Industrial and Commercial-Grade Epoxy Floors.
Protect concrete floors with the right coating technologies for withstanding forklift traffic, chemical spills, and other destructive forces.
Protect concrete floors with the right coating technologies for withstanding forklift traffic, chemical spills, and other destructive forces.
For long-wearing industrial and commercial floors, epoxy coating systems applied by experienced contractors like Painters USA are the go-to solution. We get the job done right with flooring expertise and superior communication and project management. And because flooring projects are disruptive, our seasoned teams work in concert for a fast return to service. Enterprises like Nufarm and Cardinal Glass Industries trust us to get in and out as quickly as possible.
Special savings on winter maintenance projects
Winter is near and Painters USA has experienced crews available PLUS special savings for new and current customers in greater Chicagoland and northern Illinois. Check your list and book your industrial cleaning, coating, or concrete flooring project now. We’ll meet your deadlines, and to meet ours, work must be scheduled and performed by March 31, 2023.
Common problems solved or mitigated with epoxy flooring
With regular audits and inspections, no food company can afford to be non-compliant with SQF and other regulations. Professional epoxy flooring delivers superior food grade protection from biological, chemical, and physical hazards.
If your production processes involve regular use of solvents, acids, and other chemicals, you understand the corrosive force these materials have on concrete surfaces. Specialized epoxy coating systems offer excellent protection for preserving structural integrity.
Forklifts wreak havoc on concrete flooring in warehouses, distribution centers, and manufacturing facilities. On the flip side, control joints and other seams can cause major damage to forklifts! Reduce and prevent these physical hazards with seamless epoxy flooring systems.
If slips and falls are a concern, different textures and anti-slip additives can be incorporated into the epoxy floor system, plus epoxy is a durable option for floor striping and markings to safely guide traffic and workflow.
Flooring maintenance is a disruptive process, best contained with fast return to service and solutions that are long-lasting. Painters USA delivers both with our epoxy floor system expertise and many years of projects delivered on-time.
Aesthetics have become very important in modern industrial facilities, especially in large corporations with internal standards for all their locations. Painters USA’s epoxy flooring services will deliver a bright, pleasant look to your facility!
Happy epoxy flooring customers
Happy epoxy flooring customers
Happy epoxy flooring customers
Happy epoxy flooring customers
Happy epoxy flooring customers
Epoxy flooring services for manufacturing and warehousing facilities.
Painters USA helps this global agricultural company meet their compliance needs for food safety, sanitation, and uniform corporate standards with abrasive blasting, concrete repair, line striping, tank coatings and other facility maintenance services.
Project Highlights
Proper repair and preparation of the concrete slab ensured a smooth, seamless surface and durable results, while protecting the concrete substrate.
Epoxy floor coating with a polyurethane topcoat was chosen for chemical resistance, scratch resistance, gloss retention, yellowing resistance, easier cleaning, and long-lasting performance.
We met the company’s deadlines by working weekends and including proper curing time in the project plan to allow them to return to normal operations on Monday morning.
Epoxy floor coating and line-striping in manufacturing facility.
This manufacturer of forklifts and material handling solutions relies on Painters USA to keep their facilities safe and appealing for workers and routine customer visits.
Highlights from the project at Logisnext
Tired of results that lasted only a few years, the Logisnext chose Painters USA for more durable, long-lasting outcomes.
Safety aisles, work sections, and other areas were delineated with color-coded solutions for space utilization and safety.
Painters USA delivered an extremely hard, long-wearing epoxy coating formulation that was incorporated during field mixing for durability and performance.
With Painters USA, the company was able to reduce vendors onsite for improved safety, consistency, accountability, and vendor management ease.
Epoxy flooring, interior / exterior painting, and concrete repair and polishing projects.
As one of the largest commercial property maintenance companies in the Midwest, McNelly clients encompass a range of industries and facilities that fit Painters USA’s diverse experience.
Highlights from the project at McNelly
With extensive food industry experience, Painters USA ensures that all of the company’s food industry clients maintain proper food-grade facilities.
