By: Rob Burckley, Induron Technical Sales & Service Manager
Larger tanks represent larger challenges, and Aqua Ohio’s 2-million-gallon Mentor Baxter West standpipe was no exception. When the time came for a full blast and coatings upgrade, the team at Seven Brothers Painting faced a familiar hurdle: applying a 100% solids epoxy lining without the stress, cost, and complexity which accompany a plural component pump.
The Usual Problems with High-Solids Epoxy
If you’ve ever worked with thick-film barrier coatings, you know the drill:
- Rent an expensive plural-component pump (plus a technician to operate it).
- Monitor pump ratios, repair breakdowns, and suffer costly downtime.
- Hope your crew doesn’t lose hours waiting around while parts or repairs get sorted.
When things go well, its just expensive. When things go poorly, it can become catastrophic. By the end of the job, owners end up paying the tens of thousands of dollars those complications add to the project. No wonder some contractors avoid high-solids coatings altogether.
Enter Induron’s Perma-Clean 100 SL
The situation described above is exactly why Induron manufactured Perma-Clean 100 Single-Leg (PC 100 SL), a high-performance ceramic epoxy coating designed to give you the proven benefits of 100% solids epoxy WITHOUT the complicated equipment and additional costs.
All it requires is a standard airless pump–the kind most contractors already have in their trailers. No rentals, no extra technician, no pump anxiety. Just a straightforward application that crews can trust!
The Coatings System Behind Aqua Ohio’s 2-Million-Gallon Mentor Baxter West standpipe
For this project, the coatings specification included:
- Exterior: Spot PE70, full coat PE70, followed by two coats of Indurathane 6600+
- Interior: Indurazinc MC67, stripe coat PE70, and finished with Perma-Clean 100 SL
- Foundation: Two coats of PE70
The Seven Brothers Painting crew geared up, staged the tank, and got to work. The result? The entire interior lining was sprayed out in ONE SINGLE DAY.
Yes, you heard that right—a 25,500 square feet of surface area inside a 2-million-gallon standpipe, finished in just one day. The crew loved how user-friendly the product was, especially its long pot life which gave them breathing room when moving stages, even with ambient temperatures over 90F.
The Outcome
For Aqua Ohio, this wasn’t just a successful tank rehab. It was proof that cutting costs doesn’t mean cutting corners. By using Perma-Clean 100 SL, they avoided thousands of dollars in pump and technician fees—while still getting the long-term barrier protection their assets demand.
For Seven Brothers Painting, it was one of those rare jobs where everything just… worked. The right product, the right process, and the right result.
At Induron, we believe protective coatings should make your life easier, not more complicated. By removing barriers to using 100% solids epoxies, we’re determined to help engineers, contractors, and owners make asset upgrades smarter, without inflating budgets. Interested in trying PC100 SL on your next project? Contact us!