CREW TRAINING COURSE DESCRIPTIONS Crew Training from Turning Point Innovations is the most efficient and affordable way for you to have your Entire Crew trained in the material systems and techniques needed to grow your business. Every single person on your crew will learn step-by-step instructions, from surface preparation through material mixing, application and finishing. Each course includes Hands-On work, and many provide samples that you can use to sell future jobs. Course Fees are for your Entire Crew, not per-person! We recommend a limit of eight crew members so that everyone gets hands-on experience with the material. Course options include: Knock-Down Texture – Crew Course Fee $195.00 Learn the proper techniques for Knock-Down Texture, using SureSpray. We will discuss when you need to apply a base coat below the texture for best appearance. You will see how to add Color Packs to SureSpray to create a Dual-Tone Knock-Down finish with clear acrylic sealer. Choose from a wide range of color colors to finish the project with Pigmented Acrylic Sealer. Allow 2 hours, longer for larger crews. Bubble Texture – Crew Course Fee $195.00 Learn how to create Bubble Texture, the quickest way to apply overlayment on your projects. You will see how to add Color Packs to SureSpray to create Decorative Colored Dots over Bubble Texture and finish with clear acrylic sealer. Choose from a wide range of color colors to finish the project with Pigmented Acrylic Sealer. Allow 1.5 hours, longer for larger crews. Stencil Pattern – Crew Course Fee $225.00 Learn how to create a wide range of patterns using paper stencils. You will see how to mix and apply a colored base coat, lay out a paper stencil pattern and apply the colored texture coat. Instruction includes how to mix and spread SureSpray with Color Packs. Finish the project with clear acrylic sealer. Allow 2 hours, longer for larger crews. Slate Trowel – Crew Course Fee $235.00 Learn what will likely become your top seller – Slate Trowel Texture! You will be able to offer your customers a natural stone look without the time and expense of stampable overlayment. Just a few minutes of training with a trowel, and you will learn how to create a beautiful Slate Trowel Texture using SureSpray with Color Packs. We will show you how to score the material into Tile and Ashler patterns for additional effects. Finish the project with clear acrylic sealer. Allow 3 hours, longer for larger crews. Wood Look – Crew Course Fee $225.00 What do you sell if the project is already surrounded with brick and stone? Wood Look! You can make a concrete floor look like wood planks using SureSpray, and give your customer a much more natural Wood Look than you get with stamps. You will see how to mix the SureSpray and Color Packs, use pattern tape to create the planks and a broom for the texture. Apply EcoStain in various colors to enhance the natural appearance of the Wood Look floor, and finish with clear acrylic sealer. Allow 3 hours, longer for larger crews. Stamp Overlayment – Crew Course Fee $275.00 Learn how to give your customers stamped concrete without the ready mix truck. You will see how to set up the project, adjust the gauge rake to fit the stamps, and work with both texture skins and pattern mats. You will mix SureBond and SureStamp with Color Packs, spread to the correct thickness and use Liquid Release with the stamps. You will also learn how to apply EcoStain in various colors to enhance the natural appearance of the pattern, and finish with clear acrylic sealer. Allow 3 hours, longer for larger crews. MicroTopping – Crew Course Fee $325.00 Learn how to give worn concrete a fresh look with easy-to-apply MicroTopping. You will see how to mix and apply a single coat of MicroTopping with Color Packs so that you can give your customers the stained concrete floor they want. You will use pattern tape over a thin base coat to create tile and other patterns with “grout” lines. You will also learn how to mix and roll DuraKote PFC-120 Polyaspartic to finish the project. Allow 3 hours, longer for larger crews. Broom Finish – Crew Course Fee $135.00 Learn how to restore texture to worn concrete, and to fix spalls and other damage with SureBroom. You will learn how to mix and apply the material, texture with a standard concrete broom and finish with clear acrylic sealer. Allow 2 hours, longer for larger crews. Epoxy/Chip – Crew Course Fee $325.00 Expand your business by adding Epoxy Chip finishes to your portfolio. Typically in garages, Epoxy Chip floors also work very well in swim club baths and showers, basements, bars, kitchens, and anywhere else you need a durable low-slip floor finish. You will learn how to mix and apply the DuraKote Water Based Pigmented Epoxy base, spread and clean vinyl chips and finish with DuraKote PFC-120 Polyaspartic. Allow 2 hours, longer for larger crews. Epoxy/Quartz – Crew Course Fee $325.00 Learn how to mix and spread DuraKote Epoxy 100 base and cast coats and to broadcast quartz aggregate for an even look. Finish the floor with DuraKote Water Based Polyurethane for a low odor yet extremely durable floor that is ideal for commercial kitchens, indoor swimming pool decks, industrial floors and anywhere else you need a high-performing chemical and impact resistant low-slip floor finish. Allow 3 hours, longer for larger crews. Metallics – Crew Course Fee $575.00 You have probably already been asked about metallic finishes. You need to add this system to your business. Learn how to mix and spread the pigmented 100% epoxy solids base. See how many ways you can manipulate metallic pigments in clear 100% solids epoxy. Stand out from the crowd of other metallic systems by finishing your project with either water based polyurethane or fast-cure polyaspartic to provide the best chemical and abrasion resistant metallic finish available. Allow 3 hours, longer for larger crews.