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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Harvey M. Chichester
Durall Industrial Flooring
7723 Pillsbury Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55423
Phone: 1-800-466-8910 or 952-888-1488 (24/7)
www.concrete-floor-coatings.com
harvey@concrete-floor-coatings.com
Finally, A Method for Repairing
and Rendering Invisible Hairline Cracks in Concrete Floors
Minneapolis, MN – March 2, 2005 – Durall Industrial Flooring announces the
availability of its factory-direct kit of concrete resurfacing materials
including a glazing compound for repairing those nuisance hairline cracks that
plague even the most carefully poured floors.
Professional builders report that up to 90% of their floors have some hairline
cracking. It used to be that when hairline cracks appeared in a new concrete
floor you either had to live with the problem or break up the floor and pour it
again. Even with a second pour, there was still no assurance that cracks would
not appear again.
Durall Industrial Flooring provides free quotes at
www.concrete-floor-coatings.com for customized kits of materials that include
procedures for installing industrial quality epoxy and urethane floor coatings.
When hairline cracks are part of the problem to be resolved, Durall’s kits
include a glazing compound that is applied between coats of its Dura Seal 400
epoxy floor seal. After the floor has been properly prepared using the supplied
step-by-step instructions, an initial coat of epoxy floor seal is applied.
Because this first coat of Dura Seal 400 produces a shiny, uniformly colored
floor, hairline cracks can be spotted easily.
Once the floor seal has hardened enough to walk on (about 6 hours), the glazing
compound can be applied to fill the hairline cracks. The glazing compound comes
in a 4 oz. tube and needs no mixing. Squeezed directly from the toothpaste-style
tube into the hairline crack, the excess is removed with a plastic or metal
putty knife. The glazing compound hardens in about 20 minutes, after which, the
floor can be lightly sanded with a 60-grit sanding screen using a rotary
scrubber (like a school janitor would use.) Once sanded, the floor is swept or
vacuumed to remove the particles screened off the floor. Then a second coat of
Dura Seal 400 is applied, rendering most hairline cracks unobservable.
America is moving away from bare concrete and wood surfaces toward lower-cost,
lower maintenance, and healthier floor finishes. Biohazards, mildew, dust mites,
spoors, and other contaminants are a serious concern to industry and homeowners
alike. Many are discovering that these hazards, along with hairline cracks, can
be eliminated from floors by switching to low cost, high wear, flow-coated
flooring systems. In this new millennium, warehouses, food processors,
manufacturing facilities, even garages, and basements are being sealed with hard
surfaces using industry-proven materials and techniques adopted in the past
decade.
Chemically resistant, these seamless floors are made of epoxy and urethane —
finishes that flow on and then, by changing their chemistry, become resistant to
dirt and stains. Flow-coated surfaces are impervious to water and are often used
inside liquid storage tanks, swimming pools, and feed troughs. Unlike tile,
these surfaces have no grout to clean and are not glued down with latex- or
petroleum-based adhesives. Flow-coated surfaces are great adhesives in
themselves. With good preparation, flow-coated surfaces are applied permanently,
refinished easily, and require little or no maintenance.
Great new looks are also available. Floors can be made to simulate other
surfaces such as granite, tile, slate, and others. And logos, stripes, and
sparkly yellow brick roads are now appearing in restaurants, "collector cars"
garages, basements and even food processing plants. These beautifully sealed and
easy to maintain floors come in over 20 colors. The floor finish can be gloss,
flat, or satin and may be easily accented with decorative chips. Additionally,
the floors may be skid-resistant like emery paper, yet still easy to sweep or
squeegee. The secret to creating such striking floor designs is applying an
attractive yet highly chemical- and wear-resistant surface that make floors easy
to maintain while enhancing their beauty.
Durall Industrial Flooring, Minneapolis, MN, is the only industrial flooring
manufacturer that also makes over 500 specialty cleaners. Durall’s 40 years of
flooring chemical manufacturing experience has produced a special preparation of
cleaners and an application system assuring optimum flooring adhesion and wear
results. Durall provides factory-direct support for these new products. Kits of
materials are customized to owner specification and delivered directly to the
job site. Kits include full directions and 24/7 help lines staffed by seasoned
flooring experts, so professionals and amateurs alike can successfully install a
quality floor. Visitors can obtain free, job-specific quotes on materials or
nationwide turnkey installations by completing a simple questionnaire at
www.concrete-floor-coatings.com. This full-service concept allows anyone to
enjoy the benefits of industrial strength floors successfully.
Hairline cracks in concrete floors can now be repaired and rendered invisible
using Durall Industrial Flooring's complete concrete floor resurfacing kit.
Available now.
For photo examples and more detail, visit
www.concrete-floor-coatings.com
For more information, contact Harvey Chichester at
harvey@concrete-floor-coatings.com
Phone: 800-466-8910 or 952-888-1488 (24/7)
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