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Polished Concrete In Salem Oregon | Case Study

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Transforming a Manufacturing Facility’s Floor with Polished Concrete in Salem, Oregon

Boise Cascade, a prominent client in Salem, Oregon, sought to rejuvenate their 150,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility with polished concrete. With a 9,000 sq. ft. area in need of attention, they enlisted the expertise of Parker Smith, a polished concrete contractor from Smith and Company Painting in McMinnville (503-472-8100). The challenging project involved transforming a 30-year-old, heavily used floor with numerous patches and failing epoxy coating into a beautiful, easy-to-maintain surface.

Concrete Polishing Project Highlights:

  • Location: Salem, Oregon
  • Client: Boise Cascade
  • Facility Type: Manufacturing facility
  • Concrete Polishing Contractor: Parker Smith, Smith and Company Painting, McMinnville, Oregon (503-472-8100)
  • Building Size: 150,000 sq. ft.
  • Project Scope: Polish 9,000 sq. ft. of concrete flooring
  • Timeline: Three weekends (Friday, Saturday, Sunday)

About The Polished Concrete Project

The manufacturing facility’s floor had seen better days. Constant heavy forklift traffic and multiple epoxy coatings had taken their toll on the 30-year-old concrete surface. Parker Smith and his team devised a plan to complete the project in three 3,000 sq. ft. sections, each tackled over a weekend, for a total of three weekends.

The polishing process began with 16 grit diamonds to remove the old epoxy coating. Gradually, the team worked their way up to an 800 grit polish, resulting in a stunning finish. During the polishing, a densifier and a couple of coats of penetrating sealer were applied to the slab to ensure durability and protection.

Boise Cascade was extremely satisfied with the results. The peeling epoxy was no longer an issue, and the polished concrete floor not only looked fantastic but was also easy to clean. Smith and Company Painting also developed a maintenance plan for the client, ensuring the floor would remain in pristine condition for years to come.

Polished Concrete By Smith and Company Painting of McMinnville Oregon

This Salem, Oregon manufacturing facility experienced a remarkable transformation thanks to the polished concrete expertise of Parker Smith and his team at Smith and Company Painting. The once worn-out and patchy floor was converted into a gleaming, low-maintenance surface that the client was proud to showcase. The project’s success demonstrates the potential of polished concrete as a practical and visually appealing flooring solution in industrial environments.

 

 

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Food and Beverage Industry Cleaning Portland Oregon

If you own or manage a restaurant, cafeteria, bakery or food processing business in Oregon, you need to watch this video.

Portable soda blasting is an amazing way to clean your commercial kitchen. Get rid of grease, food, oils, butter that gets everywhere over time.

Soda blasting can be used for a deep clean of your walls and floors too.

Epoxy Flooring for Commercial Kitchens

We specialize in commercial painting and epoxy coatings in the food and beverage industry. The best floor system is an epoxy system that will withstand the heat from ovens and cold from refrigeration. Plus it will withstand the extreme heat and pressure from hot water cleaning.

If you’re just getting ready to design and build a new commercial kitchen, consider installing our cove base system around all perimeter walls. We can apply epoxy right up to the top edge of cove molding. This creates flooring that is totally seamless. This avoids any chance of water, grease or bacteria to build up where walls meet floors.

Commercial Kitchen In Use

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Best Marine Paint for 100 Ft. Tugboat in Portland Oregon

Tugboat Floor Gets Marine Paint Epoxy System

Epoxy, urethanes, polyaspartics, solvent and water based sealers provide unique protective solutions to concrete, metal and steel surfaces. There are many coatings we use, each with their own unique characteristics and function.

In this project, we resurfaced the floors in the bathrooms of a 100 foot tugboat in Portland Harbor. For this project the process was to grind the surface, then apply a thick coating with decorative epoxy chips in tan color. This is not your ordinary marine paint.

Project Summary

  • Location – Portland Oregon
  • Property  Type – 100 foot tugboat
  • Scope – Grind 3 concrete bathroom floors after vct tile and adhesive had been removed. Seal floor with 2 component caulk where floor met wall. Then apply polyuria system to floors and walls up to approximately 2 inches. This makes floors easy to clean.
  • Problems – floor was in rough shape. Adhesive was a challenge to remove in a small space. Time was limited to 2 days for completion.
  • Solution – Polyurea coating with color flake chips. Non slip surface able to withstand abrasion salt water and regular cleaning.

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Epoxy, Urethane and Sealers – Portland Oregon

We have been in the commercial painting and coatings business for over 50 years serving customers from Salem to Portland Oregon.

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Metal Fuel Tank Painting Portland Oregon Metro Area

Metal and Steel Painting Portland Oregon

Painting metal fuel and water tanks like the one featured here in the Polk and Yamhill Counties require a 5 step process. This project was completed over 2 weekends.

Metal Fuel Tank Painting Process

1. Degreaser – Structure required degreasing to remove dirt and grime from truck and tractor exhausts.
2. Rust Removal – metal and steel fuel and water tanks are susceptible to corrosion. Grinding and spot hand sanding removed rust and flaking.
3. Power Washing – Power washing from top to bottom of 35 foot tall fuel tank. Access was via hydraulic lifts. This critical step removes degreaser, rust and dust.
4. Primer – Sherwin Williams Kem Kronik Metal Primer was used as the first coat. This is a rust preventing alkyd resin coating. It produces a high build film which can be coated with epoxy and urethane finish coatings. It is frequently used on iron and steel fuel and water tanks, machinery, marine vessels, hand rails, structural steel. It dries to approximately 3 mil thickness depending on application process..
5. Finish Coat – We applied 2 coats Sherwin Williams Pro Industrial Urethane Alkyd Enamel as final protective paint. This is a high solids paint with glossy finish.

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Smith and Company Flooring Of McMinnville Oregon

We have been providing commercial and residential paint, epoxy and specialty coating services to clients throughout Oregon for over 50 years.

Typical applications include wood painting and staining, concrete floor coatings, decorative floor polishing and steel, iron and metal painting.

 

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Case Study: Restoration at Domaine Drouhin Winery

The team here at Smith & Company Flooring is always honored to be called in for a job at a local Yamhill County winery because the wine industry is such a big part of the McMinnville area culture. We recently spent a week at Domaine Drouhin Winery in Dayton, OR, hired to return big wooden doors to their original glory.

The first step was to completely strip off the old clear coat from the wooden doors. It didn’t take the team long to notice the doors were in pretty poor condition. There were large dark water stains, which is common for wood in wineries. After quite a few rounds of sanding, the team applied several applications of wood bleach. This process took care of the water stains and made the doors look great.

After taking care of the damage on the wood, the doors were ready the team to apply the clear sealer. As always, we had to take the setting into consideration when picking the right product for our clients. The industrial wood clear coat we chose was a two-component material that will hold up in the wet environment. We ordered the Pro Line Prothane 4800 High Solids Polyurethane from Sherman Williams and applied three coats.

After taking care of the existing damage and applying a clear coat that is sure to last, the doors look as good as new.