Industrial Paint: How Industrial Painters Make Your Manufacturing or Warehouse Facility Look New
In our competitive world, having a productive work facility is critical. A bright and clean work area is necessary both for working and for showing off to your clients to show that your company is capable of completing its work. Facility inspections by current or prospective customers have become commonplace and you are sometimes given short notice to show how you really operate, leaving little to no time for house cleaning. .
The best way to light an industrial building is to make sure the ceiling and walls are clean and bright. Ceiling painting contractors have increased lighting in facilities up to five times what it was before the ceiling painting job was done. Easily measured with a light meter, the improvement is also visibly obvious to someone without measuring tools. When you paint ceilings a brilliant white, the ceiling suddenly becomes one big light reflector. By contrast, a dark and dirty unpainted ceiling offers no reflection.
Dirty, dark, and unpainted ceilings in factories, plants, and warehouses can also be dangerous. They are known to be great hiding places for contamination that can cause spontaneous combustion due to residual oil, paper dust, ink paper dust, and process solvents that take place downstream in a current or previous manufacturing process.
Often the air quality at the roof level of an industrial manufacturing facility is highly polluted. Solvents, chemicals, and other debris from the process taking place below make their way up to the ceiling where they settle. The temperature is also often much higher at roof level, exacerbating the problem. Additionally, a dirty ceiling can contaminate products during the manufacturing process by allowing dirt or contamination to fall onto the production line.
A sparkling clean roof is also safer for workers, owners and service personnel. Pipe color coding gives utility workers and firefighters a safe, easy and clear way to differentiate the maze of pipes found in most roofs. This clarity not only saves your business staff time, but can also save lives if time is of the essence during an emergency. It also looks more aesthetically pleasing to all who see it.
Coating systems for painting ceilings range from tumble dry paints that are made with a solvent system that allows the sprayed paint to dry before it hits the ground, to epoxy and other more surface tolerant coatings that allow us to paint economically surfaces that are more difficult to paint. prepared due to dirt, limited access and/or corrosion. Care should be taken when planning to paint a metal roof; The type of metal used for the ribbed cover varies, with some using a sequined galvanized finish. This requires a non-alkyd paint finish as the alkyd will react with the zinc in the galvanizing and create a lime or soapy oxide which will cause the paint to flake off. The presence of surface contamination should also be checked; Oil and other materials may be present and must be removed before painting, or a more expensive surface tolerant coating must be used.
Ceiling color uniformity can also help make a facility look more presentable.
The process of hiring an industrial painting contractor initially involves them visiting the project to assess site conditions. This can also be done by emailing images to your office along with dimensions if only a budget price estimate is required. Industrial painting contractors will then summarize a quote for the customer’s review. A purchase order would be issued to the contractor and the details of the job would be discussed, such as start and completion dates and what preparation is required on the client’s part prior to our arrival. The projects vary enormously; Some facilities are occupied and section off the area to work and hang curtain walls to close off the area, while others are bare and empty so we can work. The least congestion with equipment, etc. in one area, the faster they can access the areas being painted, which means it’s less expensive to complete the project. Busy facilities generally have more time allocated to whitewashing and cleanup activities than actual painting time. Industrial contractors will always strive to provide their clients with the best solutions available.
Some industrial contractors, but not all, are used to working with strict time constraints, such as plant closures. They know the hours required to complete the project and combine this with the time allotted by the client to complete the project to determine their labor and equipment requirements.
Don’t leave your painting project for the last minute! Preparation is a must to successfully complete painting projects. Professional painting contractors need to take preparation seriously. They must have a perfect track record for completing the project on time. Ordering materials, coordinating labor, and accessing equipment assignments take time. If it appears that surfaces require testing to ensure adhesion, we use the pre-planning stage to do this as well. Remember the old saying “if you fail to plan, you plan to fail”.
In busy facilities, odor can be a concern for the customer and for this reason we have low odor coatings that can be used to ensure that personnel in adjoining areas are not exposed to hazardous solvents or objectionable odours. Coating integrity is our first priority, so in areas where surface preparation is difficult to perform and surfaces are less than perfect, we are forced to use coatings that have a stronger odor. Mitigation of these issues is a priority for Induspray, particularly during our pre-planning stage of the project. We coordinate activities with potential odor concerns in mind by using low-odor coatings whenever possible, checking facility ventilation, using odor maskers, applying coating outside of business hours work, coordinating the closure of adjoining work areas that are being painted, etc.