Sep 12, 2019 | Advice & Tips
Emergencies and disasters can strike at any moment and you never want to be unprepared when this happens. According to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the most frequent causes of evacuations in the U.S. each...
Jul 26, 2019 | Advice & Tips, Featured Posts, Flooring Equipment, Industry Trends
Today, using a power trowel system makes polishing concrete a breeze – it’s efficient. Power trowel polishing has an average labor reduction of 75% compared to traditional planetary grinding. In addition, you minimize your average tooling cost per square foot....
Jul 3, 2019 | Customer Highlights
Here at Runyon Surface Prep, we’re pretty proud of our 10-year partnership with Ameripolish. The company is known as a true rebel in the industry, developing new and exciting technology to prep, strengthen, color, protect and maintain polished concrete floors for...
Jun 24, 2019 | Runyon Roots
It gives me great pleasure to introduce to you, Austin Cox. Austin started working at Runyon Surface Prep in January of this year. His first introduction into our industry was at the 2019 World of Concrete. Austin was born August 22nd, 1997 in Bloomington, Indiana....
Jun 11, 2019 | Customer Highlights
When our customers need to repair and protect a concrete floor, they ask for Metzger/McGuire joint fillers and repair products. And we sell a lot of Metzger/McGuire joint filler. As one of Runyon’s first supplier-partners (almost 10 years now), Metzger/McGuire has...
May 7, 2019 | Advice & Tips, Featured Posts
Last week, we decided we were in need of a nice looking workbench to assemble our magnetic preload system on. When we started thinking of creative ways we could use what he had around the shop to make something cool an idea clicked. What we came up with was a table...
Mar 13, 2019 | Advice & Tips, Featured Posts
As spring approaches, the weather begins to turn, and as the days seem to get longer, many homeowners look to spend more time outside. With this shift comes a demand for exterior renovations like mulching the garden beds, updating exterior paint, or even cleaning and...
Feb 18, 2019 | Runyon Roots
Savanna is one of the newest members to the Runyon Team. At Runyon her role is Director of Marketing. Savanna was born May 23rd, 1995 and grew up in Prior Lake, MN a suburb southwest of Minneapolis. She grew up in an entrepreneurial family, her parents work together...
Dec 27, 2018 | Industry Trends, Spotlights
This January, we’re heading to Vegas for the world’s largest international event for concrete and masonry professionals, the 2019 World of Concrete. From heavy-duty machinery and high-efficiency products, to skill-building workshops and management seminars,...
Dec 17, 2018 | Advice & Tips, Featured Products, Flooring Equipment, Industry Trends
Buy equipment now, take advantage of the Section 179 small business tax incentive and invest in your business for the future. Section 179 of the IRS tax code allows small businesses such as contractors to deduct the full purchase price of qualifying equipment from...
Nov 1, 2018 | Advice & Tips, Featured Posts, Featured Products
Regardless of trade, preparation is often the single-most important step to ensure a professional installation. This is especially true when contractors are looking to install cement toppings. CTS Rapid Set concrete is specifically designed to harden and set within...
Oct 18, 2018 | Advice & Tips, Featured Posts, Industry Trends
The Concrete Polishing Council of the American Society of Concrete Contractors organization has big benefits for contractors, from educational resources to new contractor mentoring. The American Society of Concrete Contractors (ASCC) is the premier trade association...
Oct 8, 2018 | Featured Products, Flooring Equipment, Industry Trends
What if you could cut mixing and application time in half when installing self-leveling material? A Graco Self-Leveling Pump makes it much faster and easier to apply self-leveling overlayments and underlayments. It can be an exercise in frustration to hand mix bag...
Oct 1, 2018 | Advice & Tips, Featured Posts, Industry Trends
In the year following the enforcement of Crystalline Silica Standard 29 CFR 1926.1153, OSHA is providing better direction on compliance. On September 23, 2017, when a new standard for Respirable Crystalline Silica (RCS) exposure was put into effect by OSHA...
Sep 5, 2018 | Advice & Tips, Featured Products, Industry Trends
When I hear the term flake floor, the first thing that pops into my head is a garage floor. I’m sure most concrete flooring contractors would agree that this system is most often found in garages for its strength, ability to have a car pulled onto it, protection...
