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Extend Epoxy Installation Season into Winter
Holidays mean temperatures are getting colder in many parts of the country . Our company started out as an installation company in Vermont. Summers are very short and winters are very long in Vermont. To stay a viable company, we had to figure ways of working through the winter.
Tenting and heating areas during the winter is time consuming and expensive. The solution is found in resin products that will set in low temperatures. The most durable and cost effective options of installation at cold temperatures is Epoxy and Methyl Methacrylate.
Cold Temperature Cure Resins can also be used as a super-fast setting Resinous Mortar or Coating at normal temperatures. Our Cold Temperature Cure Resins used at normal temperature give you quick turnaround time for small jobs, or larger jobs that require a short turn-around time.
Cold Temperatures Epoxies
Cold Temperature Cure Epoxy Resins allow installation to be done at low temperatures as low as 35°F., (although it sets a lot faster at 40°F) expanding your epoxy coating and epoxy flooring installation season. Epoxy.com Cold Temperature Cure Epoxy Resins can also be used in cold storage areas like food processing areas, where the temperature cannot be raised higher than 35° F or so. Normal cured epoxy typically requires 50°F or more.
Depending on how you mix the aggregate into the products below, they can be used as a mortar for overlays, or a grout for sealing between other hardened construction materials.
Commonly Used Cold Temperature epoxies
Product #1 Cold Temperature Cure Epoxy Coating is 100% solids and specially formulated coatings for cold temperature applications. Cold Temperature Epoxy Coating #1 is able to cure at temperatures as low as 35°F. It is has Zero (0) VOCs. Since it has no VOCs, it has no solvent so it meets the strictest possible standard for a low VOC coating. It is often used in coolers and food preparation areas that require constant low temperatures. Product #1 Cold Temperature Cure Epoxy Coating is also frequently used in room temperature applications to meet super-fast cure, limited shutdown needs.
Product #10 Cold Temperature Curing Epoxy Mortar Resin – This product has a low modulus of elasticity (flexibility) and is Low Viscosity. The low viscosity allows heavy loading of the right fillers. The heavy filler loading helps not only to save money, but helps to maintain better thermal coefficient with respect to concrete and steel. The low modulus of elasticity prevents it from being brittle making it less vulnerable to thermal coefficient differences. It also gives it better impact resistance.
Epoxy.com offers many different types of seamless flooring. We offer so many kinds that sometimes it confuses people. The purpose of this article is to explain the differences, and to help you choose the right epoxy seamless flooring system for your application. In some cases the right seamless flooring system will not even be an epoxy. It may be polyurethane or Methyl Methacrylate (MMA).
Epoxy.com Epoxy Chip Flooring on a VT Interstate Rest Area – Taken over 15 years after installation.
Epoxy Floor Coatings
Epoxy coatings can be effective flooring systems. Using Epoxy as a flooring system you need a 100% solids, zero voc, hard durable coating. You also want a coating that is available in multiple colors. These floor coatings can last for decades, so you want to pick a color that you like. Properly installed you will be looking at this floor coating for a very long time. This kind of flooring system is available in the following options:
Epoxy.com Product #1 – www.epoxy.com/1.htm – meets all the criteria above. It has good chemical resistance, and excellent cost to benefit ratio. Great for warehouses, in areas with high traffic and only modest chemical exposure.
Epoxy.com Product #1ESD – www.epoxy.com/1esd.aspx. This is the same as product #1 above but has conductive filler in it. Depending on the primer you use under this system it can be conductive (100,000 – 1,000,000) ohms of resistance or Electro-Static Dissipative (ESD) which is 1,000,000 to 1, 000,000,000 ohms. Used in plants that produce explosive materials like ammunition, fireworks, flairs, or explosive solvents, and used in areas of sensitive electronics, like computer server buildings, avionics, electronics assembly and electronic production areas.
