Why Restaurants are Choosing Epoxy Flooring Any restaurant business has to overcome a variety of operational challenges, and one aspect stands out due to its constant impact on everyday operations – flooring. Epoxy flooring has emerged as a top choice for many restaurant owners, given......
Benefits of Epoxy Flooring for Food Processing and Beverage Industries Flooring needs for the food and beverage manufacturing industry are rigorous. The standards are high, the equipment is heavy, and cleanliness is of highest priority. This means that the choice of flooring can significantly impact......
Revolutionize Your Floor Maintenance with SwedeBro’s New High-Performance Finish EPIC High-Performance Floor Finish Introducing the innovative alternative to the tedious and costly waxing process you’ve been used to—SwedeBro’s EPIC High-Performance Floor Finish. This remarkable product is specifically designed for businesses seeking a high-value, long-lasting solution......
Popular Epoxy Flooring Trends for 2024 Solid color, partial flake, full flake and quartz epoxy are the most common flooring systems installed. The functions of all are extremely versatile and can easily match with existing aesthetics to blend with a facility’s design. More recently metallic......
Epoxy Floor Coatings for Commercial Spaces: How to Choose the Right Solution Assessing the Space: A great way to give a commercial space a new, fresh look is to freshen up any areas that look worn and old. This includes patching and sealing cracks, spalls......
Pole Barn Epoxy Floors: Top 5 Reasons it’s the Best Flooring Option What are the different types of flooring commonly used in pole barns? No Floor Dirt or gravel are simple and inexpensive options. They are easy to install but can be dusty and uneven.......
Are Epoxy Floors Slippery? Everything you need to know about the safety of epoxy floors Epoxy flooring can be slippery, especially when wet. Its slippery because epoxy is “self-leveling” by nature, and creates a smooth, glossy surface which doesn’t create enough traction on its own.......
Epoxy Options for Car Dealership Showroom Flooring What are the different types of flooring commonly used in dealership showrooms? Tile Tile is very equal to epoxy in pricing and there are many design options available making it a great choice for showroom floors. Pricing......
MOST DURABLE FLOORING FOR MINNESOTA INDUSTRIES Flooring for Minnesota industries needs to be the most durable flooring option available due to harsh weather, salt, and temperature. Depending on your industry, there are different specific needs when it comes to epoxy flooring, but it still needs......
What kinds of Epoxy are best for a shop floor? Epoxy for Shop Floors are a durable and long-lasting option for almost any use case. Solid color, or partial flake epoxy are the most common choice for shop floors due to their simplicity and durability.......
Industrial epoxy flooring What are reasons that a facility would want to install an epoxy floor? Generally speaking, epoxy has numerous benefits to a wide range of facility types. Industrial facilities can have very specific needs besides those typical benefits. Typically, these systems are......
Epoxy flooring vs Tiles Locations of Epoxy Flooring vs Tiles Can a tile floor and epoxy floor be used interchangeably? Often times the floors for tile and epoxy are interchangeable, whether pool decks, kitchens, commercial common areas, locker rooms, bathrooms, or other similar locations. Ultimately,......
Commercial Epoxy vs. DIY Epoxy Kits WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COMMERCIAL EPOXY FLOORING AND THE TYPICAL RESIDENTIAL GARAGE DIY EPOXY KIT? Thickness The DIY kits you can find in home improvement stores are not 100% solids, meaning they have more solvent added to them......
Best type of Epoxy Floor Coating What is an Epoxy Floor Coating? An epoxy floor coating is typically 2 components of liquid epoxy resin that when combined, mixed, and cured, creates an extremely durable and solid material used to coat concrete floors. The best epoxy......
A Comparison of Joint Options for Concrete Floors What is concrete joint filler? What is concrete joint filler? A concrete joint filler can be a solid, rigid filler or a softer, more flexible material used to fill joints that can’t otherwise be coated over with......
Why does shot blasting or grinding need to be done before installing epoxy floors? All resinous coatings require a surface profile for adhesion to the concrete surface. Mechanical forms of concrete prep are the only approved methods of prep by coatings manufacturers. There are two......
What is a Moisture Vapor Barrier in Concrete? What is a Concrete Moisture Vapor Barrier? Moisture vapor is the gaseous form of water. It is measured as relative humidity in the atmosphere. Due to the nature of how concrete is formed, it is a porous......
BEST WATERPROOF FLOORING FOR MULTI-LEVEL GARAGES What is the best waterproof flooring type for multi-level garages? Typically, on construction plans, we see a waterproofing sheet membrane placed in between the Spancrete and the concrete poured on top of it. While this is sufficient for waterproofing,......
What is ASR in Concrete? What is ASR in concrete? At Swedebro, we are familiar with ASR in concrete from our many years of experience installing epoxy systems. An Alkali Silica Reaction (ASR) is a reaction in concrete between hydroxyl ions and the reactive forms......
Concrete floor Coating Concrete Coating Options Based on Slab Type When looking at your options for concrete floor coatings, it’s important to know what type of concrete slab you have as this could affect the coatings available or change the installation process. Here are the......
A Guide to Integral Cove Base What is an integral cove base? Integral cove base is a seamless floor to wall transition that is applied as part of the flooring system during installation. Other non-integral cove types are installed on top of a finished floor.......
Preparing Cracks and Joints in Concrete Timing of Fixing Cracks in Concrete Floors When deciding how to fix cracks in concrete at your facility, we often get asked when the ideal time is to fix these cracks. Sometimes it makes since to fix after the......
Why Does Salt & Water Damage Concrete Floors? You may have asked yourself, why does salt damage concrete? Living in the upper Midwest we are quite familiar with salt, ice, and water on our roadways. Every spring our roads are littered with potholes that are......
Microbreweries and Distillery Floor Coating Options There are many options to consider when looking at a brewery floor coating. The two most common options considered for brewery floor coatings are epoxy and urethane cement. These are the pros and cons for both brewery floor coating......
Concrete Deterioration: Options for Fixing | types and causes of concrete deterioration Over the years, concrete can chip, crack, sink, and deteriorate, creating a need to replace or repair the old concrete, so here’s everything you need to know about the different types and causes of......
What is urethane cement Urethane Cements w/ Anti-Microbial Additives for Cleaner Facilities What is urethane cement? What is Urethane Cement? Urethane cement is a thick semi liquid cement mixture, which is made up of combined resins, cement, and other aggregates. This combination gives the performance......
How to clean epoxy floors Maintenance and Care of Epoxy Flooring after Installation It’s important to know how to clean epoxy floors properly after they’re installed, as proper care will protect the long-term value of the floor. When should an epoxy floor be cleaned? After......
Is Epoxy Flooring Safe? How to make School Floors Safe & Sustainable How slippery are epoxy floors? When asking, Is epoxy flooring safe? The usual answer is yes, with a customizable level of safety. One of the first aspects of a floor that is considered......
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