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Concrete floors are vulnerable to mechanical and chemical damage when left porous and unprotected. Shrinkage cracking, settling and 'dusting' are all common problems that can erode the initial cost savings of concrete flooring with frequent need for repairs, or in the worst cases, wholesale replacement.
Rather than utilizing concrete as a finished floor, the solution is to protect new and existing concrete surfaces with a polymeric flooring system that protects the substrate and is appropriate for the specific work environment.
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Seamless poured flooring is not new. For over 50 years contractors have been applying epoxy coatings to concrete surfaces. The post-war petrochemical industry of the 1950s made epoxy resin, a by-product of the refinery process, available at low cost.
Epoxy coatings to protect concrete floor slabs became a popular trend and is still used widely today. However, epoxy is reigid, slow to cure and cannot be repaired without compromising the integrity of the floor.
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Today's solution is the Armafloor® Methyl Methacrylate (MMA) acrylic flooring system. Stirling Lloyd's MMA technology allows the resin to be modified to deliver a variety of performance characteristics.
Armafloor® flooring systems can be returned to service immediately after fully curing, taking just 1 hour and minimising downtime. In contrast, epoxy resins take 24 hours or more to cure and may not be usable by vehicular traffic for up to 5 days.
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