Strategies/Challenges
The staff of Glenwild needed a high-strength, durable surface to protect the concrete from future damage and decay, while also helping to hide the damage already sustained. In addition to being highly durable, the coating would need to stand up to metal shavings being scratched across the floor, hot metal sparks impacting the coating, impacts from dropped tools and numerous other hazards in addition to being exposed to common automotive chemicals and spills. The challenge was to find a floor coating system that fulfilled their specific needs while having a quick turnaround time, being easy to install, and providing a brighter and more professional environment.
Results/Solutions
The maintenance staff at Glenwild chose to use UCoat It’s UClad-LV system; being a high-build epoxy system, UClad-LV is specially designed to withstand the heaviest of vehicle and foot traffic, frequent surface abrasions, as well as the harshest of chemical spills. This system’s self-leveling properties along with its high-build nature, allowed UClad-LV to assist in hiding some of the minor imperfections in Glenwild’s concrete floors, and application was made easy through the use of a roller and squeegee. Just twelve hours after application, Glenwild’s light grey, high-gloss floor was completely cured and ready for full use.
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