleaning, commercial floors must withstand intense wear while preserving both safety …
  • What’s The Difference Between Polyurethanes …

    Polyaspartics and polyurethanes may seem very similar, but despite their shared performance properties there are some subtle differences that may impact your material choices for a given project. Both chemistries offer excellent chemical and abrasion resistance and good UV stability, however, there are variations of performance that are important to …
  • When to Use Urethane Cement …

    Over the past 25 years urethane cement flooring systems have become the flooring system of choice for several of the most demanding applications. They have replaced flooring systems based on Epoxy, Vinyl Ester and MMA chemistry because they possess several properties that make them far superior to other systems. They …
  • Are Polyaspartics Better Than Epoxy?

    If you work with resinous-based floor coatings, you’ve probably heard it before; Polyaspartics outperform epoxies and are the “gold standard” for protection and performance. The idea that polyaspartics are better than epoxies is quite common in the garage floor industry and for end-users. This is likely due to consistent and …