TMI Coatings Blog

TMI Coatings recently repaired and coated a 6’ wide x 38’ high brick chimney for Shapco Printing in Minneapolis, MN which is located blocks from the new Twins stadium.   After relocating all vehicles to avoid damage from any possible overspray, we removed any loose, disbonded bricks on the top of the chimney. The team tuckpointed the [...]

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TMI Coatings, Inc. has teamed up with Cargill Deicing Technology and is an approved installer for their SafeLane® surface overlay product . The SafeLane® HDX product is a surface overlay designed for increased safety and infrastructure protection. This two-coat polymer epoxy significantly reduces ice and frost formation on surfaces while protecting infrastructure from corrosion and chloride [...]

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A correctional facility in the Midwest was experiencing problems with their entryway floors and stairwells in one of the buildings housing their inmates.  Snow, water and mud tracked into the entryways resulted in making these areas extremely slippery. They looked to TMI Coatings for a solution. Our TMI team applied a traffic deck coating with [...]

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TMI Coatings recently completed roof coating work at a Co-Op facility in North Dakota.  The roof areas were leaking, corroding and in need of repair. The team began by pressure washing the roof and abrading rusty areas using stiff bristle brooms.  When the prep was complete, the project team applied a urethane elastomer coating around [...]

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TMI Coatings was contracted to prepare interior and exterior surfaces of two tanks and the structural steel frames around the tanks. Our customer had concerns about dust and paint chips traveling to adjacent rooms. We used poly to section off areas to reduce this risk and installed ground covering. The TMI team mechanically abraded the [...]

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Is peeling or flaking paint an issue at your plant?  Do you have wet environments where areas have been painted and repainted and the paint will not adhere?  A Wisconsin food processing plant has been dealing with these issues and wanted a solution to their ever present peeling paint problems. You may be familiar with [...]

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A Minnesota college was encountering water problems with water leaking into their building and flooding an electrical control room located in the basement.  The water was penetrating through the concrete slab located next to the building and through the brick building wall. The TMI Coatings team applied a traffic deck coating to the raised concrete platform, [...]

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While on site completing restoration and coating of silos and a head house at a grain facility in Iowa, TMI Coatings prepared and coated a conveyor over the Mississippi River, including the catwalk, structural walkway, staircase, bents, tower and barge load out spout. The existing paint on the conveyor contained lead so TMI had to [...]

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TMI Coating’s crews are experienced with repairing and restoring fiberglass domes to return them to their original luster. UV ray weathering can cause fiberglass to deteriorate over time.  We clean the structure with high pressure washers to thoroughly remove mold, dirt and mildew.  TMI’s crews can repair holes with fiberglass patching and gel coating to [...]

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After the prep work was complete, TMI Coatings applied a primer/sealer coat to concrete silos 64’ long x 54’ wide x 110’ tall and a head house 140’ in the air at a grain facility.  The primer/sealer coat soaks into the concrete to promote adhesion of subsequent coats. TMI elected to apply an elastomeric coating [...]

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