Proseal, Adington

A worn and damaged concrete floor needed to be made suitable for the conversation of the room into a showroom for Proseal in Adlington, Cheshire.

The substrate initially required heavy preparation using scabbling and grinding machines to remove levels of broken screed and damaged concrete.

Deep day joints were filled and certain rough areas scimmed with polymer screed. The substrate was then lightly ground prior to polymer screed being pump-applied across the entire floor to create a smooth and level surface.

The polymer screed provided a suitable surface for a three-coat resin finish –
1) A seal coat of water-based epoxy resin was then applied followed by
2) a base coat of high-build epoxy resin. Finally,
3) a coat of light-fast polyurethane resin was applied, creating a vibrant, gleaming finish ready to receive showroom installations.

Click on video below to see the application process at Proseal –

Rejuvenating an old floor with several layers of coatings.

Sometimes, there is more to giving a workshop a new look that just at light mechanical sanding and rolling on a floor paint. The unit taken over by SECC in Hartford, Cheshire had a build-up of many layers of coatings of varying thickness and a thorough diamond -grinding was required as part of the process to get the floor looking as it as it does in the image opposite.

This is what the floor looked like before we went to work.

Floating Flakes

‘Floating Flakes’ for a superior gloss finish.

Traditional resin flake systems involve broadcasting multi-colouredflakes, typically varying in size by upto 5mm, and sealing with clear resin, to leave an orange-peel texture. This does provide both a durable and decorative finish but the appearance is greatly enhanced when the flakes are ‘floating in clear resin’.

The Cheshire Resin Flooring system involves smaller, regular-sized flakes, floating in a high-build coating before the final seal coats are added. This leaves a tile-like smoothness which a high-gloss finish, giving that certain ‘wow’ factor entironments like high-end stores and nightclubs where first impressions really count.

The above and below images show an application at a high-end shoe store in London.
The ‘wow’ factor.

A fresh new look at Nantwich Veneers.

The image below shows the worn slab in the warehouse at this Cheshire coating company. The slab, subject to regular FLT traffic and heavy usage was dusty and looking in need of replenishment.

The image below shows the transformative effect of two coats of High-build Epoxy Resin floor coating, applied by Cheshire Resin Flooring.

The slab was first mechanically ground and then two resin coats were applied, over the course of two days.

The power of a fresh resin floor coating.

An office block above shopping units in Congleton, Cheshire, underwent a complete strip-out at the end of a tenency. The removal of old floor tiles exposed a worn, tired looking floor with a log of cracks and holes.

After areas of damage were attended to with resin filler, two coats of High-build Epoxy Resin Flooring transformed the building, provided a fresh, clean substrate for the next tenant. The image below shows the completed project –
The image below shows the floors prior to the repairs and resin coating application –

 

The difference replenishment can make.

The above shows worn coatings in the walkway at Clark Cables in Congleton. The coating had been applied onto smooth concrete and a more durable type of coating was needed for the heavy amount of traffic.

The concrete was well abraded under vacuum-control and two coats of High-build Epoxy Resin. The finished job shown below shows the transformative effects that can be achieved with fresh floor coatings in Epoxy Resin.

A finish unachievable by brush or roller application.

Self-smoothing Epoxy Resin finishes really do exactly it says on the tin!

The resins are mixed with powered-aggregates to form a slurry but after spreading out (and a little help from a spike roller), the special additives in self-smoothing epoxy resin formulation ensure a mirror-like smoothness that cannot be achieved just by brush or roller application. The result is a durable finish that will enable industrial usage but with a showroom-like appearance.

The above image shows an application at the National Velodrome in Manchester’s Sport City. The specilist bike maintenance are subject to heavy-duty usage but are also a showpiece for the stadium and so need to look good! The solution? A self-smoothing epoxy resin finish applied at 2-3mm nominal thickness.

Preparation is the Key!

 

All too often, we encounter floors where a quality floor coating has been well applied but failed simply because the concrete was no prepared before preparation. The above, taken at JD Seasonings in Wigan, shows an instance where a resin coating was applied onto power-floated concrete which was not abraded.

We removed the coating and mechanically abraded the substrate before applying two new coats of epoxy resin (viewed in the above image). The result is now a coated floor which will give years of high-performance without de-bonding or breaking up.