Epoxy.com Product #2 – www.epoxy.com/2.aspx. This is similar to product #1 but with a much higher chemical resistance. This major increase in chemical resistance is offset by only a small increase in the cost of the #2 over the Product #1. The product #2 is well suited for applications like garages, machine shops, sewer tank floors, battery rooms, cooling towers, grooming shops, dog kennels and all areas where an economical chemical resistant coating is required.
Epoxy.com Product #633 – www.epoxy.com/633.aspx – is a highly chemically resistant epoxy floor coating and flooring system. Like Product #1 and Product #2 is extremely durable. Product #633 is typically used in areas where containment of aggressive chemical is imperative. For example Product #633 will hold up to continuous exposure of 98% Sulfuric acid for a period of at least 6 months without loss of structural integrity. Great for secondary containment for a large number of chemicals.
All the systems above can go over many different types of substrates with the proper surface preparation. All of the products above are available in 17 colors and can be color matched for an additional cost. The systems above can be combined with various anti-skid materials or broadcast with silica broadcast aggregate to produce a thicker floor
Chip Floor
Epoxy.com Chip Flooring – www.epoxy.com/chips.aspx – is the perfect blend of economy, durability, low maintenance, and gorgeous appearance. It uses a 100% solids pigmented epoxy base coat, a full broadcast of plastic chips, and two coats of chemical resistant clear glaze. The chemical resistant glaze also makes this easily the most non-yellow epoxy top coat available today. This easy to clean chip flooring system is best for high traffic areas where appearance, durability and low cost of ownership is a must. Great for commercial and residential kitchens, bathrooms, showers, grooming shops, kennels, veterinary clinics, garage floors, show rooms, rest areas, and much more. This product can be installed with an integral cove base. Epoxy.com Chip Flooring can be installed by a contractor but easy enough to be installed by a home owner. Epoxy.com Chip Flooring can be installed in a residence but is rugged enough to be used in the most demanding commercial applications.
Quartz Flooring
Quartz Flooring Product #15 – www.epoxy.com/15.aspx has a long history of being durable, attractive and non-yellowing. I personally installed this product on high school bathroom floors in the mid 70s. These floors have held up to the test of time with little or no wear, little or no loss of shine and little to no yellowing even under the urinals. This is also available with an integral cove base
Solid Colored Flooring
These solid colored floors are based around self leveling, trowelable or double broadcast application techniques. These floors are sometimes called shop floor. They are made to be thick and extra durable under extremely harsh environments. They can be top coated with any of the systems above under coatings. This kind of flooring is available in 3 speeds of cure: normal, fast, and cold cure. Solid colored flooring is also available with an integral cove base.
Methyl Methacrylate (MMA) Flooring
The big advantage of MMA is speed of curing. Each coat of MMA will cure hard to the touch in 1-2 hours. This allows the next layer to be applied quickly and traffic to be returned to it quickly. You can even build a fast setting integral cove out of MMA resin.
I personally installed MMA on one kitchen floor with a very tight schedule. The restaurant was only closed for breakfast. The project started with rotten plywood floors. At 10 PM the carpenters came in to work. They removed rotten floor and floor joists. They replaced the floor joists and the plywood. At 5 AM I went in with my crew and we primed the floor and sealed up the joints in the wood and the screw holes. At 6:30 AM we laid the floor. At 8 we put a glaze coating on the floor and by 10:30 the restaurant workers were on the floor prepping for lunch. The floor installation from start to traffic took just 5.5 hours.
Polyurethane Decking Systems
Polyurethane Decking – http://www.epoxy.com/elastomeric.aspx – is the system best used in areas where maximum flexibility is necessary. This is typically outdoors, waterproof applications like balconies.
Specialized Flooring
We have a number of systems that are specialized flooring like conductive and ESD (Electrostatic Dissipative) flooring – www.epoxy.com/conductive.aspx – and various hybrid systems. If your project does not seem to fit in the categories above email me at norm@epoxy.com or call us at 352-533-2167.
