TMI Coatings Blog

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 on the river.  After the primer was applied, TMI applied an elastomeric coating to the silos and head house instead of regular [...]

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Our last post discussed the South Dakota project. We will be posting pictures and progress updates of this  TMI Coatings project to completion. As of yesterday, TMI Coatings completed all interior and exterior surface preparation and priming. Approximately 75% of the finish coat is in place. The next few weeks will be the completion of the [...]

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TMI Coatings in Eureka SD The City of Eureka, SD awarded TMI Coatings a project to complete the interior and exterior surface preparation and coating of a 200,000 gallon elevated water storage tank, as well as all needed ladder, walkway, roof vent, and access hatch repairs. Not all of the work that TMI Coatings does [...]

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TMI Coatings recently completed a project with stringent time requirements. The deadline of February 21 gave the team less than a week to complete a flooring project, which usually is not a problem. However, when prepping the floor, the TMI Superintendent discovered an area approximately 100 sq. ft. where the cap, which is the top [...]

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A North Dakota grain company was having problems with moisture leaking into the bottom of their steel grain bins.  This moisture was heating and subsequently molding the grain.  TMI Coatings was hired to seal the exterior of their bins to prevent future moisture problems. TMI began by removing the grain and debris from the exterior [...]

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A manufacturing plant was required to heighten its containment wall two courses of block to contain all liquids in the event of a tank leak or rupture.  TMI had previously applied FIBERLIFE, a fiberglass reinforced plastic coating, in the containment dike and was asked to return to seal the extended wall with the same material. [...]

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A Midwest ethanol producer contracted with TMI Coatings to line two fermenting tanks, each 35′ diameter x 36′ high.  The fermenting tanks were being converted into water tanks and the owner wanted a lining material installed that is suitable for process water with the option to convert the tanks back into fermenting tanks in the [...]

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