Does Spray-Lining have Anti-Stick Coatings?

Posted on May 13, 2014 by wpsladmin

Can I use your product to protect containers and what type of lining is recommended for this job?

Answer

– Thanks for your question Hector,

?Spray on Truck Bed Liner? is actually a Poly-Hybrid or Polyurea formula and in some case a polyurethane. The technology for spray bed liners came from the farm and military industries where slip-proofing and protective coatings were always a reality. Spray-Lining SLPVH product line is designed to be versatile, allowing the applicator to create protective coatings with a variety of characteristics from slip-proof to anti-stick. By using our “Part C” polymer powders in different ratios you can create high tensile strength anti-stick coatings for your specific application. You will use our recommended variation of poly to liquid (part A and B + R [flex] + C [powders]) plus a little bit of testing to get the perfect mix ratio for your application. Typical anti-stick coatings use a ratio of 2A : 1B flex + 1 part powder : 1 part liquid.

In any case, we do not display all of this exp simply because it is all in groups of unique issues that will definitely gloss over the average website visitor?s eyes. But that is the difference between us & Rhino or Line-X; they are a bed liner vendor & Spray-Lining, is part of Green Tech Solutions Team. We are a chemical manufacturer that specializes in coatings. I hope that answered you.

Deciding between Rhino, Line-X and Spray-Lining

SEMA 2013 Bed Liner

Posted on November 13, 2013 by wpsladmin

SEMA Bed Liner 2013

As you might have expected, Rhino Linings, Line-X and Scorpion Coatings were in the mingle at SEMA 2013 this year.

Line-X

Courtesy of Line-x Facebook

Willie being Willie

Who did they have there besides the American newly famous Willie Robertson of Duck Dynasty. This is a guy that is now an icon of a lifestyle that is closely tied to protective coatings. Like adopting a kid that is already on the honor roll, Line-X was engineering in their strategies with marketing at SEMA this year. Willie was personable and charismatic as country boys are known to be (sometimes).

Line-X is also announcing the launch of Truck Gear by line-X. This is a new series of parts and accessories that will propel Line-X into the automotive accessories market. This keeps bed liner married to new services like step bars, roll bars, fenders, bumpers, gates, etc…
The Duck Dynasty upgrade available for the 2014 Chevy Silverado 1500 Z71 is the Commander Series – a new truck concept specifically designed for Willie Robertson, CEO of Duck Commander, and unveiled during the 2013 SEMA Show. This is a package with LINE-X exterior coating, custom graphics and accessories that really set it apart.

Rhino Linings Bed Liner

Rhino Linings definitely had less exposure compared to Line-X luring Duck Dynasty fanatics. But, they came out with a pretty awesome look with their mad max style Jeep Bed Liner photo shoot. These Jeeps embody what’s possible with a quality spray on bed liner. Spray-Lining provides this capability with the highest quality DIY spray on bed liner on the market.

Where’s Tina?

Vehicle Builder’s Project List

Other companies like Scorpion Coatings and ToffLiner were on this list and helped to fortify and remodel some of the following projects:

More images from SEMA 2013

Awesome Job Scorpion – This JEEP looks great.

DIY Garage Floor Kits

Posted on April 11, 2013 by wpsladmin

Garage Floor Color Chip Options

Don?t take the easy way out

You have to do a topcoat if you are using color chips on your garage floor kit. Any company that sells garage floor kits without advising to use a clear top coat is taking the easy way out just to guarantee a sale. The truth is that without a clear coat over the broadcast medium, any floor will have problems maintaining a new look, cleanup and longevity.
Coating your garage floor with a quality poly hybrid coating is a solid addition to your property and adds a needed layer of protection to your high traffic areas. Concealing damage and stains on the original substrate are primary purposes of applying a garage floor coating.

DIY Garage Floors

It?s OK to Ask the Experts

You spend time in your garage and you know what you want

High Quality Service

Getting the right combination of materials and equipment to meet your budget is not that simple.

Don?t worry – Spray-Lining specializes in high quality surface coatings for all types of environments.
Do your research and compare
Not sure of the options? Call Us
Spray-Lining specializes in industrial coatings and spray polyurea, polyurea-hybrid, polyurethane and poly hybrid.

We beat the competition

Garage Floor Kit ? 3 car garage

How We Beat Them

Great deals on DIY Floor Kits ?We are a coatings manufacturer so you get the biggest discount here. We do not spend big money on advertising in order to continue providing the best prices on the net for high quality DIY flooring products.