Aug 15, 2018 | Advice & Tips, Featured Products, Industry Trends
Dust extraction on a jobsite must be handled carefully, or the mistake could mean steep OSHA penalties. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) takes airborne and surface-borne dust very seriously because of its severe risks to job site workers and...
Aug 3, 2018 | Advice & Tips, Featured Products
Aside from daily maintenance, there are times when unexpected spills happen. Left untreated, they can leave behind discoloration and stain your otherwise beautiful floor. In the case of our warehouse, we had hydraulic fluid leak onto our floor as we were unloading a...
Jul 2, 2018 | Customer Highlights
This week we want to feature an impressive TRU PC overlay job completed by Custom Concrete Creations in the Wahlburgers at Mall of America. You can see the before and after shots of this 3,600 square foot restaurant below. In addition, we’ve included some...
Jun 12, 2018 | Runyon Roots
Today is all about Joe Vertrees. Joe’s sister Jackie works in our Customer Service Division. This is how we found Joe. Joe was born at home on May 20, 1991. Jackie is his biological sister, and he also has three step-siblings. In his younger years, he moved...
Jun 11, 2018 | Advice & Tips, Featured Products
Summer is an ideal time to rejuvenate existing concrete sidewalks, driveways and patios that have been neglected and have had their appearance diminished by the accumulation of grime, mildew and oil stains. With a thorough cleaning and the application of the proper...
Jun 8, 2018 | Advice & Tips, Featured Products
Adding color to existing exterior concrete is a great option to aesthetically enhance landscaping. However, to maximize the longevity and appearance, the correct coloring products, application techniques and protective sealers must be used. Since exterior concrete is...
Jun 5, 2018 | Runyon Roots
Odessa is our next root, and she has deep roots with the Runyon family. Her dad, Dave Tynan, was hired by Jack Runyon (the original founder) in 1976, and still to this day works for our company. Odessa previously worked for our Tool Rental division for several years,...
Jun 4, 2018 | Advice & Tips, Featured Products, Industry Trends
Runyon Surface Prep’s Slurry Processing System simplifies the task of what to do with jobsite concrete mud when wet grinding. The growing popularity of wet-polishing and the use of power trowel machines (that must be run wet) increases the need for an efficient and...
May 30, 2018 | Advice & Tips, Featured Products, Industry Trends
Runyon Surface Prep’s Strip-N-Scrub System easily restores heavily soiled concrete or terrazzo floors when used on a power trowel machine. It can also be used to quickly and efficiently remove sealers, including cure and seals, from concrete By using non-woven floor...
May 21, 2018 | Advice & Tips, Featured Products, Industry Trends
Runyon Surface Prep’s Magnetic Preload System allows for fast tooling changes, which means less downtime on the job. A ride on power trowel is a game changer when it comes to productivity on large polishing jobs, however many of the methods used to attach diamond...
May 14, 2018 | Runyon Roots
This week we bring you an internal love story. Leo and Susana are the only married couple working at Runyon. They were married May 22, 1993 in Venezuela. They met at university and dated for only one year before they knew they wanted to spend their lives together. Leo...
May 10, 2018 | Advice & Tips, Featured Products, Industry Trends
Adding portable Hippo mixers and Pelican carts to your TRU concrete mixing station makes quick and easy work of your overlay application. Do you want to improve your productivity? Achieving the right configuration of mixing equipment and supplies is not always easy....
May 7, 2018 | Runyon Roots, Spotlights
Our next root branches off to our visionary. Curt Majors is responsible for making our warehouse an organized masterpiece. And here is his story…Curt was born May 14, 1968 in Great Lakes, Illinois. His large family grew up in Cicero, Indiana where he went to...
Apr 23, 2018 | Runyon Roots
Our next Runyon Roots is the story of Jackie Vertrees. Jackie was born February 27, 1990 in Wauseon, OH. She has one brother Joe, who also works at Runyon. Jackie attended Liberty Benton High School. One fond memory in high school was when she participated in the...
Apr 14, 2018 | Runyon Roots
Next in the Runyon Roots story is Vasco Tchakarov. Vasco was born 32 years ago today in Sofia, Bulgaria. Vasco moved to the US, when he was three years old, to Monroe, MI. He spent his school years in Michigan and traveled back to Bulgaria for the summers to spend...