In conclusion we offer many types of seamless flooring systems, they can be used for commercial and residential applications. These systems are durable, economical, and easy to install even by homeowners. These seamless flooring systems may be made out of epoxy, polyurethane, or methyl Methacrylate (MMA). Seamless flooring systems are available in multicolored or solid colored. They range in chemical resistance from very good to resistant to aggressive chemicals. When in doubt what is right for your project send me an email at norm@epoxy.com or give me a call at 352-533-2167.
We want you to have the “Right Resin Product for the Right Job”, so we are always looking to improve our systems with new epoxy technology and new epoxy resin formulations. Today we are featuring a Methyl Methacrylate MMA not an epoxy. We are not just about epoxy but we want you to have the right resin system for your job.
MMA Concrete Crack Healer and Sealer
684LV – MMA CONCRETE CRACK HEALER and SEALER replaces Epoxy.com Product #685. MMA CONCRETE CRACK SEALER Product #684LV is a 100% reactive ultra-low viscosity methyl methacrylate resin used as a penetrating crack sealer or to fortify extremely porous concrete substrates. MMA CONCRETE CRACK SEALER Product #684LV is typically used on bridge decks, parking structures, and floors or as a general penetrating sealer to prevent moisture intrusion.
One of the major advantages of MMA CONCRETE CRACK SEALER Product #684LV is its very low viscosity. It is about the viscosity (thickness) of diesel fuel, so it soaks into the concrete and down into small cracks quickly. It hardens in about an hour. When it hardens it hardens with a bond strength to clean concrete that is greater than the tensile strength of that concrete. In other words you have just chemically welded the two sides of the crack together, so that it is as if the crack had never happened.
The very fast setting time allows you to install you flooring or sealer system the same day that you repair your crack. At Epoxy.com we are all about systems. Combining the right resin product to create the right system for your job.
Epoxy.com Methyl Methacrylate (MMA) Horizontal Concrete Repair and Patching Resins
Epoxy.com Methyl Methacrylate (MMA) repair and patching resins for vertical surfaces, can be placed very economically. Surfaces repaired with Epoxy.com MMA Systems can be opened to traffic quickly (typically in two hours or less), dramatically reducing turn around time and the inconvinence associated with the longer down time of other materials .
Epoxy.com Product #680 Methyl Methacrylate (MMA) Polymer Concrete is a Polymer Concrete methyl methacrylate (MMA) reactive resin is used as a binder to develop polymer concrete which produces extremely high strength and chemical resistance with an abrasion resistant surface. It is prepackaged and preproportioned for easy mixing and placing at the job site. The liquid polymer and the preproportioned hardener filler is mixed either in the polyethylene bag or in a mortar mixer. Epoxy.com Product #680 Methyl Methacrylate (MMA) Polymer Concrete comes in convenient 1/2 cubic foot packaging. That makes Product #680 the perfect choice for small to medium patching jobs where a fast setting material is required. If you do not need a fast setting material, Epoxy.com Product #25 Epoxy Mortar Kit is an excellent alternative.
Product #685 MMA Crack Healer and Sealer is for injection repair or as a penetrating crack repair and sealer on concrete. It is a two component Methyl Methacrylate resin system that polymerizes in place. The extremely low viscosity will penetrate into concrete cracks as fine as 0.003 inches. This is an excellent cost effective substitution for Epoxy injection an a level horizontal Surface. Use Epoxy.com Epoxy Injection for structural cracks in vertical surfaces.
Epoxy.com Methyl Methacrylate (MMA) Floor and Wall Coating, Flooring and Decking Systems
Epoxy.com Methyl Methacrylate (MMA) Seamless Flooring and Seamless Decking Systems may be installed on most surfaces, including old or new concrete, wood, and metal. Epoxy.com Methyl Methacrylate (MMA) Seamless Flooring and Decking Systems are waterproof. Epoxy.com Methyl Methacrylate Flooring Systems can be used as a solid color, with colored quartz, or Epoxy.com Flooring Chips. Epoxy.com Product #692 Flexible Methacrylate can be used for crack isolation and waterproofing where movement is anticipated.
