Effective primary containment is paramount for the safe storage of hazardous materials. In a perfect world, hazardous substances should only ever be in direct contact with primary containers, which are made of specialized materials chosen for their compatibility with different hazardous chemicals. However, while container material selection is first and foremost, a second key step in maintaining safe and effective primary containment is through additional protection using coating technologies like polyurea. Polyurea is highly durable, with all the strength and hardness expected of industrial coatings. What makes polyurea unique, is that this strength and durability is paired with high flexibility, ease of application, rapid curing times, and better safety and sustainability characteristics. Polyurea is compatible with almost any substrate, and resists many of the most common hazardous materials like sulfuric acid or toluene. It also forms a watertight seal, serving as a “container to your container,” or as we like to call it – the halfway hero! Made of 100% solids and applied with high-pressure spray equipment, almost any surface can be coated in a uniform layer of polyurea to see any primary containment strategy reach new levels of safety and performance.