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Floor Protectors: Preserve Your Investment

By Kelly Negaard | Feb 10, 2026

Refinishing your floors is one of the best ways to restore shine, durability, and long-term protection to your surfaces. But to make sure your floors stay beautiful for years to come, proper floor protection and maintenance are essential, especially against damage caused by everyday furniture and equipment. Inspect Before You Refinish Before applying the finish,…

Epoxy, Polyurea & Polyaspartic Coatings: What Sets Them Apart

By Chris Boxmeyer | Apr 18, 2024

Epoxy, polyurea, and polyaspartic coatings are popular for concrete floors, including garage floors. Each offers unique characteristics and advantages. But how to choose garage floor coatings? Understanding the differences between these coatings can help distributors, contractors, and facility managers make informed decisions based on specific needs and requirements. Epoxy and polyurea are often used for…

A Barn with a Mission: The Breakfast Club

By Kelly Negaard | Jan 18, 2022

Students Heading Back to School Ultra Durable Technologies would like to extend a special shout-out to our own Bryce Sunsdahl and company president, Travis Negaard. They volunteered this past month at the Breakfast Club facility in Saint Michael, Minnesota. The Saint Michael Breakfast Club is a stunning new facility! It serves an important role in…

The Importance of Adhesion

By TNEGAARD | Jan 7, 2021

Achieving 100% adhesion with a coating system is an extremely important task as well as a necessary step that leads to ideal results. The entire performance of a coating system relies heavily on its adhesion. Any less than 100% adhesion to the substrate or between any of the layers or coats (inter-coat adhesion) will often…

Abrasion Resistance

By Kelly Negaard | Nov 2, 2017

Abrasion is the process of scuffing, scratching, wearing down, or rubbing away of a surface due to normal use, wear and tear from foot traffic, furniture, machines, and equipment and/or exposure to chemicals. Abrasion is not always bad and can be intentionally inflicted, as in a controlled process using an abrasive, such as sandpaper on…