TMI Coatings Blog

Big Soo Terminal, in northwest Iowa, is continually looking to make improvements to its facility. This year’s project included the painting of their two large oil tanks. The tanks were in need of sandblasting and painting to reduce corrosion and improve aesthesis. Following a safety meeting with all crew members, TMI Coatings began with preparing [...]

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A food processing and manufacturing facility in central IA requested TMI Coatings line the interior of their DAF (dissolved air flotation) tank. The DAF tank is used in their water treatment process to clarify wastewater by the removal of suspended matter such as oil or solids. The wastewater is corrosive and the steel of the [...]

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TMI Coatings, Inc. completed exterior painting on a tank for the City of Owasso. TMI pressure washed, spot primed and over coated the tank exterior. TMI then applied two logos; 30’ in diameter, with text almost 40’ across. One of Owasso’s most famous residents is county music star Garth Brooks. Garth Brooks was a major [...]

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Beginning with the clean up of the Boston Harbor, this socially responsible company receives liquid sludge from wastewater plants dewaters it, processes it by drying it and uses it in the market as a fertilizer or alternative fuel. Two tanks, a combustion chamber and combustion air pipe were showing evidence of corrosion. For safe access [...]

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An ethanol company in the Midwest recently installed a new steel tank to hold sulfuric acid. The sulfuric acid is highly corrosive so the tank needed to be lined to protect the steel from corrosion. TMI Coatings sandblasted both the interior and exterior of the tank. The interior of the tank was lined with a [...]

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The City of Greeley, CO recently hired TMI Coatings to fiberglass line their 10,000 gallon FRP water treatment tank. To prolong the life of the tank, TMI relined the FRP with glass fiber embedded in Novalac Epoxy resin. Resin is mixed with a catalyst or hardener and fiberglass is hand laid up to form a [...]

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TMI Coatings, Inc. recently completed exterior painting on a tank for the City of Owasso. TMI pressure washed, spot primed and over coated the tank exterior. TMI then applied two logos; 30’ in diameter, with text almost 40’ across. One of Owasso’s most famous residents is county music star Garth Brooks. Garth Brooks was a [...]

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A mechanical company hired TMI Coatings to line the interior of a condensate tank at a private college in the Twin Cities.  This was a critical shut down requiring work be completed in the shortest amount of time.  Because the condensate tank was a part of the heating system at the college dormitories and many [...]

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Last summer, TMI Coatings took on a job for a Wisconsin-based mechanical contracting and tank fabricating company. A two compartment large tank for a chemical storage company required new protective coating and insulation. TMI began by spot tool cleaning the weld seams and damaged shop applied coating on the tank exterior before applying primer, then [...]

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For a Midwestern dairy cooperative, TMI Coatings recently installed protective tank linings for a pair of corn sugar tanks located indoors. As they began the job, the TMI Coatings crew took care to protect all nearby equipment by poly wrapping to protect. They pressure washed the tanks to decontaminate them. Next, TMI sandblasted both the [...]

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