Industrial Painting and Restoration Services

A Capsule Look at Our Industrial Services

• Large and Small Spraying Applications of High-performance Chemical Coatings
• Technical Coating Applications
• Corrosion Control
• Water-Blast Cleaning 3,000-25,000 psi
• Sandblasting and Water-blasting
• Tank & Storage Vessel Painting & Coating
• Heavy Industrial Floor Resurfacing
• Blast Cleaning with Environmentally-safe Media (BlackBeauty™, aluminum oxide, walnut shells, etc.) Alpine Painting and Restoration DOES NOT use silica sand as a blast media!
• Provide Off-hours and Weekend Crews

Alpine Painting and Restoration recognizes the importance of providing our services at times that are convenient and necessary to you. Therefore, we provide crews on off-hours and weekends so our work will not interfere with your normal day-to-day operations.

SURFACE PREPARATION

In order to provide for a durable and lasting finish, proper surface preparation is required. Our attention-to-detail begin with...

• Cleaning, using environmentally-safe chemicals
• Removal of dirt, atmospheric and manufacturing contaminants, loose paint, rust, or graffiti
• Using Sanding Disks, Needle Guns, Roto-peening Tools

Especially on exterior jobs, we make sure all necessary conditions for applying coatings follow the coating manufacturer's specifications, such as...

• Air Temperature – Temperature cannot be too cold or too hot, even though current coatings can be applied with temperatures as low as 35ºF
• Surface Temperatures & Humidity – affect how the paint will adhere and dry
• Wind Conditions – Even when using roller applications, over-spray is always a concern, so to ensure a professional paint job, we sometimes have to delay a job until the winds calm down.
• Film Thickness – it is critically important to the success of any coating project that the coating should be installed or applied with the manufacturer's specified film thickness which is measured in mils, which can range from 4 to 60 mils, depending upon material selection.

PAINTING

We take some extra steps to ensure that our spray application equipment is properly maintained, our painters well-trained and experienced with the following equipment...

• Conventional Air Sprayers
• Airless Sprayers
• Air-assisted Sprayers
• Electrostatic Spray Paint
• Plural Component Spray Equipment
• HVLP (high-volume low-pressure) Equipment

When applying paint, our experienced painters are highly-skilled in conventional coating application methodology, such as brushing and rolling. Furthermore, we constantly monitoring weather conditions. More importantly, we ensure that the paint is applied at the proper film thickness. Using wet film gauges, we take regular readings to ensure the paint is being applied at the manufacturer's specified thickness. If the coating is too thin, it will not afford the proper protection, while coatings that are too thick can cause cracking and peeling.

Employing the proper coating system on a specific substrate, such as concrete or metal, is critical to the life span of the coating. Especially when there are environmental and/or ambient conditions affecting the coating types, such as...

• Alkyds / Oil-based Paints
• Epoxies (polyamides, polyamines, novalacs)
• Polyurethanes (catalyzed, aliphatics, acrylics)
• Polyureas
• 100% Solids Epoxy Applications
• Zinc-rich Coatings

Of course, many jobs still require the use of conventional application methodology, such as a paintbrush or rollers. To assure that we always use the proper high-quality rollers (mohair, ½-inch, ¾-inch, 1-¼ inch), all depend on the particular paint type being applied.

SPECIALTY SERVICES

• Spray Applications
• Full Immersion Applications (coaltars, bitumastics)
• Secondary Containment (up to 98% sulphuric)
• Tank Linings (all types)
• Water-proofing Applications (above- and below-grade)
• Intumescent Fire-proofing

ELEVATED WORK PLATFORMS

Alpine Painting & Restoration is educated, experienced, and equipped for working with swing stages, aerial lifts, and temporary tower scaffolding, which means that there is no structure we cannot access. Whether your building is forty stories high, has a pedestrian bridge over a retention pond, or the ceiling over very important manufacturing equipment, we can engineer the proper aerial system to safely handle it.

A swing-stage is an elevated work platform that is supported by suspension lines, and is used primarily on high-rise buildings. Safety beams and counterweights are used to suspend our scaffold from the roof, and the platform is then raised and lowered with automatic hoisting equipment. We have required our technicians to be trained and licensed in this capacity long before the cities of Chicago and New York required such certification by law. This method is extremely safe for the painters, as well as the integrity of structure.

Aerial lifts can have articulated swing arms, telescoping elevation devices, and moveable bases, enabling them to reach nearly any part of a building. When positioning the lifts, we lay down a 1-inch thick plywood path to protect any landscaping from the weight of the equipment. All of our operators are licensed to operate all types of aerial equipment.

We can erect a temporary tower scaffolding structure for elevated work. This option is available for large indoor and outdoor projects where, due to obstruction or architectural inaccessibility, aerial lifts cannot be used. For this type of work, we require an OSHA-certified foreman to be present. All power scaffolding structure are erected in accordance with SIA standards.

As with any of our projects, safety and OSHA compliance is of paramount concern. All of our painters are trained and certified in proper maintenance and operation of elevated work platforms.

ALPINE PAINTING & RESTORATION SERVICES
P O Box 216 • Chalfont, PA 18914 • (215) 348-4410 • Fax (215) 348-1195
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