{"id":7259,"date":"2026-03-31T12:28:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T16:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/operations.thoroughbredexpress.com\/events\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=7259"},"modified":"2026-03-31T12:28:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T16:28:01","slug":"fort-wayne-epoxy-project","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/operations.thoroughbredexpress.com\/events\/event\/fort-wayne-epoxy-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Wayne Epoxy Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Team,<\/p>\n<p>KY Epoxy Floor Specialists will be visiting sites to complete epoxy flooring in the office and equipment room areas.<\/p>\n<p>Project Order<\/p>\n<p>If your location already has epoxy in the lobby, the crew will focus on completing the equipment room first.<\/p>\n<p>If your location needs both the office and equipment room done, they will always complete the equipment room first, and then return to complete the office area.<\/p>\n<p>Prep Bay Schedule<\/p>\n<p>Day 1<\/p>\n<p>The crew will come onsite to paint the yellow lines in the prep bay only.<\/p>\n<p>The yellow lines must dry for the entire day before epoxy can be applied.<\/p>\n<p>Day 2<\/p>\n<p>The crew will return to fill in between the yellow lines with epoxy.<\/p>\n<p>Operations While Yellow Lines Dry<\/p>\n<p>The wash will be open and operating prior to the crew arriving to paint the yellow lines.<\/p>\n<p>We can continue washing cars while the yellow lines are drying.<\/p>\n<p>However, ONLY management should enter the prep bay area and only when absolutely necessary to reduce the risk of stepping in wet paint.<\/p>\n<p>Epoxy Dry Time<\/p>\n<p>Once the epoxy is installed:<\/p>\n<p>The site will be shut down for 24 hours to allow the epoxy to cure.<\/p>\n<p>After 24 hours, the epoxy can be walked on.<\/p>\n<p>However, no heavy equipment or items with weight should be moved back onto the epoxy until after the full 24-hour cure time.<\/p>\n<p>Removing Equipment &amp; Items<\/p>\n<p>If your location is having both the equipment room and office completed, your District Manager will rent a box truck to temporarily house all heavy or loose items removed from the office and equipment room areas during the project.<\/p>\n<p>Temporary POS Setup<\/p>\n<p>While the office epoxy is curing, the POS system will need to temporarily run out of the equipment room.<\/p>\n<p>Managers will need to:<\/p>\n<p>Build a small shelf next to the POS area to temporarily place the router and modem.<\/p>\n<p>Run an ethernet cable from the router to the equipment room.<\/p>\n<p>Connect the POS inside the equipment room so the wash can operate while the office epoxy dries.<\/p>\n<p>Important Scheduling Note<\/p>\n<p>In most cases, the crew cannot epoxy the equipment room and office on the same day.<\/p>\n<p>Because the equipment room is always completed first, you will be able to enter the equipment room epoxy areas 24 hours before the office area.<\/p>\n<p>This is the reason we run the POS from the equipment room temporarily, so the site does not have to remain shut down for an additional full day.<\/p>\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n<p>If the equipment room epoxy is completed on Day 2, the site will remain closed until mid-day the following day, depending on when the crew finished the previous day so we can ensure the full 24-hour cure time is met.<\/p>\n<p>DAY 0 \u2013 PREP DAY<br \/>\n\u2714 Remove items from office &amp; equipment room<br \/>\n\u2714 Move heavy\/loose items to DM-provided box truck (if both rooms being done)<br \/>\n\u2714 Prepare temporary POS setup<br \/>\n\u2714 Build shelf near POS for router\/modem<br \/>\n\u2714 Run ethernet cable from router \u2192 equipment room<br \/>\n\u2714 Confirm POS can run from equipment room<\/p>\n<p>\u2193<\/p>\n<p>DAY 1 \u2013 PREP BAY STRIPING<br \/>\nMorning:<br \/>\n\u2714 Site opens and washes cars normally<\/p>\n<p>When contractors arrive:<br \/>\n\u2714 Yellow prep bay lines are painted<br \/>\n\u2714 Lines must dry ALL DAY<\/p>\n<p>Operations During Dry Time:<br \/>\n\u2714 Wash may continue operating<br \/>\n\u2714 ONLY management may enter prep bay if absolutely necessary<\/p>\n<p>\u2193<\/p>\n<p>DAY 2 \u2013 EPOXY INSTALLATION<br \/>\n\u2714 Crew fills epoxy between yellow lines<br \/>\n\u2714 Equipment room epoxy completed first<br \/>\n\u2714 Office epoxy usually completed later or on separate day<\/p>\n<p>SITE CLOSES AFTER EPOXY APPLICATION<\/p>\n<p>\u2193<\/p>\n<p>24 HOUR CURE PERIOD<br \/>\n\ud83d\udeab Site CLOSED for full cure period<\/p>\n<p>After 24 hours:<br \/>\n\u2714 Floors may be walked on<br \/>\n\ud83d\udeab Do NOT move heavy items back onto epoxy until cure time is complete<\/p>\n<p>\u2193<\/p>\n<p>REOPENING<br \/>\n\u2714 Reinstall equipment<br \/>\n\u2714 Move items back from box truck<br \/>\n\u2714 Return router\/modem to normal setup<br \/>\n\u2714 Resume normal POS operation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Team, KY Epoxy Floor Specialists will be visiting sites to complete epoxy flooring in the office and equipment room areas. 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