Humble ? We just have a great product and do not get over inflated about it. The reality is that these materials are similar in many cases. We are not that unique in the area.

However ? We do boast superior technical support. We are available and professionals. We do boast over 30 years of professional applicator experience from the industrial and agriculture industry down to supporting

Our Product – Floor Coatings for Garages and Workshops

Your Koi Pond – 5 Great Design Ideas

Posted on April 9, 2013 by wpsladmin

Koi Pond Design

What a great idea. A pond in the backyard with fauna and viewing areas built in. It’s a great way to turn your land into a rewarding peaceful place to get some personal time and think. Just like any task, it comes down to materials, land, future goals and ability to do maintenance on your property.

Great Design Ideas Require Great Work

At the end of the day you are either going to be able to handle some, all or none of the work for yourself. You make decisions of design based on a few things: your desires, your budget, your physical constraints. You must be willing to pay for things you really cannot do and NOT GET STUCK.

View our Koi Pond Kits and Product Information

Check out these great ideas for designing and building your koi pond (doesn’t have to be koi specifically, but it’s a good example)

Koi Pond Basic – Specifications

pond-schema
A koi pond must be properly designed in order to allow whatever species you have living in your pond to thrive. In this case Koi Fish are the topic. Here are some basic guidelines for creating the necessary environment.

3+ feet deep
25 sq. ft. of pond per koi
No less than 1,000 gallons of water

Koi fish need shade. If you’re pond is in the direct sunlight you need to grow some kind of water plants that provide reasonable shade throughout 15%-30% of the pond surface area. Regardless, you need some sort of plant life to provide food and a healthy ecosystem for your pond.

Good filtration is a necessity to handle organic waste produced by the system that cannot be consumed by the environment. Spray Koi Pond Coatings instead of rolls of liner are very beneficial because you can install a bottom drain easily in this scenario.

Aeration is necessary to provide appropriate oxygen levels to the pond for your koi and other animals in the system. If you live in a hot climate or have large fish, proper aeration is crucial and can be accomplished with jets, waterfalls, and shallow streams.

Water quality is the last component that cannot be overlooked in the design phase of your koi pond. Optimal ph and water temperature are the two main factors determining water quality. A temp between 39 F and 68 F is ideal along with a ph balance between 7.0 and 7.8

Koi Pond Design – Visualizing

This is where your yard becomes a canvas. Many people may decide to bring in a landscape architect to help perfect the physical presentation of the koi pond and the surrounding plants and ground. With a spray coating for a koi pond the ideas are limitless. You don’t need to line the pond with heavy rocks or debris to try and hold down a plastic liner or protect the edge of the liner. You are also able to design absolutely any shape you want unlike traditional ponds where you are limited to round, oblong, or kidney shaped. This is a big plus, especially in small areas where you may want small veins throughout the area or have bottom structure that makes for an odd shaped floor.
If you do not have the dimensional thinking and understanding of plants that co-exist well, than a consultant might be right for you.
If you do have the ability, you might want to take a look at some of these resources for layout ideas:
Backyard Design | Koi Pond Shapes

Do NOT USE SMALL ROCKS in your Pond

This is a big no no. The maintenance is a nightmare. If you decide to do this, you will have to clean out the pond rock every year and clean thoroughly. If you don’t, small pockets of hydrogen will form under and between the rocks. If one of this pockets bursts, you will have a koi grave instead of a koi pond.

Move your water!

If you want to keep proper oxygen levels and keep algae from forming in uncontrollable levels, get a waterfall or a river. Waterfalls are an awesome addition to a koi pond because they really add depth to the area you are working with. They make a little area look much bigger. They create plenty of oxygen for your environment. Lighting up a waterfall at night is ridiculous! You will probably enjoy that addition for decades to follow

Spray Coat Your Koi Pond

Spray polyurea and polyurea hybrids are becoming very available and with significant advantages over concrete and traditional pond liners.

Concrete is very expensive in regards to labor and time to complete.
Traditional liners are cheaper, but they come at a price. These systems typically only last a few years which ends up costing you double the time and effort to just do a spray koi pond kit. In fact the original installation is easier because you do not have to mess around with bulky liners and seams. Instead you simply spray the area to the proper build, let it cure and … well, that’s it. This is also a LOT easier than trying to use concrete. There is no way you are going to do concrete DIY unless you are a mason by trade.

