TMI Coatings Blog

TMI Coatings received a contract to remove all the loose and flaking paint and encapsulate the remaining existing lead based paint on block walls and a wooden ceiling inside of a food plant.  Our crews receive specific training for lead removal and abatement. We submitted a site specific lead plan to the owner’s representative before beginning 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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March is Minnesota FoodShare month. In March 2010, Mary Kay, a TMI Coatings accounting department employee organized a food drive to assist the Eagan Resource Center. The center helps over 450 families each month. The TMI employees got into the spirit of the program. The result was a generous contribution of both food and money [...]

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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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