El Rey Mexican Products, one of the premier providers of mexican food and goods in the Milwaukee area chose our firm to assist them in repairing an existing floor in their tortilla factory. An extremely clean operation, the staff at El Rey through their constant cleaning had begun to wear away the concrete surface in their plant from the daily wash down procedures. A victim of their own desire to maintain their plant properly, the floor was in desperate need of repair and quick. El Rey enlisted D&B to provide an overlayment to repair the extremely worn floor. Knowing that they had time constraints for installation, a limited budget, and heavy duty cleaning procedures daily including CP washdown and high temp pressure washing, there were only a few choices for this repair. D&B Industrial, under the supervision of Al Prochnow our lead foreman, prepped and prepatched the concrete to prepare for receiving the Sika Pur Cem polyurethane cement overlayment. Under these harsh conditions, PurCem performs much better than traditional epoxies, as it provides better chemical resistance and thermal shock resistance. Al and the team including installers Rick and Nick Qualmann, Tom and Tyler Buska,, Mark Quinone and Joshua Rostamo, worked tirelessly from Friday afternoon until Sunday morning to prepare and install this system and insure production was up and running again Monday morning. Through their effort and teamwork, this installation turned old to gold, and the finish was a durable success. Some of the challenges include short duration, heavy aggregate exposure, large areas of patching up to 3” deep, daily hot water washdown and CP wash chemicals. We were proud to be a part of El Rey’s program to provide Milwaukee and the surrounding areas with some of the finest Mexican tortilla’s around! Thank you for letting us be a part of your plant rehabilitation.