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What is MDI – Is it Safe?

Posted on April 5, 2013 by wpsladmin

What is MDI?

MDI is the acronym representing methyl diphenyl diisocyantate. There are three main versions of this compound:

2,2′-MDI
2,4′-MDI
4,4′-MDI

The 4,4′ isomer is most widely used.

Who makes MDI

Bayer followed closely by Yantai Wanhua. Other major producers are BASF, BorsodChem, Dow, Huntsman and Nippon Polyurethane Industry. All major producers of MDI are members of the International Isocyanate Institute. Their main purpose is the promotion of the safe handling of MDI and TDI in the workplace, community and environment. This implies that there is an inherent risk or danger involved with the use of this chemical.

How Dangerous is MDI?

MDI is an allergen and sensitizer, meaning that once certain amount of exposure occurs, the person is more susceptible to reaction at much lower concentrations. Persons developing sensitivity to isocyanates may have dangerous systemic reactions to extremely small exposures, including respiratory failure. Handling MDI requires strict engineering controls and personal protective equipment. With this knowledge it must be understood, that even though the resulting chemical reaction of polyols and MDI is a safe rugged durable polyurethane or polyurea coating, the process of applying this material is where the danger lies.

Marketing information for spray bedliner materials and other coatings tends to bypass this important fact. Yes, it’s stated in the msds sheets, or in fine print. However, generally sales people leave out the very important fact that any exposure to mist from the process of spraying a bedliner can result in allergic and sensitized reaction to the components. This is DANGEROUS and should be taken very seriously.

MDI Exposure from Bedliners

We would like to hear from anyone who has had physical negative side effects resulting from the exposure to spray on bedliners or other coatings involving polyurea or polyurea hybrids.

Why Do We Care?

We are manufacturers of high quality polyurethanes and polyhybrids that do not use MDI for reactions. We continue to research polyureas and polyurethane vendors. In that research, we find some covering up the facts about MDI in their products, or at least the danger associated with them.

Safe Bedliner with the Same Strength as Rhino and Scorpion

If you want a truly safe bedliner or coatings product that competes with Rhino Lining or Scorpion Bedliners, take a look at SL1000(R,X) polyhybrid bedliner. This material is superior in safety and comparable in function to rhino and scorpion.

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Become a Dealer

Autobody and Contractor Franchise Startups

Posted on April 2, 2013 by wpsladmin

Top Franchises for Contractors and Auto Body Shop Owners

I have selected a few franchises listed under ?Best Automotive Franchises? that range between 5,000 dollars and 50,000 dollars in startup cost.

Out of the gate, this is misleading because most of the included franchises have much greater total franchise investments.? The low figures are the out of pocket cash requirement which does not factor in-house and third party loans required to get busy.

We are not saying that opportunity does not exist, we are just identifying that it is a VERY SERIOUS proposition and anyone looking to go into it should tread carefully.

The Franchise Opportunity ? What do they offer?

Questionable Profits ? Many times the profit margins given to the prospect are before expenses, which is pretty useless and make it hard to understand actual net profit potential.
High Start Up Costs ? non-refundable initial franchise fees, required furniture, signs, equipment etc?? These items can be very expensive since there?s NO COMPETITION on these resources.
Encroachment ? Franchises like Line-X and other automotive franchises do not guarantee a locked radius.? So, when business is good, the opportunity to open another franchise in the area is irresistible to the franchisor.
Limited Independence ? With a franchise, remember you are buying the business plan as well as the marketing and materials.? So, if you want to improve on your business model there is often no room to make adjustments without breaking your franchisee agreement
Restrictions on post term competition ? When signing the franchise agreement, the business owner is many times signing away his/her rights to operate in competition with the franchisor for a number of years (5-7).? So, don?t think of going independent once you go down this road.

There is HOPE Keep Reading or go straight to the list of franchises

The difference between franchise agreements

The Noose Business

A Business Form or ?Package? franchise is like a McDonalds or Dunkin Donughts where you have extremely high start-up costs, a lot of competition and very strict rules to follow. You are not your own business man, you pretty much belong to the franchisor. These days, it?s becoming more difficult to get into a franchise for a large chain. Mult-unit operators are becoming more popular as they can leverage price and typically have a better track record for succeeding in business compared to a sole proprietor with little to no experience in running a successful business. Franchisors are able to be picky these days. They don?t just want your money; they want to guarantee their own success.

