Protecting the surfaces in your industrial environment is key to making them last. You probably already knew that, but do you know which type of coating to choose or which supplier to use? Induron is here to help. Continue reading The Highest Quality in Protective Coatings
Category Archives: Coatings
Induron Goes International
By: Davies Hood (Induron President) and Kendall Smith (Induron Power Market Manager)
The year 2020 ushered in several new changes. As a result of the global pandemic, we all became familiar with the terms and isolating effects of “social distancing,” “safer at home” and “quarantine.” However, we also became much more comfortable with “Zoom Meetings,” “virtual happy hours” and other forms of electronic and virtual gatherings. As much as I am looking forward to in-person meetings, good ol’ trade shows and professional conferences, I would like to comment on some of the electronic advances that some in the industry, including Induron Coatings, took advantage of during the year of “Stay-at-Home.” Continue reading Induron Goes International
Mortarchem: Improving Applicator Outcomes in the Field
By: Andy Odorzynski, Induron National Sales Manager
When visiting field industrial painting projects, the complexity on display is truly amazing. First off, millions of dollars worth of equipment has to operate in coordination to allow work to progress. If any part in any one piece of the system fails to operate, production comes to a stop. In the field, replacement parts, tools, and mechanics can be extremely hard to come by. Continue reading Mortarchem: Improving Applicator Outcomes in the Field
Enduring Supply Chain Challenges the Induron Way
By: Davies Hood, Induron President
You’ve probably heard that we’re living in “unprecedented times,” and that overused phrase does NOT exclude the paint manufacturing industry.
“This is going to be the most challenging time in our professional career.”
If I’ve said that phrase once in the last month, I’ve said it a hundred times. Because supply chain disruptions are causing significant and immediate price increases as well as challenging, uncharted lead times, those of us in the chemical industry are facing unprecedented challenges due to these unknown and/or undefined constraints. Continue reading Enduring Supply Chain Challenges the Induron Way
How is Paint Manufacturing Like Baking a Cake?
How is paint manufacturing like baking a cake? While it seems like a silly question, baking a cake is a simple, and tasty, analogy to explain the paint manufacturing process. Induron President Davies Hood explains how the two processes are similar in this video. Continue reading How is Paint Manufacturing Like Baking a Cake?
Does Galvanized Steel Corrode?
By: Davies Hood, Induron President
Yes, galvanized steel does corrode. In fact, there are a million steel transmission structures fighting corrosion issues in North America and nearly 20 percent of the world’s steel production supports replacing steel structures and equipment that has been damaged by corrosion. Continue reading Does Galvanized Steel Corrode?
Rethink Your Primer: The Benefits of Ceramic Epoxy
Induron’s Ceramaprime brings performance to the marketplace that requires coatings contractors to rethink their priming options. Whether you are using MCU zinc primers, one-coat DTM technology, or other epoxy primer options, Ceramaprime delivers increased throughput, the elimination of isocyanate, and the performance of ceramic epoxy technology, which often results in cost savings. Continue reading Rethink Your Primer: The Benefits of Ceramic Epoxy
Restoring the Roof of the Miller-Hungerpiller Home
By: Mitch Hungerpillar, Home owner and guest author
I live in a family home located in Crestwood North in Birmingham, Alabama that my wife’s grandparents built in the mid 1930’s. As the 3rd and 4th generation to live in the home, we have a particular passion about maintaining its original architectural integrity. Our home is a brick English Tudor style with a metal roof manufactured by U.S. Steel that carries a lifetime warranty. The only real maintenance for the roof is cleaning and painting it for curb appeal. Continue reading Restoring the Roof of the Miller-Hungerpiller Home
4 Problems with Existing Epoxy Mortars
By: Andy Odorzynsk, Induron National Sales Manager
While cementitious epoxy mortars are a vital step in most concrete lining projects, the epoxy mortar products available are typically fraught with problems and application challenges. Continue reading 4 Problems with Existing Epoxy Mortars
What Coatings Can Be Used to Safeguard Power Plants in the Future?
By: Kendall Smith, Induron Power Market Manager
The landscape of electricity generation has been changing for decades. Currently, the mix of power plant types and fuels used in the United States include natural gas (simple cycle and combined cycle), nuclear, coal, petroleum, renewables (wind, hydro, solar, geothermal) and more. Continue reading What Coatings Can Be Used to Safeguard Power Plants in the Future?