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Items Tagged with 'Surface Preparation'

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What’s In My Truck: Installer Matt Garcia, San Angelo, Texas

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Beth Miller
April 22, 2022
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Installer Matt Garcia, owner of Craftsman Hardwood Flooring, shows off two tools that have upped his productivity.


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Installer Ken Ballin Shares His Most Nerve-Racking Flooring Install

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Katie Rork
February 14, 2022
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Installer Ken Ballin shares the challenge of transitioning 1,000 sq. ft. of glue-down engineered hardwood with two tile floors in a condo in Ocean City, New Jersey.


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Collomix Xo4 Mixer and Sigma Push Cutter

What’s In My Truck: Installer Ken Ballin, West Creek, New Jersey

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Beth Miller
February 10, 2022
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Installer Ken Ballin, owner of Skyro Floors, shares why he likes the Collomix Xo4 Mixer and Sigma Max Push Cutter.


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What to Look for When Choosing Your Self-Leveling Underlayment

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Andre Eisenmann
February 8, 2022
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The options for self-leveling underlayments (SLUs) are greater more than ever and it is sometimes complicated to choose the one that fits the best your need on a job. The market recognizes four technical criteria that can impact your decision.


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FCI January 2022 Product Focus: CFI WearCoat 2055

January 18, 2022
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A slow-cure, low-VOC polyaspartic that helps crews achieve smooth, glossy finish.
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Redoing the Redo of a Challenging Resilient Installation

January 13, 2022
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Robert Bagby, owner of R & B Installation in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is hired to tear up and replace a resilient flooring installation in an assisted living facility where the previous installer did not prep the subfloor properly and used too much glue on the gluedown LVT.


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Guide to Self-Leveling Underlayments

October 21, 2021
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A guide to the latest SLU technologies on the market. 


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What to Know About Today’s Self-Leveling Underlayments

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Danielle Clair Simpson
October 16, 2021
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Jeff Johnson, floor covering installation systems product manager, Mapei, shares an update on these products and what contractors and installers should keep top of mind when working with them.


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Selecting the Right Repair and Patching Solutions for a Job

FCI Staff
October 3, 2021
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With so many repair and patching solutions on the market designed to help eliminate flooring installation problems associated with disbonding, crumbling, mold, mildew and staining, defining which to use, how to use it and when will dictate your success.


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Installer Patrick Casey, Green Bay, Wisconsin

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Danielle Clair Simpson
October 2, 2021
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Installer Patrick Casey, from Green Bay, Wisconsin, shares his go-to tool.


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Must-See Flooring Installation Products - September 2021

We’ve rounded up the latest flooring installation product introductions, systems and technologies for this month's virtual product showcase.

Posted: September 17, 2021

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The International Surface Event (TISE) 2023

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