Installers


The type of problems I solve for resin flooring installers typically depends on how much experience they have and/or the size of their business.

Below is a collection of posts showing the work I do with installers, which includes:

  • Understanding products and the keys to successful installation, e.g. how to stop getting failures.
  • Dealing with clients and winning more work.
  • Managing cashflow, simplifying their business and “getting ahead”.
  • Training their staff and getting off the tools.


In recent times, much of the focus has been around industry-wide issues such as surface preparation methods and navigating through the new Australian Cert III qualification. 




Every winter season sees the same issues arising when it comes to amine blushing. However many installers are simply not aware of what amine blushing is, what causes it and how to overcome it.
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Porosity tests are used in the floor covering industry, could the resin flooring industry benefit from these simple tests too? …


Back in 2007 I saw my first battery-powered power trowel used for resin flooring. I don't see many of them being used in the field, so I thought I'd... …


Mix Tidy is a new development designed to give resin flooring installers a portable mix camp that enables them to mix cleanly. In the video below I demonstrate how... …


Being able to pick the signs of a weak slab is not always easy. In this post, I want to share some photos to demonstrate a few quick and easy ways to pick if... …


Every now and then you're forced to eat a little bit of "humble pie". It's not pleasant and sometimes it can really sting, but I have learned to reflect on it and look at how... …


During a recent site visit, I was confronted with a particularly bad slab in a garage and asked if I thought it was good enough for a resin floor coating. If it was, what would... …


I've probably seen hundreds of thousands of photos of floors at various stages over the years. Some good, and, some not so good. Today I received a number of photos from an installer that... …


There are countless types of repair compounds used specifically for crack repair. In this post I tested one type in particular - a thixotropic resin repair product called Ezythix... …


I did a challenge to compare 3 different, common forms of crack repair. You'll see the different repairs being done and a discussion of what I liked best... …


After doing resin flooring that should have had pinhole issues and didn't, I started to question why. Perhaps we have dismissed the most important parameter... …


One of the main reasons for attending the World of Concrete 2020 was to compile more information on moisture measurements in concrete slabs. In particular at the time of site assessment. This topic is proving to be... …


I had a great opportunity to test the gauged thin-film squeegee from Midwest Rake called the Easy Squeegee. There is good and bad with this squeegee and... …

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