Specialist Coatings (GB) Company Profile
Specialist Coatings (GB) Ltd is a respected leader in the fields of corrosion and erosion preventative treatments and resin flooring systems. The company’s engineers take pride in providing effective solutions to problems. Services provided by Specialist Coatings include industrial flooring, anti-slip safety surfaces, tank and vessel lining solutions and secondary containment linings.
The company directors are highly experienced and their knowledge of using resin mixes to line tanks or bunded areas, or in flooring applications, has enabled Specialist Coatings to create innovative solutions for customers throughout the world.
Services
Specialist Coatings provides an extensive range of services to ensure that the most appropriate solution is found for the individual application. A project could include selection and recommendation of paint and coating materials, supplying equipment for performing quality control testing of the work, performing the actual work for the client and the provision of a site management and supervisor inspection service team.
Tank Lining
Specialist Coatings has more than 30 years experience in providing new linings for storage and process tanks, preventing corrosion and extending the life of the tank. An inspection service is offered to check the condition and suitability of an existing lining. Refurbishing or lining a tank on-site is a more cost-effective solution than replacing it and more environmentally friendly. The surface will be prepared with various treatments before application of an extensive array of tank lining materials which have been developed to satisfy every corrosion and containment challenge. Tank lining can be carried out on Braithwaite panel tanks, food and beverage tanks, fuel tanks, plenums and air chambers, steam condensate return tanks, water tanks, waste water treatment plants and tanks in confined spaces.
The services are available as a complete turnkey solution or on a consultancy basis for any element such as specifying a suitable lining material, preparing and applying new lining, quality control and testing. Food grade, chemical-resistant and high temperature lining material variants are available for lining tanks and vessels manufactured from concrete, fibreglass, stainless steel and mild or carbon steel. Typical lining materials include epoxy resins, fibreglass systems and resins, glass flake reinforced resins, MIO materials, polyurethane resins, polyurea resins, solvent-free and solvated resins, vinyl ester resins and water-based resins.
For many years Specialist Coatings has been involved in numerous tank lining projects and corrosion prevention treatments in countries throughout Eastern Europe, the Far East, the Mediterranean, South Pacific and Indian Ocean areas.
Industrial Flooring
Specialist Resin Flooring is a specialist in industrial and commercial resin flooring systems and can provide a complete service from specifying to installing a vast array of resin floor systems developed by leading manufacturers. Resin floors are virtually maintenance-free, durable, hygienic, easy to clean, UV colour stable, fast curing, anti-static, anti-microbial, moisture tolerant, temperature resistant and abrasion and impact resistant.
There is a wide range of coating textures available with varying degrees of anti-slip properties. Floors can be protected from aggressive chemicals, oils and liquids. Specialist Resin Flooring not only focuses on functionality, but also on aesthetics and has a range of options to enable logos, hazard markings, wording and any line markings to be incorporated. The flooring is suitable for new and refurbishment projects and can be specified for retail, educational, industrial, commercial and domestic applications. The flooring solutions include fast hardening materials, some can allow a two-hour return to service. Options available include:
- Self-Smoothing: Resin flooring screeds for creating the smoothest floor finish.
- Roller Coat Systems: Systems that follow the contours of the existing surface and have the look of a heavy and hardwearing paint coat.
- Sub-Zero & Ultra-Fast: The Ultra-Fast resin flooring system flooring solution with minimum of downtime requirements and is ideal where time is critical. Hardening in low temperatures as low as -20°C making it one of the only materials that can harden in sub-zero conditions such as in a commercial freezer rooms, blast Chillers and/or fridges whilst they are still running at their sub-zero operating temperature. Perfect for sealing dusty concrete floors.
- Anti-Slip Treatments: For the prevention of slips, trips and falls.
- Specialist Systems: Systems with specific additives used to create specialist resin floors including static dissipative, antimicrobial, UV stable, chemically resistant, moisture tolerant and phosphorescing.
- Fire Escapes: Anti-slip treatments for fire escapes, escape routes and ramps.
- Concrete Sealing Systems: A concrete sealing system for very dusty concrete floors.
Designer Resin Floors
Designer Resin Floors is an installer of resin based flooring systems for domestic, retail and commercial projects. The experienced team can create imaginative and unique flooring designs in a range of colours and pearlescent effects. Images such as corporate logos, lettering or photos can be incorporated into the floor, as can recycled materials such as glass. The resin floors are seamless, low maintenance, easy to clean, hygienic and create an incredible bond to concrete, steel and tiles. Floor finishes include textured, luminescent, anti-slip, rapid curing, chemical resistant, bonded natural stone or aggregate, smooth and flake.
Secondary Containment
Bulk storage tanks are generally sited within a secondary containment bunded area, but often the catchment area is made of materials which are not of the right quality for the chemicals that are being stored. Specialist Coatings can improve the level of protection by providing secondary containment and bund lining solutions which are resistant to a vast array of chemical products used in industry.
The company appreciates that time-efficiency is important to the customer and among the products used in secondary containment solutions are ultra-fast hardening polyurea materials which are elastomeric and flexible, ideal for unstable surfaces such as loose shale. The linings are generally based upon epoxy resins, vinyl ester resins, biphenyl ester resins, fibreglass laminates and glass flake technology. Specialist Coatings offers a QA and inspection service, checking the condition of new and existing bund linings, including the coating thickness and micro-porosity.
Specialist Coatings is committed to providing a wide and varied range of resin flooring, tank and vessel lining and secondary containment services for industrial, commercial and domestic projects. The experienced and dedicated team welcomes enquiries and can provide in-depth information and guidance on specifying the most appropriate solution for any application. Projects are completed quickly and efficiently to minimise down-time and provide a long-term solution for all industry sectors.