Traveling NWFA Technical Workshops Visit Florida

The NWFA's traveling technical school completed its third course of daylong technical workshops of 2013. The classes were held in Deerfield, Fla., from March 18-22. Students were instructed on moisture identification/mitigation, subfloor preparation, intermediate installation, intermediate sand and finish, and factory finish repair and recoat.

 

Classes were led by NWFA's Director of Technical Training Frank Kroupa, along with these volunteer instructors:

• Steve Lima (MAPEI Corp.)
• Cort Dunlap (Delmhorst Instrument Co.)
• Jason Spangler (Wagner Meters)
• Josh Neuberger (UFloor Systems Inc.)
• Roger Barker (Fortifiber Building Systems Group)
• Wayne Lee (Middle Tennessee Lumber)
• George Chagnon (Powernail Co.)
• John Dupra (Norton Abrasives)
• Mike Farrell (Clarke American Sanders)
• Al Carvalho (Max Hardwood Floors)
• Sid Light (Mohawk Industries)
• Allan Nery (Lobo-Wakal LLC)
• Bob Goldstein (Carver s.r.l.)
• Bryan Day (Basic Coatings)
• Zack Calvin (Bona US)
• Bill Ptak (DuraSeal)
• Lynn Brickman (DuraSeal)
• Jim Schumacher (3M)

These companies served as Partners in Education for the school, contributing product, equipment and instruction:

• 3M (St. Paul, Minn)
• Basic Coatings (Toledo, Ohio)
• Bona US (Aurora, Colo.)
• Carver s.r.l. (Rodano, Milan, Italy)
• Clarke American Sanders (Plymouth, Minn.)
• Delmhorst Instument Co. (Towaco, N.J.)
• DuraSeal (Chagrin Falls, Ohio)
• Fortifiber Building Systems Group (Fernley, Nev.)
• Goodwin Heart Pine Co. (Micanopy, Fla.)
• LOBA-Wakol LLC (Charlotte, N.C.)
• MAPEI Corp. (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
• Max Hardwood Floors (Margate, Fla.)
• Middle Tennessee Lumber (Burns, Tenn.)
• Mohawk (Hickory, N.C.)
• Norton Abrasives (Watervliet, N.Y.)
• Powernail Company Inc. (Lake Zurich, Ill.)
• Stauf USA LLC (Arlington, Tenn.)
• Swiff-Train Co. (Houston, Texas)
• UFloor Systems Inc. (Aurora, Colo.)

(Photo Courtesy of Cris H. Bierschank, MAPEI Corp. More photos in an album on Facebook.)