Hot tyre pickup on service floors: what should buyers ask?

Separate a tyre-shaped stain from missing coating

Map the affected parking positions and photograph them before cleaning or repair changes the evidence. Note whether material is missing, the surface has an imprint or only the colour has changed. Record when the issue appeared and which vehicles used the bay. Do not diagnose every dark tyre mark as coating delamination from a photograph.

BASF's concrete-coating research describes hot-tyre pickup resistance in terms of peeling or imprinting after tyre contact and evaluates delamination and staining separately. It also identifies tyre type, preparation and exposure conditions as relevant variables. The useful buyer takeaway is to describe the observed failure accurately before discussing a remedy, not to reproduce a laboratory test on site.

Reference: BASF: hot-tyre pickup testing and failure observations

Give the coating assessor the fleet's actual routine

Explain whether vehicles arrive directly from road service, remain parked overnight or move repeatedly between bays. Include tyre types where known, wet-floor events and cleaning or spill history. Keep this account factual; an assumed tyre temperature or invented vehicle load will not improve the assessment. Supply the earlier coating and application records if they exist.

Ask what the proposed system's documentation says about hot-tyre pickup and staining, and how its evidence relates to this use. Sherwin-Williams discusses these as separate performance attributes in its AquArmor WBU manufacturer release. That older product announcement is not a current specification, a blanket guarantee or proof that a named system suits this facility.

Reference: Sherwin-Williams: separate pickup and staining performance claims

Tie the repair decision to vehicle release

Have the contractor define the assessment of the existing layers and the proposed repair boundary. Ask which findings would rule out a localized repair. Keep cosmetic acceptance of the repaired colour separate from the evidence used to select the coating for tyre contact. Neither a fresh photograph nor the word epoxy establishes that the failure mechanism has been addressed.

Obtain the selected system's written conditions for returning vehicles, including any relevant distinction between walking, driving through and prolonged parking. Give the fleet supervisor the approved bay-release plan. At handover, retain a location record for any later marks so the contractor can distinguish a new stain from recurring loss of coating without reconstructing the site's operating history.

Does resistance to hot tyre pickup mean no tyre stains?

Do not treat those claims as interchangeable. Ask for the proposed system's documented performance and limitations for both coating pickup and staining under the intended use.

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