TMI Coatings Blog

TMI Coatings was contracted to fiberglass walls, partitions and paint the ceiling in a sanitation room.  TMI fiberglassed 14’ up the walls and applied epoxy coating material to the ceiling and remainder of the approximately 20’ high walls.  The customer wanted fiberglass with mat reinforcement applied directly to the concrete to reduce the risk of [...]

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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 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 100 year old food plant in the upper Midwest was expanded over the years and as a result interior older brick and block walls showed their age with cracks and voids.  These were nesting places for bugs and bacteria. TMI filled these voids to restore the walls to a smoother finish and then applied [...]

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TMI Coatings recently completed work on an open top steel tank that stores 30% phosphoric acid at 125 degrees F.  The customer wanted the rubber lining removed and replaced with a fiberglass lining. TMI began by removing the existing rubber lining with air chipping hammers and other tools.  The interior of the tank was then sandblasted [...]

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