Experience Harvey Chichester is a well published principal of Durall Industrial Flooring, a company with more than 40 years experience in developing special flow-coatings for industrial and residential floors. Automotive and shopping centers, breweries, food processing plants, manufacturing plants, airplane hangars, car washes, kennels, warehouses, printing plants, residential basements, pool decks, and condominiums are among some of the facilities in which he has installed floors. http://www.concrete-floor-coatings.com
During that time, his team of chemists has produced continual improvements to over 500 products, including the acclaimed Dura Seal and Dura Poxy lines of epoxy floor coatings. He has managed installations in all 50 states, 5 Canadian provinces, and 7 countries.
Organizations Durall Industrial Flooring
Publications Aricles appear in over 3500 locations on the web.
Education/Credentials MBA Marketing, BSB Finance minor Management, BA Economics minor Sociology, 7 years working beside Bench chemists at Durall Industrial Flooring.
Past/Present Clients Iowa Beef, Pillsbury, General Mills, Banta Printing, 3M, Control Data, UFE, Land O Lakes, Thousands of residential garages, warehouses, machine shops, and automotive centers
Question What size "pressure washer" would I need to remove paint from concrete or would it be best to use a "sandblaster?"
Answer Dear Russell,
If the paint is latex it was water based and will want to soften in water again. Latex paint can come off with a 2500-psi pressure washer if you use a spinning tip that does not fan. If your paint is oil based, urethane, or epoxy you can blast it off use a track blaster or use a metheline chloride based paint stripper and a 4-in. razor scraper on a pole. Once you soften the epoxy with stripper you scrape it off followed by a rotary scrubber and a high alkaline detergent like the one you will find with free cost analysis done at http:\\www.concrete-floor-coatings.com .
Note if you are going to coat the floor again often you do not need to remove all the paint. Your free cost analysis will show you what you need with instructions. If you remove all of the paint that is going to fall off your floor you can often just adhere to what remains.
