Category Archives: Engineering

The Pickering Project

by Davies Hood, Executive VP, Induron Coatings The scope of this project consisted of the repainting of both the interior and exterior of a 300,000 gallon elevated wash water tank as well as two large ground storage clearwells owned by … Continue reading

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The high points of repainting water storage tanks

 by Davies Hood, Executive VP, Induron Coatings Helping engineers, owners and contractors develop specifications for repainting water storage tanks is a big part of the service we offer here at Induron Coatings. In this month’s MP Materials Performance, a NACE … Continue reading

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Preserving the next generation.

by Davies Hood Executive VP, Induron Coatings As the world becomes a continually “greener” place, the industrial coatings market better get on the bus or get left behind. Emerging technologies are proving that lower and zero VOC coatings can perform as … Continue reading

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Permaclean 100 wins STI/SPFA product of the year

by Davies Hood Executive VP, Induron Protective Coatings Induron’s innovative Perma-Clean 100 Ceramic Epoxy has won the coveted STI/SPFA New Product of the Year Award! We are very excited about winning this award, because it is positive affirmation from the … Continue reading

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“Look Beneath the Surface.” It’s more than just a slogan.

by Davies Hood Executive VP, Induron Protective Coatings “Induron: Look Beneath the Surface.”  That’s our tag-line. More importantly it’s who we are. Yes it’s a play on words, because we are in the paint business and paint is used to … Continue reading

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We’re for down-home use too

by Davis Wildman of Floyd, VA When we finally got around to repairing the 100+ year-old metal, standing seam roof on our 225-year-old American chestnut post-and-beam log home in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, we researched lots of paints … Continue reading

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Induron Coatings, you just won the “Product of the Year Award”…What are you going to do next?

Last Monday (March 28) in Orlando, during the annual conference for STI/SPFA (Steel Tank Institute/ Steel Plate Fabricators Assoc.), Induron’s Perma-Clean 100 won the coveted “Product of the Year” award.

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Corrosion control and Perma-Clean™ 100

In our industry, corrosion control plays a huge factor in the longevity of tanks for both potable and wastewater. Our Perma-Clean™ 100 product is a solvent free epoxy resin designed for maximum corrosion protection of immersed substrates. Basically, it creates … Continue reading

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The future is uncertain, but we know we’ll all be thirsty!

Here’s a terrific article in Water World magazine on our nation’s water infrastructure.  And it’s got me thinking… As our nation tries to pull itself out of “the worst economy since the Great Depression” in the midst of spiraling national … Continue reading

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Civil Engineering isn’t stressful. Yeah right!

To our civil engineer friends:  did you know that a recent survey showed that 53.3% of you think your job is not stressful?  (we must have only worked with the other 46.7%)  

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