CPC Floor Coatings Blog

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) is a major profit killer in the electronics industry. Businesses that store, handle, manufacture, or otherwise interact with electronic products on a regular basis run the risk of damaging them when an ESD event occurs. Just the tiniest of ESD shocks — so small that the human nervous system cannot detect it — can be enough to cause harm or completely destroy exposed or under-insulated circuit boards when they are handled by employees.

To combat this danger and plug up a major source of leaking revenue, electronics companies and companies that interact with microchip-enabled consumer products must find ways to prevent ESD events from happening. One of the most comprehensive methods for reducing or eliminating ESDs is by using electrostatic dissipative flooring.

In order to better understand ESD and electrostatic dissipative flooring we've answered several of our most frequently-asked questions:

In restaurants and food manufacturing facilities alike, your flooring must meet USDA standards to ensure the health and safety of your employees and customers. A simple way to accomplish this for a new or refurbished facility is to install a USDA-approved concrete floor coating.

Once this coating (which may be a specialized urethane or epoxy) has been installed, it will require proper care and maintenance in order to uphold the established standards.

Here’s a quick guide to keeping it in proper working order:

As in any specialized field, there are lots of misconceptions about industrial floor coatings. Oftentimes people confuse facts, mix up product types, or just buy into “common knowledge” that is anything but knowledgeable.

To clear up these misconceptions and help people decide if industrial floor coatings are right for their commercial or industrial facilities, here are some of the most common myths about industrial floor coatings dispelled:

Whether you work in an industrial shop, warehouse, manufacturing plant, commercial garage, or just have a large concrete surface in your facility, an industrial epoxy floor coating can add new levels of functionality and appeal.

Here are just some of the excellent benefits of a professionally applied industrial epoxy coating:

Long-Lasting Protection

Concrete and metal flooring may be hard, but they are not indestructible. Years of foot traffic and supporting heavy equipment can lead to surface-level damage (such as spalling or excessive cracking) or even structural deterioration at a deeper level.

Of course industrial floor coatings can improve the aesthetics of your business, which helps project a professional corporate atmosphere and improves customer perception of operations, but the benefits reach much farther than just making your business look good. Having floors that are properly coated for your industry leads to a safer, more efficient work environment which protects your most important asset of all — your employees.

Your choice of floor coating is an integral aspect of your facility's safety and productivity. The right floor coating should require only moderate amount of maintenance and should provide you with the reliable, consistent foundation you need. The wrong floor coating—or a floor coating that’s incorrectly applied—may cost you hours dealing with unforeseen problems and expensive, time-consuming repairs.

Epoxy floor coatings are commonly used on the floor of professional mechanics or in automobile service locations, but they’re also an immensely useful commercial flooring option for many industries.

When you invest in the materials and labor to install a new industrial floor coating for your factory, warehouse, or commercial space, the last thing you want is for that coating to peel up, bubble, or otherwise fail you.

Here are four steps for choosing the right industrial floor coating:

Consider the demands of your work environment

Depending on your industry, your floors may take serious abuse over the years. Consider the daily stresses your floors take, which may include:

When you spend the time and money to have an epoxy or urethane floor coating installed at your facility, you expect it to work well and last for years to come. So the last thing you want to see just a few weeks after the process is done is widespread bubbles or blisters in the surface of the coating!

Unfortunately, the formation of blisters and bubbles in an industrial floor coating is a fairly common problem. Below we’ll look at the causes and find out how to prevent these issues.

Do your newly coated floors already look foggy or scratched? Even in high-traffic areas your floors should be able last more than just a couple of months before looking worn down. When dealing with premature coating failures, there are three questions we need to ask. What went wrong, what is causing the coating failure, and what exactly can be done to fix it?