WaterproofMag.com Cold Vs. Hot-Applied Liquid Applied Membranes and Coatings By Greg Austin Link To Article: https://www.waterproofmag.com/current-issue/ An expert in liquid applied membranes and coatings discusses the unique set of features and benefits to cold-applied and hot-applied waterproofing products. Which type is more durable? Check out this interesting article in the recent Waterproof Magazine.  Its titled “Cold vs. Hot Applied”.  Freedom Chemical® Guardian-PD™ system (ASTM C 836 approved cold applied) which has being on the market for more than a decade is summarized nicely here.  It’s a great short read if you [...]

Protective Coating For Food & Beverage Processing The best coating solution for flooring, walls, ceilings, and containment By Kyle Flanagan, B.S. Why Polyurea for Food and Beverage Coating Applications? Food and beverage plants, including meat packaging and heavy-duty food preparation companies, need solutions to reduce the risk of E. coli, listeria and other microorganisms.  Guardian-FB™ Polyurea coatings provide seamless, impact resistant solutions over an array of substrates. In addition, Guardian-FB™ meets the USDA and ANSI-NSF 61 standards of food production. For many food and beverage manufacturing plants, Guardian-FB™ Polyurea coating is one of the easiest to install. As [...]

Corrosionpedia.com The History and Industry Adoption of Polyurea Coating Systems By Kyle Flanagan, B.S. Link To Article: corrosionpedia.com/2/4458/coatings-and-lining/the-history-and-industry-adoption-of-polyurea-coating-systems Takeaway: Since the early 1990s, when fast-set polyurea coatings were first introduced, the industry debate about these coatings, hybrids and polyurethane spray systems has raged. In the decade that I've been working with polyurea spray coating technologies, plus four additional years on the polyurethane chemistry side, we have come a long way in our understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of each chemistry. In today's industrial environment, downtime for any process can be very [...]