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Tell us the surface, the size and what it is exposed to. We will connect you with a certified applicator who can inspect and quote the work.
Industrial coatings do a job, not a look. They keep steel from corroding, keep concrete from dissolving under chemicals, keep floors from wearing through, keep tanks from leaking and keep equipment running between shutdowns. The right one depends on what the surface faces every day: chemicals, abrasion, impact, immersion, heat, UV and how long you can afford to be shut down. This page compares the main industrial coating chemistries and shows where spray polyurea earns its place.
For most industrial work there is no single best coating. Epoxies give excellent adhesion and chemical resistance but are rigid and slow to cure. Polyurethanes and polyaspartics give UV-stable, tough topcoats. Spray polyurea gives a thick, seamless, flexible membrane that cures in seconds and returns to service in hours, which makes it the go-to for linings, secondary containment, impact and abrasion areas and jobs with tight shutdown windows. Many industrial specs combine them: epoxy or zinc primer, polyurea body coat, aliphatic topcoat.
Industrial coatings are grouped by the job they perform rather than the chemistry. Most facilities need several of these at once, and the same plant may use four different systems in four areas.
Barrier and sacrificial systems for structural steel, piping, tanks and equipment. See corrosion protection coatings.
Tank linings, sumps, trenches and bund walls that hold chemicals, fuel or wastewater. See secondary containment.
Chutes, hoppers, truck bodies, loading docks and floors where thin coatings chip and wear through.
Forklift traffic, hot tire pickup, chemical spills and thermal shock. See industrial flooring.
Roofs, decks, foundations and below-grade concrete. See polyurea waterproofing.
Non-slip surfaces, line striping, color coding and high-visibility finishes.
Values are typical ranges; the product data sheet always governs.
Secondary containment, tank linings, pipe coatings and splash zones. See pipeline coatings.
Wet wells, clarifiers, manholes and lift stations. See wastewater coatings.
Chutes, hoppers, screens, haul truck beds and conveyor components.
Production floors, chemical storage rooms, loading docks and machine bases.
Pits, tanks, equipment and barns. See agricultural coatings.
Food-contact and potable water use require products certified for that service, such as NSF/ANSI/CAN 61 for drinking water. Not every grade qualifies.
List every chemical, concentration and temperature, plus abrasion, impact, immersion, UV and cleaning methods the surface will see.
Steel: cleaning standard and profile (often SSPC-SP 10 near-white for linings). Concrete: mechanical prep to an open surface profile and moisture testing. See surface preparation.
Primer, body coat and topcoat must be compatible and specified together, with minimum and maximum film thickness for each.
Fast-cure systems can save days of downtime. Put the return-to-service time in the spec.
Dry film thickness, holiday testing for linings, adhesion pull-off tests and a written closeout report.
Plural-component systems are only as good as the crew and the rig. Ask for training records and recent references.
Many plants, fabricators and contractors bring polyurea in-house so they can coat on their own schedule. ArmorThane builds plural-component spray equipment and complete mobile spray rigs, and trains crews to apply our coatings. See how polyurea is applied in our polyurea spray guide.
Heated, high-pressure plural-component proportioners for polyurea and spray foam, plus low-pressure systems for some hybrids.
Surface prep, equipment setup, spray technique, safety and quality control.
Product data, specifications and troubleshooting from the people who make the coating.
Tell us what your floors, tanks, steel or equipment face and a certified ArmorThane applicator will recommend and quote a system.
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There is no single winner. For thick, seamless, impact and abrasion resistant protection, spray polyurea is among the toughest. For aggressive acids and solvents, novolac epoxies often outperform. Durability comes from matching the chemistry to the exposure and preparing the surface properly.
Polyurea cures in seconds, builds thick in one visit and stays flexible, so it handles impact, movement and fast shutdowns better. Epoxy bonds very well, costs less per mil and resists many chemicals. Many industrial systems use an epoxy primer under a polyurea body coat to get both.
Well-specified systems on properly prepared surfaces commonly last 10 to 25 years or more before major maintenance. ISO 12944 uses durability classes from low (up to 7 years) to very high (more than 25 years) for steel.
Spray polyurea can be applied at much lower temperatures than most epoxies because it cures by fast chemical reaction, but the substrate must still be above the dew point and within the product data sheet limits.
Steel is usually abrasive blasted to a specified cleanliness and profile. Concrete is mechanically prepared by shot blasting or grinding, cleaned and moisture tested. Prep is the single biggest factor in coating life.
Yes. ArmorThane manufactures plural-component spray equipment and complete mobile spray rigs, and trains crews to apply our coatings.
Facilities get a certified ArmorThane applicator for floors, linings, containment and equipment. Contractors and plants can add polyurea capability with our equipment and training, with no franchise fee and no royalties.
ArmorThane has built a strong reputation over the past 30 years for producing high-quality, durable protective coatings.
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