Industrial Floor Coatings & Protection

An industrial floor is asked to do more than look clean. It carries forklifts, pallets and point loads, resists oils, chemicals and cleaning agents, and has to survive thermal shock and water. When it fails, the damage usually starts at a joint, a drain, or an area of weak or contaminated concrete.

The right system depends on the exposure. Epoxy coatings suit dry, chemical-resistant areas and give a hard, cleanable surface. Polyurethane and cementitious urethane systems cope better with thermal shock, wet process areas and heavier abrasion. Where the concrete itself is failing, a repair mortar or topping is needed before any coating.

Surface preparation decides the result more than the product does. The substrate has to be sound, clean and profiled — usually by shot blasting or grinding — with moisture and contamination checked before application. A coating applied over a weak or dusty surface will delaminate whatever its specification.

Details are where industrial floors fail first: movement joints, drains and sumps, kerbs, column bases and door thresholds. Each needs a detail that accommodates movement and keeps water out of the slab, not just a coating carried over the top.

We plan the coating around shutdown time, cure and return to service, and we agree slip resistance and cleanability with the operator before the system is chosen. A floor specified for the traffic it actually sees lasts far longer than a generic coating.