Does your garage have unsightly oil stains? Never-ending dust? Broken concrete and uneven edges? We’ve got just the solution you need. Ever thought about turning your garage into a gym, playroom, home office or man cave but you’re not sure what to do with that ugly, bare concrete surface? Installing an epoxy floor is a […]
Surfex provides durable, seamless, antimicrobial, thermal shock resistant and impact-resistant flooring. Formulated specifically for use in commercial kitchens, food processing plants, wineries and abattoirs where forklifts and trolleys are used on a daily basis, as well as constant foot traffic. Looking for a commercial kitchen flooring solution? You’ve come to the right place.
Need ease of access in and out of your home? Looking for a permanent fixture rather than making do with a temporary ramp? Perhaps one of the most important home improvement options that mobility aid users can consider is the type of flooring to install in your home. In this article, we look at the best flooring for mobility issues. Surfex’s […]
Epoxy flooring is durable, economic, hygienic, safe and stylish, too. The go-to choice in the commercial and industrial sectors, it’s fast becoming the preferred choice in the residential sector. For this reason, many impersonators are on the scene promising to be “just as good” as the real deal. In this article, we look at the difference between epoxy floor coating and epoxy paint.
Epoxy flooring provides a professional, durable and stain-resistant surface for residential, commercial and industrial spaces. Along with the many benefits, epoxy floor finishes provide aesthetic appeal, too. In fact, there are a wide variety of epoxy floor finishes available and we’ll look at some of them below.
Epoxies have been around from as early as the 1890s when a Russian chemist, Prileschajev, first observed the chemical processes involved. During the 1930s, the first epoxy patent was secured by a German, Paul Schlack.
From the 1940s, Dr. Pierre Castan, from Switzerland, and Dr. S.O. Greenlee, from the USA, both recognised the chemistry of epoxy and advanced the study further. Dr. Castan allowed his work to be licensed by a company called Ciba, based in Switzerland, which began producing commercialised epoxies as we know them today.