Buying Guide

Directory of Floor Coatings for Concrete

This Directory of Floor Coatings (and related products such as stencils, stamping tools, and pigments for coloring concrete) was developed by distribution of a questionnaire to suppliers known to offer these products.

In Focus

Directory of Floor Coatings for Concrete

This Directory of Floor Coatings (and related products such as stencils, stamping tools, and pigments for coloring concrete) was developed by distribution of a questionnaire to suppliers known to offer these products.

Buying Guide

Floor Coatings Company Profiles

List of companies participating in Directory of Floor Coatings for Concrete

In Focus

Floor Coatings Company Profiles

List of companies participating in Directory of Floor Coatings for Concrete

Concrete protection and decoration

Inspired interpretations, Taking flight

Protection for a concrete world

by Gary Henry, PROSOCO

The strength, durability and, yes, beauty of concrete may appear ageless, but it’s not necessarily so. Sealers and repellents can make it so.

Water woes

by Charles Holl, Dayton Superior Speciatly Chemicals

Moisture vapor and hydrostatic pressure can wreak havoc with protective and decorative coatings applied to concrete slabs. An in-depth examination of the problem.

Passing the Test

Building a better firewall

by Allen Zielnik, Atlas Materials Testing Technology LLC

The Sept. 11, 2001, tragedy has helped spark demand--and supply--of advanced fire-resistive coatings materials.

Contributors

Getting It Right

In health-care sector, coatings prescriptions reflect highly specialized service requirements

by Jayson L. Helsel, P.E.

Coatings for health-care and pharmaceutical facilities must typically meet special requirements based on the particular service environment.

Editor's Word

Join us in Dallas and Seattle, and be sure to pack your expertise

by Joseph G. Maty, Editor, JAC>

Second opinions

by Joe Maty, JAC Editor

The Green Guide for Health Care is adding a new dimension to design approaches and materials specification

News

Sturm und drang, yin and yang: Color trends take cue from the times

Standard for recycled paint hailed as key to greater use

Taking the heat in style

by Donald F. Falconer, P. Eng., Carboline Co., Fireproofing Division

Who says fire-resistant materials can’t look good? Intumescents have changed all that.

Generic Coatings Types

The fluoropolymer file: Style with staying power

by Winn Darden, AGC Chemcials

New developments in resin technologies have expanded the horizons for these high-performance coatings