Jan 4, 2021 | Featured Products
Starting your surface prep project with the right equipment will do more than help you complete the job. Prepping concrete correctly from the get-go will boost your efficiency and ensure you don’t have to do extra work or, in some cases, backtrack. In this post, we’ll...
Dec 2, 2020 | Advice & Tips, Featured Posts
The right approach to polishing, coating, or repairing your concrete floors will prove to be a worthy investment in functionality and aesthetics. But before you can start, you’ll need to be thorough in preparing your surface or risk the project backfiring on you....
Nov 24, 2020 | Advice & Tips
Concrete is a popular flooring choice across every commercial industry and for a variety of home projects. Ensuring that you’re using the right concrete floor coating for the job is critical – both for your budget and for the sake of the lifespan of your floor....
Nov 13, 2020 | Advice & Tips
Polished concrete is the go-to choice for a wide range of commercial flooring endeavors. You can find it under your feet at hospitals, schools, department stores, and just about any location seeking a near-permanent flooring solution and attractive shine. In fact,...
Oct 26, 2020 | Flooring Equipment
There are several factors you will want to consider when it comes to choosing between propane and electric surface preparation equipment. Maybe you value choosing equipment that is environmentally less harmful than other options. Propane as a fuel source, for example,...
Oct 19, 2020 | Advice & Tips
Concrete can make for strong and long-lasting surfaces and flooring. But it’s not without its pitfalls. Exposure to chemicals, traffic, heavy equipment, and even harsh weather can wear down even the highest quality concrete if left untreated. The right coating can...
Oct 6, 2020 | Advice & Tips
Regardless of commercial industry or residential purposes, garage flooring needs can vastly differ from case to case. If you’re looking for a dependable, long-lasting coat, you rarely have to go very far, as many coating products boast similar qualities. But...
Sep 28, 2020 | Advice & Tips
Colored concrete has been a popular choice for exterior residential projects for decades. Just take a stroll down a neighborhood street, and you’re bound to see at least a few colorful driveways or patios. But in recent years, this material has found favor everywhere...
Sep 14, 2020 | Runyon Roots
This Runyon Roots article is long overdue, as Nick has been with our Runyon family for over two years! Nick is part of our RSP Team and works at our Rancho Cordova, California office in the shipping & receiving department! He was born in Fort Carson, Colorado on...
Sep 9, 2020 | Industry Trends
Concrete flooring aesthetics are more important than you might think. While plain, unadorned concrete may not be a thing of the past quite yet, it’s certainly heading that way. And at this point, you’d be hard-pressed to find a customer who isn’t worried about looks....
Aug 31, 2020 | Advice & Tips
Once relegated to warehouse floors and out-of-sight restaurant kitchens, polished concrete can now be found in universities, corporate offices, and even residential dwellings. The right floor grinders and other equipment, coupled with proper surface preparation, will...
Aug 26, 2020 | News
As your one-stop shop for all things concrete polishing, surface preparation, and resinous flooring, Runyon Surface Prep strives to always provide our customers with the very best. To that end, we’re constantly seeking out industry partners and the perfect products to...
Aug 21, 2020 | Advice & Tips
Whether you’re new to the world of concrete polishing or you’ve tackled hundreds of jobs, you probably know that taking on a project without the appropriate tools and equipment can only end in disaster. You’ll need the right concrete polishing tools and consumables to...
Aug 17, 2020 | Featured Posts, News
We strive to treat our customers like family here at Runyon Surface Prep, and a key quality of that personal service involves listening to what industry professionals want—and then making it happen. What can we do to simplify their complex jobs, meet their varied...
Jul 31, 2020 | Featured Posts, News
Runyon Surface Prep is excited to announce that we now offer financing! We’ve partnered with Kwipped to provide our customers with an easy way to request quotes and compare rates. Click on the “Apply For Financing” button in your shopping cart, fill in your...
