Mar 29, 2023 | Runyon Roots
Hailing from the hills of Southern Indiana, Drew Turnbull is a Hoosier through and through. A child of the 90’s, he was born in Bloomington; home to IU, Breaking Away, and John Mellencamp. But because his father was from Michigan and his family originally from Canada,...
Mar 29, 2023 | Advice & Tips, Featured Posts
When Friedrich Nietzsche asserted that “what separates two people most profoundly is a different sense and degree of cleanliness,” he couldn’t have known how prophetic his words would be. For instead of people, the same can be said of restaurants and bars today. With...
Mar 10, 2023 | Featured Products
Are you planning to work on a concrete surface? The correct concrete surface preparation starts with the right equipment. The proper tools will help boost your efficiency and prevent the need for extra work. Whether a small or large project, inside or outside,...
Mar 3, 2023 | Advice & Tips, Industry Trends
Floors are not immune to scratches or stains, but you can remove stains from polished concrete and restore them using the proper tools. If you have any scratches or discoloration on your polished concrete, use diamond polishing pads and specially formulated cleaners...
Feb 10, 2023 | Runyon Roots
“Runaround” Rob Harris has truly grown up on the move. Born in sunny West Palm Beach, Florida, back in ’95, he moved first to California, then back east again to Georgia, and then finally ended up in Indiana, all before he’d made it through kindergarten. The...
Feb 9, 2023 | Advice & Tips
Thomas Edison once said, “The chief function of the body is to carry the brain around.” And as history has shown him to be exceptionally clever, it stands to reason that protecting the brain and head might be a good idea, especially in dangerous environments. And now,...
Feb 1, 2023 | Advice & Tips
If you’re looking into polishing 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 streamline the...
Jan 31, 2023 | Advice & Tips, Featured Products
When acquiring a shot blaster, one question is whether to purchase or rent the equipment. Both options have their own set of benefits and drawbacks. However, your choice will depend on your specific needs and circumstances. Let’s explore the pros and cons of...
Jan 12, 2023 | Advice & Tips
Maybe polished concrete is not the first thing that pops to mind when someone mentions “being green.” Recycling, conservation, and slow fashion get lots of press, as well they should. Still, when the talk winds down at the end of the day, everyone’s standing on...
Jan 4, 2023 | Featured Products
Originally designed to meet the demands of the film industry, Ram Board has since become a leading name in floor protection, including Ram Board for concrete surfaces. What is Ram Board? Ram Board protects concrete floors (among other floor types) from damage...
Dec 15, 2022 | Advice & Tips, Industry Trends
To protect polished concrete long-term, you’ll need the three vital sealers: penetrating, semi-penetrating guards and topical sealers, the main categories of stain protectors for polished concrete. Overall, each has its own features and benefits, and its own required...
Dec 9, 2022 | Advice & Tips
Handheld trowels have been around for thousands of years, utilized especially in excavations, construction, and gardening. Then, in the 20th century, came the power trowel. Utilized in medium-to-large concrete surface projects, the power trowel is engineered with...
Nov 29, 2022 | Customer Highlights
In the spring of 2019, the first phase of a 1.2-billion-dollar modernization of O’Hare International Airport kicked off with grand expectations. Some of the many improvements included adding 10 new gates, renovating more than 750,00 sq/ft of the existing building, and...
Nov 28, 2022 | Advice & Tips
Tooling pads in the concrete surface industry have been used since the dawn of wet polishing through the rise of dry polishing in the ‘90s. While floor grinders have seen their share of evolutionary changes over the years, diamond tooling has evolved just as much....
Nov 10, 2022 | Advice & Tips, Featured Products
Concrete grinders, scarifiers, shot blasters and scabblers – these tools help contractors with the preparation of concrete surfaces. Whether it’s a repair job, new project, or decorative work, each machine has specific strengths that help professionals perform their...
Nov 6, 2022 | Uncategorized
Luckier companies and contractors have a little wiggle room for business expenses at the end of the year. There’s no better way to use up that budget than with concrete equipment that you can deduct from your year’s taxes via Section 179. Runyon Surface Prep offers an...
Nov 2, 2022 | Advice & Tips
Imagine you’re at the premier surface prep convention and someone asks, “What’s better to take down a slab of concrete, a shaver or a grinder?” Viewpoints could vary, right? Chances are, there would be more opinions tossed around than beach balls at a Jimmy...
Oct 27, 2022 | Advice & Tips
Last week, we realized we were in need of a nice-looking workbench for magnetic preload system assembly. When we started thinking of creative ways to use materials around the shop, we had a great idea. We came up with a tabletop made of materials that are 10x stronger...
Oct 26, 2022 | Advice & Tips
If you’ve ever seen Game of Thrones, you’ll know that when a character says, “Winter is coming,” that dangerous things are on the horizon. And if you haven’t seen the show, I’ll fill you in. They’re talking about zombies. And what could be worse than...
Oct 11, 2022 | Advice & Tips, Featured Products
Priming concrete is the all-important third step when painting concrete – right behind cleaning thoroughly to remove dirt and efflorescence (the white powder often found on damp concrete) and applying a sealer to inhibit moisture damage. For exterior and...
Sep 26, 2022 | Advice & Tips
“A man walks into a dairy farm pushing a concrete shaver with one hand and carrying a box of diamond blades in the other…” Could this be the beginning of a bad joke? Perhaps, but it could also be a concerned dairy farmer merely looking to upgrade his concrete floors...
Sep 12, 2022 | Advice & Tips
High-gloss finishes bring a visually appealing touch to concrete surfaces, one that’s especially popular in commercial projects but can be just as well utilized in residential applications. To achieve a high-gloss finish on concrete, you can either polish the surface...
Sep 7, 2022 | Runyon Roots
“Mechanic” Dan East is the quintessential Hoosier. A child of the 60’s, he was born in Beech Grove, at Saint Francis hospital, just down the street from the 19th century home that his grandparents had lived in since 1928. And he still owns this home. Dan was the...
Aug 15, 2022 | Advice & Tips
When finished adequately and maintained well, concrete surfaces should keep up a good quality visual appearance for several years. That said, many influences over time can cause concrete to crack, discolor, deteriorate, or become unlevel. Runyon Surface Prep has...
Jul 23, 2022 | Advice & Tips
The guidelines for staining concrete typically remain the same for most situations, the staining itself can be a relatively painless process once you know what you’re doing. How difficult the application is will depend on the circumstances of the project, like the...
Jul 12, 2022 | Advice & Tips
The best way to grind down concrete for any given project will depend on the amount of concrete you need to grind as well as the surface texture you want to leave behind. Some projects may require a simple walk-behind floor grinder with a modest tooling grit while...
Jun 16, 2022 | Advice & Tips
What makes a good rental product? What are the attributes surrounding one? Typically, we look for elements like the capability of longevity – without it, the investment is practically useless. Other attributes often include a build made of quality materials for...
Jun 7, 2022 | Advice & Tips
Refining floors for a quality polish is a vital step in finalizing concrete surface projects both large and small; commercial and residential. Commercial stakeholders rely on surface professionals to deliver a surface that reflects the integrity of their businesses...
Jun 2, 2022 | Industry Trends
Polishing concrete might be thought of as an art as much as a science. To be blunt, techniques exist that could be used to make a floor “appear” to be within contracted specs, even when it’s not. Most importantly, one cannot possibly verify that a job has been done...
May 31, 2022 | Industry Trends
Let’s be honest, when it comes to holding contractors to specs, it’s always been an uphill battle. Maybe you gather your most experienced employees and let them “eye the shine.” Or if you are fortunate enough to have a meter, someone crouches down to take a reading,...