Enough Rope to Hang Yourself ? Product Franchise

You can still start a business and follow an existing successful model without all of the restrictions included in a franchisor-franchisee agreement.?? You can use a product franchise model where the agreement is to distribute or apply a company?s product (Like Mobil or GoodYear). ?This is a looser definition which mainly includes signage and product.? Your internal business is pretty much your own.? You still have franchise fees and some regulations to adhere to, but for the most part you run the business the way you see fit.

Build Your Business and Succeed

An even looser contract is one that simply provides you with material with no minimum to buy and targeted marketing to support local presence and brand awareness.? If you already have a successful business and are looking to add some alternate revenue stream you may want to look at this.

Spray-Lining offers a material?s based opportunity competing directly with Rhino Linings Line-X and Scorpion Coatings. ?There are no minimums or franchise agreements.? You are investing in superior applicator technical support, a broad set of material for coatings (bedliners, floors, agriculture, industrial) and local marketing of your existing business.

Why franchises fail

Location selection
False expectations
Poor business decisions
Poor understanding of what the franchisee is responsible for
Unclear understanding of ROI
Poor franchisor selection

Expecting a substantial return on investment without a time to mature and expected sweat equity will guarantee failure.

Sweat Equity

The general rule for business is that if you are you own a business you will work 70-80 hours compared to the employed counterpart.? The benefit is that overtime the return will greatly surpass those punching a clock and there is a chance at designing your own lifestyle.? However, there is always a great investment in time and effort to get over the startup hump.? This is why many will fail whether they are a franchise or not past the first 5 years.

Let’s Get to the Review

Following is a list of 5 startups that boast under $50,000 startup.? Most these prices are startup capital for the rights to have the name and marketing associated with the franchise and DO NOT include other investments required to get your business running.

From material costs to total loan amounts that are not included in the minimal cost figure displayed.? For example, AAMCO states that the startup fee is $39,400.? However, the franchise investment required is about $250,000 dollars.

Aamco

Cash Requirement: $39,500

Total Investment: $232,000 ? $299,000

As soon as you become an AAMCO franchisee, they offer:

Market development and site selection
Extensive new-franchisee orientation and training
Proven national advertising along with local marketing campaigns
Established business systems, operations support and recruiting assistance
Multi-unit growth and real estate acquisition opportunities

Reviews of AAMCO

Flooring and Coating Franchises

A few of the opportunities we listed here are flooring and coating franchises.? These are interesting for the automotive owner usually because the amount of specialized equipment is minimal.? A compressor and a few specialized components are required to get started and the process is familiar in regards to the autobody shops that do painting and truck bedliners.

Non-Franchise Start Ups that make Money

http://www.spray-lining.com Spray-Lining is a non-franchise business agreement that focuses on bringing money to your existing business and markets your business, NOT their own.

Concrete Technology Inc

Cash Required: ?$9,500 ? $300,000 cash

Focusing on beautification of old and/or damaged outdoor floors with Acrylic concrete solutions. A CTi Dealership is backed with stocking inventory and comes with CTi’s proven business plan that can make anyone successful.

Notice the broad startup capital required?. You cannot start up for under $50,000 effectively.

Location : Tampa, FL

Review of contractor for CTI

Global garage floor and design

Cash required: $50,000 cash

What They Do
As one of the premier garage refinishing and coating companies in North America, Global Garage Flooring? and Design offers complete garage makeover solutions from custom industrial strength concrete floor coatings to top of the line cabinetry. A secondary component of our business entails a focus on commercial and industrial flooring applications.

Three Lines of Revenue Stream;

Garage Floors
Commercial Floors
Cabinet & Storage Solutions

Full Training and Support

We walk you through your initial equipment, office, business and storage area set up
4 Days of training at a successful Global Garage facility
Additional 4 Days of training at your location using your equipment
Manufacturer flooring training
Manufacturer cabinets training
Ongoing coaching, newsletters, meetings, etc. It?s this ongoing Motivation & Support that makes the difference!

