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. 




Before overcoating tiles, it is important to test to see if they are suitable for overcoating. This video shows how the tiles were tested and discusses the outcome of the test. …


In an era where everybody can see something done on YouTube and think it's easy, I thought I'd show an example of a metallic floor that's done with the wrong product, by the wrong installer... …


We all talk about buying bigger grinders, better vacuums, hippo mixers etc etc, but sometimes it's the humble, simple tools that make a big difference... …


Every winter season sees the same issues arising when it comes to amine blushing. However many installers are not aware of what amine blushing is, what causes it...
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The floor covering industry utilises substrate porosity tests. Could the resin flooring industry also benefit from these simple tests... …


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... …


Some footage of a two-coat epoxy rollcoat project I did by myself in a 125 square metre/1400 square foot warehouse. For a bit of extra interest... …


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... …

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