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80 SEPTEMBER 2015 COATINGSPROMAG.COM Never Again The epoxy floor at a school's new science wing was severely scratched. A cursory visual examination of the surface showed substantial scratching and embedded soil, causing a dulling of the gloss and some discoloration. By Roland Vierra, President and CEO of Flooring Forensics Photos courtesy of Flooring Forensics, Inc. The Case of the Epoxy School Floor: It's All in the Attitude! N ot too long ago, I received a phone inquiry from a local school district. Teir brand new science wing was giving them fts, all because the new epoxy foor coating was severely scratched. Tey thought the scratch- ing was excessive and, because they thought it was excessive, the product must be defective. We arranged a site visit for the following week, and at the appointed time, I was met by a number of people, all with some responsibility for the newly constructed science wing: the architect, the facilities manager, the school principal, the district project manager, the maintenance supervisor, a representative from the coatings contractor, and the coating system manufacturer's technical represen- tative. I'm used to an audience, but even by my standards, this was quite a showing! Visual Inspection Te group walked over to the science wing and proceeded through the build- ing — all eyes on the foor (and me). Te facility itself and the equipment avail- able to today's middle school science students were amazing. Tis was indeed a Class-A building. But the foor was another story. Te foor coating was a trowel-applied epoxy foor coating system, installed over a concrete on-grade subfoor. Te coating was in corridors, one common lab area, and six classrooms. A cursor y visual examination of the f loor surface showed substantial surface scratching and embedded soil, causing a dulling of the gloss and some discoloration. A reas under the desks near the footrest areas were the worst, though primar y traffic lanes showed a substantial amount of surface A cursor y visual examination of the floor surface showed substantial surface scratching and embedded soil, causing a dulling of the gloss and some discoloration.

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