ACTECH Concrete Primers

Someone had to do it !

• When dealing with a building material as complicated as concrete, you need a specialist.

• Not every Building Product Manufacturer has a department with the required expertise and experience when their roofing, flooring, or traffic products need to be applied to a problem concrete substrate.

• Our business model is to be your best source for proactive technical support and robust concrete primers that get the job done the first time.

YES.

Preparing concrete substrates for roofs, floors, and waterproofing projects is a job only for Specialty CRAFTSMEN. ACTECH does not sell into the DIY market.

NOPE.

A concrete primer (not even ours 🥇) will make a concrete slab structurally sound if it is not structurally sound to begin with.

A concrete primer (not even ours 🥇) will make a concrete slab meet ACI and ASTM Standards if it is not already compliant.

A concrete primer (not even ours 🥇) will bond to concrete that contains bond-breakers introduced either topically, as an admixture in the mix design, or introduced into the truck during placement.

This is why it is so important for the owner's representatives, GC, and Specialty Contractor to assess the concrete slab before purchasing and applying any concrete primer -- including ACTECH Concrete Primers.

We occasionally get this question from specialty contractors who have not had as much experience in high profile specified projects where a rigorous QA/QC process is the norm.

Bottom Line is This.

For ACTECH to grant a Performance Warranty (Material & Labor) we must be able to document that the Specialty Contractor is up to the task, that the concrete slab has been assessed ahead of time so as to avoid unnecessary surprises during application, that a mock-up test patch has met the expectations of the owner's representatives, that the material is being applied according to the required application guidelines, that any problems that arise during application are immediately addressed and solved, and that the next product to be applied over ACTECH's primer has accepted the treated substrate.

Specialty Contractors should greet this opportunity to work closely with the Product Manufacturer and to document their application as an added insurance of the quality of their work.

Links:

1. Videos on QA documents
2. Versions of Warranty documents

YES when compared to regular concrete primers or no concrete primers at all.

NO for an independently tested, Industry Standards compliant concrete primers engineered to solve specific concrete challenges.

Always compare apples to apples

• First, don't waste your time comparing our prices to products that are not engineered, warranted, tested, and certified like ACTECH Primers are. You'll go crazy!

• For comparing us to the handful of other ASTM compliant concrete primers out there, ... check the spread rate for competing products against the moisture protection level you require. Then calculate your real price based on the your estimated material consumption.

• Finally, what price do you put on "spread-ability & crew productivity" ... "responsive technical support" ... no/low smell for crew health ... communication and QA/QC procedures ... strong warranty?
  

YES.

• volume discounts at 50 gallons, 100 gallons, 150 gallons and 200 gallons.
• Cash payments (save over credit card purchases).
• Large orders over 200 gallons
• Advance orders that are made-to-order from the factory (reduces logistics costs and uncertainty on everyone's end).

Ask to see our price sheet. We are transparent in our prices and discounts.

• Although some kinks in the supply chain still remain, we are generally well stocked and are able to ship same day for paid orders received by 2pm ET.

• That said, for large project orders, ACTECH should be given a 4 - 6 week heads-up to make sure we have sufficient quantities in hand.

• Private Label and bulk orders receive the best price and assured availability if they are ordered 4 - 6 weeks in advance. Advance orders require 50% non-refundable deposit.

Of course, we will always direct you to the nearest Distributor (West Coast) for pick-up orders

YES.

• We also offer one of the highest-performing Liquid-Applied ESD Coating Systems on the market. These are available for specified projects that have already pre-tested ABP's product for their specific use case. ESD is NOT a stocked material (it is made-to-order). ACTECH always provides step-by-step technical support during installation.

• ACTECH also offers ABP's AB-COR™ self-priming, anti-corrosion epoxy coating. Using nano-technology (and other special sauces!), this high performance zinc-free coating prevents corrosion-creep and withstands the types of abuse that the North Sea (Europe) poses to wind farms and oil rigs on the high seas. Available only to Industrial painters and industrial facility owners via private label or bulk purchase.

YES, we are FDA compliant.

However, since ACTECH Concrete Primers are never installed as the final top coat, we do not have (nor are we required to have) an FDA certificate.

• In other words, you can confidently include ACTECH Concrete Primers, Self-Priming base coats, and our Epoxy Slurry as part of your system requiring FDA compliance.

• ACTECH's main office and product warehouse is located in Norfolk, Virginia. Most orders ship same day from Norfolk via best in class freight carriers.

• ACTECH also has warehouses in Hawaii and SoCal... and works with a few specialty distributors in Seattle, Portland, and NorCal.

Exclusive Partnership (Americas) of two like-minded, privately held, independent companies.

• ABP (based in Aurich Germany) has a long-standing, well earned reputation in Europe as an innovative formulator and manufacturer of PERFORMANCE epoxy primers and coatings. Their proprietary products generally out-rank any European product category in terms of Performance and Environmental Quality. ABP first started private labeling their concrete primers in the US in 2000. ISO 9001:15 Certified.

• ACTECH (Norfolk VA) assumed the exclusive Private Label rights to ABP products in 2011 based on its field application experience and technical expertise with ABP products. ACTECH has worked with ABP over the years to fine-tune its original formulations to best address project challenges in the US. ACTECH distributes -- and more importantly, provides technical support and Quality Assurance -- to projects and customers in the US, Canada, and Mexico.