Painters USA offers superior project planning and management experience to enable the company to complete maintenance work as quickly as possible.
Epoxy coatings with chemical resistance properties protect facility floors and walls from issues like battery chemical spills in forklift charging areas.
Protecting concrete wall panels and floor slabs from chemical spillage.
Founded in 1963, International Extrusion specializes in metal fabrication, extrusion and finishing for high tolerance solid or hollow shapes using chemicals that are damaging to concrete.
Highlights from the project at IEC
An ounce of prevention goes a long way in protecting concrete surfaces from acids, solvents, and other chemicals used in manufacturing facilities.
Painters USA’s experience in secondary containment systems controls hazardous spills and discharges for enhanced safety.
Our safety team assesses facilities with confined spaces like secondary containment systems to propose the best way to perform the work as quickly and safely as possible.
With use of time-saving processes, focus on safety, good scope of work, regular communication, and strong project management, Painters USA meets deadlines.
Epoxy flooring for glass manufacturing plant in Illinois.
This manufacturer of glass and glazing products for the architectural and automotive industries first hired Painters USA in 2014 for safe, durable epoxy flooring solutions.
Highlights from the project at Pilkington
With roots going back about 100 years ago, Painters USA is proud to work in this company’s manufacturing plant in north-central Illinois.
The smooth, even floors of well-maintained epoxy coating systems deliver a safe, durable surface for forklifts and workers transporting sheets of plate glass.
Shattered glass is highly destructive as it gets ground into facility floors. Specialized epoxy coating technology minimizes that abrasive wear and tear to protect the concrete substrate.
As a Japanese-owned glass-manufacturing company, Pilkington’s North American facilities must comply with the uniform standards of the parent company.
Questions you should be asking
A number of different factors should be assessed, plus unique traits that apply to your business or facility:
- Traffic patterns and volume
- Condition of concrete substrate
- Environmental factors like thermal shock and chemical exposure
- Compliance with various regulations and standards
- Typical operational schedules
Epoxies and polyurethanes are both thermosetting polymers, made by irreversibly hardening a soft solid or viscous liquid by heat or mixing with a catalyst. They work well together, and the most durable coating systems usually consist of an epoxy primer, an epoxy build-coat, and a polyurethane topcoat. Epoxy is preferred for priming concrete substrates and providing build or thickness to correct for minor imperfections or uneven floors. Polyurethanes enhance performance and aesthetics, protect from yellowing, improve chemical and abrasion resistance, and offer more finishing options.
Curing and setting times vary. While most experts agree that epoxy is safe to walk on after about 25 hours, epoxy cure times can range from 12-18 hours to 36-72 hours for a return to normal operational traffic. It takes about a week for most epoxies to reach full chemical cure. For results that are long-lasting and most durable, it’s important to discuss your return to service needs, as rushing the curing process can lead to long-term performance issues.
When discussing painting and coating in the US, a mil is not a millimeter (mm) but 1/1000th of an inch, based on the English or Imperial System used in the United States. A thickness of 20 mils means the coating is 20/1000 inches thick.
As for how many mils are needed for epoxy floor coatings, it could range from a few mils to as thick as 40-50 mils. The variables used to assess mil thickness include condition of the concrete substrate, performance demands, the operational environment, manufacturer recommendations for the specific coating product, and time and budget constraints.
When the right coatings are specified and all steps of the installation process—substrate repairs and surface prep, coating application, cure time—are done correctly by experienced industrial floor coating professionals, epoxy floor coatings can last well over ten years of normal operations, with proper cleaning and maintenance.
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Industrial and Commercial-Grade Epoxy Floors.
Reduce wear and tear from machines like forklifts with the latest coatings in the industry. We’re dedicated to meeting your return-to-service deadlines, without sacrificing safety or performance.
Reduce wear and tear from machines like forklifts with the latest coatings in the industry. We’re dedicated to meeting your return-to-service deadlines, without sacrificing safety or performance.