Novus Glass Repair

Cash Required: $14,000
Investment Range:?$22,975 – $206,800

Business Type:?Franchise
SBA:?Yes
Financing:?In House

NOVUS is Proud to Announce Our New Company-Based Finance Program!
In this challenging economy, which has made it difficult for some qualified candidates to obtain bank financing, NOVUS has developed its? own finance program. You can now own your own NOVUS franchise for $14,000 (New Repair /Replace Franchise). This down payment will be paid on your first day of training. This finance program is available to all accepted candidates. There are no pre-pay penalties if you decide to pay off your loan in full.

“While the rewards of business can be great, success is never guaranteed. We made the conscious decision to buy a franchise because we wanted the best name recognition?the best business services?and an established national reputation. NOVUS? offered all these things and more”.
– Bob & Linda Brendal, Missouri

Operations

A proven business model
Business Operations Reference Manual
Franchisee-to-franchisee consultation and support
The industry’s highest quality products and resins
National warranty program
NOVUS Research & Development Innovation
Preferred provider program – Glass tool advertising buy programs.
Instant Credibility
National and international brand recognition
25 Million+ satisfied customers

Paint Bull

Cash Required: no minimum required
Investment Range:?$5,000-$45,000
Business Type:?Business Opportunity
SBA:?Yes
Financing:?3rd Party

Paint Bull Business Programs

Paint Bull offers a variety of Business Programs for becoming a Paint Bull Certified Affiliate.

Paint Repair Business Program:
From Stone Chips to Key Scratches, Scuffed Bumpers and even damaged Rims- the Paint Repair Business Program shows you how to profit from any type of paint and clear coat damage you will ever see.
Paintless Dent Repair Business Program:
We’ve added basic Paint Touch Up and Clear Coat Polishing to traditional PDR Techniques to complete our unique Paintless Dent Repair Business Program.
Interior Repair Business Program:
Car Dealerships, hotels, restaurants, marina…the list of potential customers fixing damaged seats and furniture is endless. The Interior Repair Business Program; “it’s not just for car dealers anymore!”

Autopia Paint Bull Review

In Summary

Franchises do work in the right environment.? However, if you are an existing body shop or contractor looking to set up your future by growing your existing business be careful and do your research.? From what I can tell, if you have less than 50k to invest in a business, a franchise is a risky deal.? Look into product based businesses and opportunities that offer to expand your existing name locally.? This is the key to getting a return in your first year. ?Inflated costs and extra fees and royalties associated with franchises may drown you.

Also, be ready to work your ass off for the first one to five years.? It?s a reality with any business, and if you already own one then you are already onboard.

So, get out there, do your research and make some money.

Non-Franchise Business Opportunity

Spray-Lining Truck Bed liners, Floors, and Coatings

Cash required: $3,000 – $10,421

This is a non-franchise, product based business with local marketing for your business.? They sell high quality polyuria, polyuria hybrid, poly-hybrid based products to add to your existing contracting or auto business.? If you are in the construction or repair industry you can make good solid income with this opportunity.? The cost is not that much and the potential jobs range from a few hundred to tens of thousands.? There is never a guarantee for profitability, but this is one of the better choices when it comes to NOT failing.

Benefits of Spray Cartridges

Posted on April 1, 2013 by wpsladmin

They are definitely clean compared to using plural equipment….But, there are a lot of downfalls to polyurea spray cartridges for Bedliner.

Solutions to Cartridge Spray Guns

Typically the Cartridge is seen as a solution to traditional plural spray systems for polyurea and polyurethane hybrid coatings. However, in this post we are going the other way. Why? To keep the reader informed on all technologies. In the polyurea and polyurethane hybrid coating markets, there are a lot of options when it comes to materials and equipment for bedliners, floors and other projects.

Spray-Lining Product Detail

Polyurea

Superior performance to hybrids and polyurethane in general. The main reaction is isocyantates and an amine which yields a super strong industrial strength material. However, the application of these materials is highly regulated in it’s pure form and in many cases across the US, is not allowed.
Poly Basics

Polyurea Hybrid

Poylurea hybrids have less polyurea (isos) but still exhibit superior tensile strength and impact resistance making them very suitable replacements for pure polyureas.

Polyurethane Bedliner

Pure polyurethane bedliners are not popularized that much these days. You usually hear about pure polyurea (which is typically not true) and polyurea hybrids (70-30 polyurea/polyurethane blends). The large franchises are marketing their products as superior to everyone else’s. The reality is that out of the top 3-5 brands, they all have positive aspects that make them better than the other in some way or the other.