Jul 30, 2020 | Advice & Tips
Any surface prep professional will tell you that an untreated concrete floor is a pain. A hard troweled concrete floor is easy to maintain in certain circumstances. If you don’t polish or coat concrete, you’ll quickly end up with cracking, spalling, and...
Jul 23, 2020 | Flooring Equipment
Flooring is an often overlooked but vital component of a sanitation plan. Unfortunately, surfaces like carpet, vinyl, and tile can harbor grime and even pathogens. The coronavirus pandemic has made both individuals and institutions far more aware of the spread of...
Jul 17, 2020 | Advice & Tips
Surface preparation is a vital step in the concrete polishing process, but maintenance is the key to making sure that a floor lasts. Foot traffic, heavy machinery, dirt, grime, spills, and more can dirty polished concrete and wear down the topcoat sealant over time,...
Jul 14, 2020 | Advice & Tips
If you’re interested in learning how to polish concrete with a power trowel, we can help. The concrete flooring experts at Runyon Surface Prep have been big proponents of this method for years—in fact, we even developed an innovative magnetic preload system to...
Jun 29, 2020 | Runyon Roots
At Runyon Surface Prep, we’re dedicated to providing tools, equipment, and knowledge contractors need to tackle concrete polishing and surface preparation jobs of any size. But we don’t stop there—we keep our ears to the ground and a constant finger on the pulse...
Jun 23, 2020 | Advice & Tips
Power trowels aren’t just concrete finishing tools—they’re also being used as highly productive polishing machines to create a smooth, reflective, durable surface with a fraction of the effort required for traditional grinding. But there’s still a fair amount of...
Jun 5, 2020 | Advice & Tips
Since OSHA began enforcing its new standard for silica exposure in 2017, we’ve seen a rise in the use of wet polishing techniques, which eliminate the hazard of airborne silica. Power trowel polishing is one of those wet techniques that brings with it a number of...
May 25, 2020 | Advice & Tips
It’s no secret that polished concrete floors offer a number of advantages over other flooring options, from cost efficiency to durability. But the coronavirus pandemic is quickly bringing another benefit of this flooring option to light: easy sanitation. Research...
May 18, 2020 | Flooring Equipment
When it comes to preparing and finishing a concrete surface, you have plenty of options, from colored stains to polished concrete. It’s vital to understand the various benefits of these choices, so that when you run into a customer who isn’t quite sure what they need...
May 6, 2020 | Runyon Roots
We are excited to announce that we now have an east coast Runyon Surface Prep sales representative! Let us introduce you to Filip Fredrik Akermark! Filip (Fil) was born on December 24, 1994, in Taby, Sweden, which is located 15 minutes from the capital of Sweden...
Apr 9, 2020 | Advice & Tips, Featured Posts
Trowel polishing is quietly becoming a popular method of polishing concrete in the surface preparation industry. But if you’ve tried looking into the technique online, you’ve probably come away disappointed at the lack of reliable information out there. Luckily,...
Apr 6, 2020 | Advice & Tips
Cracks, sunken areas, the dreaded spalling—no contractor likes to see these things when they walk onto a job site. Unfortunately, improper curing processes, moisture issues, and other exterior forces can result in concrete damage to warehouse floors and corporate...
Mar 31, 2020 | Advice & Tips, Featured Posts
Current global conditions are creating quite a bit of uncertainty and fear, but we’re also seeing an immense amount of learning taking place—both in terms of medical knowledge and how we function as a society. The team at Runyon Surface Prep sincerely hopes that...
Feb 12, 2020 | Advice & Tips
Are you ready to add new surface preparation machinery to your arsenal permanently, or are you just hoping to rent some equipment for a few projects? Not sure which option is right for your business? We can help. The industry experts at Runyon Surface Prep have years...
Jan 16, 2020 | Advice & Tips
While trowel polishing is becoming more prevalent in the surface preparation industry, we still get our fair share of questions. Today, we’re answering some of your most-asked queries about trowel polishing and Runyon Surface Prep’s Magnetic Preload System for use...
