Industrial painting and coatings in Sherbrooke

What we do in Sherbrooke

We prepare and protect steel and concrete in Sherbrooke plants: epoxy and urethane floors, painting of frames and equipment, anti-corrosion coatings for structures, tank linings and concrete protection for washdown areas and pits. Work is carried out by our crews and qualified subcontractors, under one quote and one inspection file.

Coatings are our core business. The system is chosen from the surface's use, cleaning chemicals, service temperature and ISO 12944 corrosivity, then applied to the manufacturer's data sheet. We work for industry only, not residential.

• Protective coatings: systems and inspection
• Industrial painting

Industrial sectors in Sherbrooke and the Eastern Townships

Sherbrooke is the industrial city of the Eastern Townships. It has metal fabrication and machinery, rubber and plastics, pulp and paper and wood products, along with many food plants, dairy in particular, in the surrounding towns. The Magog and Saint-François rivers run through the city and long powered its mills.

Each sector wears surfaces down in its own way. In food processing, it is daily washdowns, hot water, acids and thermal shock on floors. In manufacturing, it is oils, chips and forklifts. In paper and wood mills, humidity, steam and process chemicals attack steel and concrete.

• Concrete protection
• Corrosion protection

Most requested services in Sherbrooke

Industrial floors come first: epoxy in production areas and warehouses, urethane cement where there is hot water and thermal shock, with an anti-slip finish and sanitary coves in food rooms. Next come painting of frames, mezzanines and equipment, and repainting of outdoor structures.

Abrasive blasting prepares heavily corroded steel, under containment. Hydro blasting removes old films and deposits from concrete and steel without abrasive. Water, milk, product and containment tanks get a lining chosen for the liquid.

• Industrial epoxy flooring
• Steel structure painting
• Hydro blasting
• Abrasive blasting

On-site work and production shutdowns

We work inside your plant, with our mobile preparation, painting, dust collection and heating units. Food plants in the region rarely stop for long: a floor is often done during a weekend shutdown or the holiday period, with a product whose return-to-service time fits the window.

Cleanliness, odour and compliance with the site's hygiene rules are settled before work starts. For removable parts, the plant's maintenance shop can serve as the work area.

• Anti-slip industrial flooring

Access and planning from LaSalle

Sherbrooke is reached from LaSalle by the Eastern Townships highway. A survey can be done as a day trip, and longer jobs are organized with lodging on site. Survey, quantities, access equipment and internal permits are settled remotely before departure, so time on site goes to the work.

When several plants in the Eastern Townships or Centre-du-Québec have similar needs, jobs can be grouped on one trip, notably with Drummondville. Our project management service coordinates coatings with the other trades during a shutdown.

• Project management and shutdown coordination

Climate in the Eastern Townships

The Eastern Townships have colder, snowier winters than the Montreal plain, and valley humidity encourages condensation on cold steel in spring and fall. Docks and ramps take a lot of de-icing salt. Every product has a minimum application and cure temperature: below it, epoxy bonds poorly or stays soft.

We measure substrate temperature, relative humidity and dew point before every coat, and concrete moisture before a floor. Exterior work goes in the warm season; in winter, work is done under a heated, ventilated enclosure or indoors.

• Applying epoxy in cold weather

Standards and inspection records

We apply the owner's specification. Common references are ISO 12944 for steel system selection, ISO 8501-1 and SSPC/AMPP standards for preparation, SSPC-SP 13 for concrete and SSPC-PA 2 for dry film thickness. The site receives a file: ambient conditions, preparation, thicknesses, adhesion depending on the system, data sheets and photos. Independent inspection can be added on request.

• Coating inspection