Other Applications for Polyurea and Polyurea Hybrids

Koi Pond Lining and Coatings
Floor Coatings for Garages and Workshops

Armadillo Versus Line-X

Posted on March 27, 2013 by wpsladmin

Armadillo Liners – Comparison buying guide

Armadillo-vs-Line-X offers a variety of bedliner materials for your body shop. They have pure polyurea, polyurea hybrids and polyurethane systems for truck bedliners. It seems they have 5 main products that are available in 5 gallon and drum set quantities. These range from 100% pure polyurea to 60 (polyurea) / 40 (polyurethane) ratios.

Armadillo Pricing : The prices are not posted and you cannot get any kind of general idea on the pricing.

Do it yourself : NO

Colors: 7 colors (pewter[grey], dark grey, light grey, blue, green, red, )

Notes: Spray-Lining and Coatings offers polyurea, polyurea hybrid, poly-hybrid and polyurethane. We have color options for any number of colors, standard or custom colored bedliner. Compare us to Armadillo liners and see the difference. We are a generic alternative to Rhino Linings, Scorpion Coatings and Armadillo Liners.

Compare Armadillo to Line-X

Line-X offers primarily a high pressure pure 100% polyurea solution for bedliners and industrial coatings. They have a great product. Their business model is different than Armadillo in the sense that they have strong franchise agreements whereas Armadillo is a pure distributor of high grade bedliner in volume. Line-X has opportunities for someone looking for a turnkey solution for pure polyurea.

Line-X Pricing : Not available, but we know that there are very strict franchise agreements and expensive equipment costs to get started. You will spend upwards of $50,000 to get spraying with Line-X

Do it yourself : Not available

Colors : No colors as far as we can tell, though we have seen a few images with colors

Notes: Line-X is definitely a top quality product. However, the franchise agreement appears to be very strict from what we have heard. There are many satisfied dealers that turn a good profit. As with any business opportunity failure is common. Spray-Lining is a superior solution for the body shop or contractor who is looking for a low cost startup with immediate profit potential.

Any feedback about your experience with Armadillo or Line-x is welcome.

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Competing DIY Spray Guns: Low Quality

Posted on March 25, 2013 by wpsladmin

DIY Products come with Low Quality Spray Guns

Rollers identify low quality product from the start- they equate to a 1 part (1 part vs 2 parts or plural component) there is no texture control so those products have little beads or ?pebbles? to create some slip-proofing? Faulty coatings yield low end results. The main indicator is that the ?orange peel? or texture wears out quickly. This is why:

They?re made of a different solid material than the coating which dries ?around? each grain but with no actual ?bond? to the grains,
These grains are made of either crumb rubber (old tires) or ground acrylic paint which bears no stress, they fall out,
They?re not made of polyurea or polyhybrid which have very high tensile strengths over 2,000 psi
The shutz , pronounced ?shoots gun? is the cheapest undercoating gun on earth. Many don?t come with containers to hold the coating!

Shutz guns were made for 1-part under coating which is a cheap tar-like formula to spray under vehicle frames & bodies & not to apply a bedliner which is inherently less viscous (thinner) than tar? since undercoating guns were never designed for true spray on bedliner, and mostly because true spray-lining formulas require good equipment to apply, every DIY spray on bedliner sold except SLC equate to imitations and poor spray guns.

Al?s Liner Professional Gun

? Al?s Liner comes with no gun, BUT you can buy theirs for fifty-five dollars. The real problem with that is that it?s a cheap gun available at harbor freight for $14. Als liner DIY bedliner kit comes with 1 gallon + 4 ounces primer + 4 ounces color = 134 ounces = barely over a gallon of spray bedliner. This is NOT enough to line a truck bed properly. PERIOD. Al?s Liner States ?A professional grade bed liner spray gun that delivers a perfect finish to your and can be used over and over again. It?s an all-purpose air texture. SLC uses Graco, Binks, DeVilBiss equipment. You might verify at the AlsLiner site or inspect truths at http://www.spray-lining.com/diy/compare-diy-bedliners.php .

Professional Spray Guns for Professional Results with DIY Bedliner

Our SLC Spray Guns are Top Notch ?

Multiple external tips for texture control
Internal settings for profile
A directional, wide throat hopper with state-of-the-art, purging gun body

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Get Professional Service and Equipment with Spray-Lining and Coatings

Quality materials for spray bedliner, floors, koi ponds, agricultural equipment. Our support is from real professionals with time to help you.

