IUPAT Hosts "Training the Trainers" Week to Take Concrete Surface Prep to the Next Level
The International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) hosted its own trainers from across its network of schools, including Arizona, Chicago, Hawaii, Maryland, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Northern and Southern California, Philadelphia and Texas, to learn more about concrete surface preparation. Jon-Don, a leading brand in carpet cleaning, restoration, janitorial chemicals, and concrete surface prep and polishing, taught the IUPAT instructors in attendance. Training was conducted at the IUPAT International Finishing Trades Institute in Hanover, Maryland, August 15–19.
During the week, instructors perfected the use of grinders to strip away epoxy floor finishes from concrete, using bead blasters to prep the concrete surface, performed concrete repair work, staining, honing and polishing.