A working conversation about polyurea and polyurethane coatings: the chemistry, the equipment, the prep, and the business of running a spray operation. For applicators, contractors, specifiers, and anyone who has to live with a coating after the crew packs up.
Season one
Notes from the conversations recorded for season one are up now. The audio goes live here the day we launch.
All episodes
Episode 1 is live. Why this show exists, polyurea chemistry in plain English, a field tip for concrete outgassing, and the one number that decides whether a job makes money.
What we cover
Most of the useful knowledge in this trade never gets written down. It lives with the person who has sprayed four thousand truck beds and can hear a bad mix ratio through the gun.
Articles
Plan an epoxy-to-polyurea spray-rig changeover with material history, equipment-specific instructions, supplier compatibility review and a documented release decision.
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Make coating thickness measurements easier to audit by separating calibration evidence, field verification, substrate adjustment and the response to a failed gauge check.
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Build a useful coating-problem inquiry with clear observations, a timeline, location-linked photos, project records, and an agreed evidence-preservation plan.
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Check coating deliveries for product identity, lot records, container condition, shelf life, and storage history before releasing material to the spray rig.
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A practical restart checklist for weather-delayed coating work, covering exposure records, fresh site readings, surface condition, recoat timing, equipment checks, and release responsibility.
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Plan a coating mock-up around clear decisions, representative conditions, separate appearance and test acceptance, and a usable approval record.
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Who makes this
Troy leads business development and marketing at ArmorThane USA Inc. in Springfield, Missouri, and works day to day with dealers, applicators and specifiers across industrial, agricultural, infrastructure and defense work.
The show is produced and funded by ArmorThane. That relationship shapes who we can get on the mic. It does not buy a favorable answer to a technical question.
Be a guest
We want applicators, formulating chemists, equipment techs, inspectors and owners who have made a payroll off this trade, and especially anyone who has fixed somebody else's coating failure.
Ask the show
Send it in. The good ones become segments, and we will tell you if yours makes the cut.
Launch list
One email the day the first episode goes live, then the occasional note when a new one drops. It is the only list we keep.
Season one is being recorded and edited now. Join the launch list and you will get one email the day the first episode goes live.
The plan is Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube, plus every episode playable right here on the site. The listening links on this page switch on as each platform goes live.
Applicators, contractors, specifiers, inspectors and facility owners: anyone who sprays polyurea or polyurethane, buys it, specifies it, or has to live with it after the crew packs up. Also anyone thinking about getting into the trade.
No, and we say who pays for it everywhere. ArmorThane USA Inc. produces and funds the show. There are no paid placements, guests speak for themselves, and when an ArmorThane product comes up it is named as one. The editorial policy has the details.
If you have done the work, yes. We record remotely for about 45 to 60 minutes, with no script and no product pitches. Pitch yourself here.
Tell us. Corrections are posted on the article or episode itself, with a date, rather than quietly edited out. See the corrections policy.