Killing Yourself Slowly

Posted on March 13, 2013 by wpsladmin

The polyurea and polyurethane coating industries have become increasingly important as the functional applications have increased. The following uses have been identified and highly employ protective coatings:

– Theme parks
– Playground
– Boats
– truck bed liners
– agricultural equipment
– military
– bridges
– industrial

Side Effects of a Superior Product

Lung infections, sore eyes and skin rashes, neurological damage, kidney and liver damage along with others are all symptoms of exposure to polyurea and/or polyurethane either by vapor or direct contact. Dangerous chemicals are applied frequently in many industries and environments. The key is that after they cure or are applied, there is a reasonable threshold they attain that makes them safe. Like after painting, you notice the ?paint smell? subsides after 3-4 days and all is good. Well, it?s not really like that, but that is a simple comparison.

What is Safe?

Safe simply means that there are no immediate or long term side effects to touching or being near a material for some period of time at some concentration in some environment. One of the most obvious examples of NOT safe is the bi-product of Nuclear Power Plants. These materials are so hazardous that they are stored underground in water tight containers FOREVER. Yet, we still produce them on a daily basis in the name of ?clean energy?. So, some group of lawmakers determined that the risk is worth the reward.

Is this worth the RISK

Radioactive Waste in Washington causes ground water hazard potential. The Governor Inslee stated that there was no current health risk because it would take some time for the leaks to breach ground water or the Columbia River. WHAT??!!

Why are household chemicals considered safe?

They contain cancer causing or otherwise dangerous (to the respiratory, skin or other organs) chemicals that evaporate into the air you breathe or are absorbed through the skin when in direct contact. Still, people use Xylene, Lacquer Thinner, gasoline, bleach, Chlorine and other dangerous chemicals daily in an effort to clean, prepare, construct and operate their lives.
You see the warnings on the labels and hopefully you follow the safety precautions as directed. Unfortunately, sometimes people hold an idea of ?if I cannot see it, it cannot hurt me?. This is a deadly mentality to carry when working with chemicals in general.
Bleach for instance has horrible side effects if used without gloves and face mask or used in a closed environment. Yet, we use it every day on our countertops, toilets and walls. The long term side effects are not discussed much because the industry would rather assume that consumers are following all safety practices.

Handling is Key

Millions of articles, books, directions, guides address the issue of safely handling materials. MSDS sheets exist to provide necessary handling procedures and exposure prevention information. OSHA exists to provide safety regulations to the US workforce. Small business owners really need to place importance on materials handling, application and preventative measures for exposure. They are typically less regulated and may have better odds for cutting corners because there is less accountability.
Applying Polyurea or Polyurethane like a dumbass
Simply put, if you are spraying a polyurea or polyurethane material and not wearing proper respirator and protective clothing you are walking a tight rope. Similarly, if you are spraying it outside with no booth than you are exposing others to a very dangerous situation. If you are spraying it inside with no protection you are asking for it.
Source(http://www.rainforestinfo.org.au/good_wood/housepnt.htm)
?Polyurethanes are made from isocyanates, the chemicals associated with the world’s worst chemical accident in India in 1984 (the Bhopal disaster, which involved the accidental release into the atmosphere of methyl isocyanate from a Union Carbide factory). They cause lung irritation or lung damage and are sensitising chemicals, meaning that after sufficient exposure, one can become highly sensitive in an allergic way, reacting to even very small doses of the chemicals (5, 10). They may be released as monomers from both water-based and organic solvent-based polyurethane varnishes. The combination of volatile aromatics and the release of isocyanates make polyurethanes one of the most hazardous interior-use products on the market. ?

Safe Polys that are Comparable to Dangerous Ones

There are safe poly hybrids that have the same physical characteristics of polyureas and polyurethanes but don?t have the same negative side-effects seen with the Rhino Lining, Line-X, Ultimate Linings, Qwikliner and other coatings companies.

Blowing Your Mind

In an interview with a polyurethane applicator we were told that the representative of one of the above companies specifically stated that they were told, ?There is no problem spraying our polyurea. It is completely safe and environmentally friendly?.
Why on earth would a bed liner company risk the life of others to simply make a deal? Maybe a deal with the Devil!
Do your research if you are a body shop owner or repair business who also applies spray coatings like Rhino Lining, Line-X, Scorpion or Spray-Lining bedliner.