The CrossLink Update: LININGS – FLOORINGS – COATINGS – GROUTING & SPECIALTY INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS – R&D With winter in full swing, how do we continue to provide quality industrial epoxy coatings/flooring without compromising chemical resistance, bond/adhesion, cure time and finish? In a May 2012 article from the US Dept of the Interior ‘Reclamation’, “the substrate...
The CrossLink Update: The challenge is: Excessive moisture from concrete floor slabs can cause floor coating systems to fail. Not easily defined, this delamination can be a result of a high water table, below grade pour, inadequate or non-existent vapor barrier. These failures (as seen below) can include debonding of coatings, variable pH attack, microbial...
The CrossLink Update: ARE ALL EPOXY SYSTEMS THE SAME? The answer is a most definite “NO”. In the August 2013 American Chemistry Council article ABOUT BPA: EPOXY RESINS, Steven Hentges, Ph. D. states “Epoxy resins…made from bisphenol A [BPA] are essential….They are used in industrial applications because of their toughness, strong adhesion, chemical resistance and...
The CrossLink Update: In a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee/Department of Civil Engineering and Mechanics article entitled ABRASION RESISTANCE OF HIGH-STRENGTH CONCRETE MADE WITH CLASS-C FLY ASH, Tarun Naik Ph.D., P.E. et al concluded that abrasion resistance of concrete was strongly affected by its compressive strength. The study further concluded that compressive strength is decreased with increasing...
The CrossLink Update: “A Paperless Society? NOT SO FAST.” is the title of a Los Angeles Times article authored by Nicholas A. Basbanes published December 8, 2013. The article poses the question and critical predictions “of a paperless society” which has been debated for the past 50 years “driven by an unbridled faith that technology...