Epoxy.com Methyl Methacrylate (MMA) Seamless Flooring and Seamless Decking Systems are very easy and fast to install. They can even be installed at temperatures down to -22°F allowing them to be used in Freezer Rooms and extend the installation season for outside seamless decking and seamless flooring applications. The Epoxy.com Methyl Methacrylate (MMA) Flooring and Decking Systems are wear-resistant, shock absorbing (impact resistant) and can take full traffic and loads within 2 hours of installation.
Epoxy.com Product #691 Methyl Methacrylate (MMA) Primer is a 100% reactive Methyl Methacrylateprimer for all Epoxy.com MMA floor and wall systems. Epoxy.com Product #691 Methyl Methacrylate (MMA) Flooring Primer also provides excellent filling and sealing as a scratch work filler (with filler added) to level uneven floor and wall surfaces. Epoxy.com Product #691 Methyl Methacrylate (MMA) Flooring Primer is a reactive Methyl Methacrylate resin, which hardens rapidly with the addition of Epoxy.com Product #695 MMA hardener, even at low temperatures.
Epoxy.com Product #692 Flexible MMA Membrane is a Flexible Methyl Methacrylate (MMA) Flooring, Decking Bridge Mortar Resin is a higher viscosity, 100% reactive, flexible (up to 300% elongation) Methyl Methacrylate resin used as a crack isolation or waterproofing membrane under Epoxy.com Product #697 Methyl Methacrylate (MMA) Based Resin Systems. Epoxy.com Product #692 Flexible Methyl Methacrylate (MMA) resists cracking caused by horizontal substrate movement providing a crack resistant, resilient surface. Epoxy.com Product #692 Flexible Methyl Methacrylate (MMA) offers stress relieving properties for floor slabs showing movement and/or vibration. It may also be used by itself when maximum flexibility of the entire system is required. When used by itself Epoxy.com Product #692 MMA Membrane must be sealed with Epoxy.com Product #693 Semi-Flexible MMA Coating.
Epoxy.com Product #693 Semi-Flexible MMA Coating is a 100% reactive, medium viscosity methyl methacrylate resin developed as a topcoat for exterior or interior use with Epoxy.com Product #692 Flexible MMA Membrane based Systems. Epoxy.com Product #695 Methyl Methacrylate (MMA) Coating is semi-flexible designed primarily for outside use and will not yellow after curing. Its excellent clarity makes it ideal for sealing color quartz and vinyl flake systems. It is excellent for exterior applications such as parking decks, concrete and steel stairs, ramps, solid wooden decks, concrete and patios as well as numerous other applications.
Epoxy.com Product #694 Pigment Packs for use in all Epoxy.com Methyl Methacrylate Products #690 – Product #699, and for use in Epoxy.com Products that are available in a neutral tint base. Available in 15 colors plus black and white.
Epoxy.com Product #695 Hardener Powder (BPO) for Epoxy.com MMA Flooring Systems is for use with Epoxy.com Products #691, #692 and #693. Epoxy.com Product #695 Hardener Powder (BPO) for Epoxy.com MMA Flooring Systems dosing can be changed due to temperature and desired set time / working time. Epoxy.com Product #695 must be well mixed with Epoxy.com MMA before adding any other aggregates and fillers. After mixing the Epoxy.com Product #695 Hardening Powder into Epoxy.com MMA the polymerization reaction which leads to the hardening of the MMA begins.
Epoxy.com Product #697 Methyl Methacrylate (MMA) Binder Resin – a 100% reactive methyl methacrylate binder resin and top coat for self leveling, broadcasting, and troweled mortar systems. Epoxy.com Product #697 Methyl Methacrylate (MMA) Binder Resin is ideal for decorative troweled and broadcast quartz floors and industrial surfacing subject to heavy loads and traffic. Typical thickness of this system is between 1/8 inch and 1/4 inch thick.
Proper mixing and installation is critical to the optimal success of all product. See Installation Tips,Techdata, & MSDS for more details on our products. Be sure to contact us with any questions and/or concerns that you have.
