UDT BLOG
Prioritizing Air Quality While Producing High-Performance Coatings
At Ultra Durable Technologies (UDT), we believe that innovation should never come at the cost of employee health or the safety of the work environment. In an industry where manufacturing coatings and paints often means dealing with strong odors and high levels of VOCs, we take a specialized approach to workplace safety. We are committed…
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Epoxy, Polyurea & Polyaspartic Coatings: What Sets Them Apart
Epoxy, polyurea, and polyaspartic coatings are popular for concrete floors including garage floors. Each offers unique characteristics and advantages. 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 the tinted basecoats in chip flake systems,…
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Which Sheen is Best for Your Floors?
How do you decide which sheen is best for your customers’ floors? The main difference between matte, semi-gloss, and high-gloss finish is the level of sheen or reflectivity produced. Matte finishes produce a low sheen and appear more subdued, while semi-gloss finishes have a moderate sheen that is smoother and more lustrous than matte but…
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Floor Maintenance and IAQ
It is commonly known that poor indoor air quality (IAQ) can have adverse effects on our health, but did you also know that how we maintain our hard floors can also impact the air we breathe? As a nation, we spend more than 90% of our time indoors, so it should not come as a…
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Maintaining Terrazzo Floors
If you have terrazzo flooring or are considering having some installed, it’s crucial to know your options to protect your investment for the long term. Like any floor, terrazzo requires maintenance. But how much and what kind of terrazzo floor care will depend on how you choose to protect the surface. There are three distinct…
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How to Make Floors Anti-Slip
How do you make floors anti-slip? UDT can customize your coating to provide the desired amount of slip resistance to ensure the safety of your facility’s floors. To reduce slip risks while making floors look their best, we recommend that you combine EPIC High-Performance Floor Finish with one of our Ultra Grip or UDT Aggregate Additive products. By simply adding Ultra…
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Floor Protectors: Preserve Your Investment
How to Protect Your Floors After Refinishing with EPIC High-Performance Floor Finish Refinishing your floors with EPIC High-Performance Floor Finish 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…
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The Importance of Adhesion
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…
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Abrasion Resistance
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…
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