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 … Read More
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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 … Read More
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.
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.
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.
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 … Read More
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.
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.
FastPrime Increases Efficiency for Maverick OilField Services
By: Jamie Laid, Induron Sales Representative Maverick OilField Services prepares and paints for oil and gas companies across the country. Specifically, Maverick performs dry abrasive blasting onsite using an IR heated spray booth.