Omni employees host drive for Homeless Connections
Each year around the holidays, Omni Glass & Paint picks an organization to give back to. This year, the company chose the Homeless Connections in Appleton.
Omni Completes First Ever Lighthouse Paint Project
This summer Omni Glass & Paint tackled its first ever lighthouse painting project in Door County. The Cana Island lighthouse is located just north of Baileys Harbor.
Best Windows for Winter
What kind of windows are the best windows for winter? The answer is windows built with Low-E Glass.
That’s the answer. Didn’t expect the answer right out of the gate, did ya? Well we don’t like to drag our feet. This is important stuff after all! Just because it’s almost February doesn’t mean we’re out of the winter clear yet. Read on…
13 Vehicles with Heated Windshield Glass
-19 degrees fahrenheit. That’s how cold it got last January in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, home to us at Omni Glass and Paint. In this frigid ice box we call a state, the brave souls here know a thing or two about heated windshields. They have to. Imagine trying to scrape the iced-over windshield of an industrial snowplow at 3:00 A.M. It’s not fun.
To spare others that discomfort and (potential) danger, we offer heated windshield solutions for the military, rail companies, and industrial snow plows.
Here’s a roundup of many vehicles that use heated windshields to keep their occupants safe, warm, and efficient in all kinds of weather.
Protective Coatings Cover Your Assets
What Coatings are Best to Preserve Your Assets
Protective coatings are designed to preserve assets such as metal and concrete. This is similar to how the paint you use in your home covers the walls. However, that kind of coating is decorative!
In industrial applications, the type of coating you need depends on what you need to protect. You need to consider the material, location, service environment and other factors.
What Are Coatings?
High Performance Coatings protect tank exteriors, the interior and exterior of pressure vessels, containment slabs, concrete floors, industrial facility ceilings and various substrates subject to aggressive exposures.
High Performance Coatings help to delay corrosion of steel and deterioration of concrete. In an industrial setting, using the proper coating is crucial to protect your assets.
Traffic Coatings
Traffic coatings are great for concrete or (in some cases) steel that have high traffic from vehicles and/or pedestrians. This coating is often waterproof and can also provide a non-slip surface for safety purposes.
Fireproof Coating
A fireproof coating provides a barrier between the fire and the material it is protecting. Especially in an industrial setting, a fireproof coating can slow and deter a fire from spreading.
This kind of coating is always a good idea, but it’s an especially good idea if there is a high chance of fire. Fire rated assemblies are also required by fire-code in certain parts of buildings.
Call us today for more information at 1.800.236.8222, or visit our website
Coolest Ballistic Glass
Ballistic glass is one of the most important technologies in the world. It’s no wonder it’s also referred to as transparent armor or armored glass. The advanced material has become a crucial element of military engineering as much as armored plate metal.
Military applications aside, ballistic glass also protects and brings piece of mind to regular people working in dangerous neighborhoods and even protects important political and religious people.
The science behind ballistic glass involves sheets of traditional glass interlaid with sheets of flexible, impact absorbing plastic material. Here are the 7 coolest applications for ballistic glass. Read on…
Winterizing Your Windows and Doors
Winter is approaching fast! Save money on your heating bill by winterizing your windows and doors before the freezing temperatures hit.
6 Best Commercial Glass Buildings in the Fox Valley
Who knew the Fox Valley had some of the most impressive commercial glass buildings?
Check out our list of the top 6 best commercial glass buildings in the Fox Valley.
1. Lawrence University’s Warch Campus Center – Appleton, WI
Window Repair After Storm Damage – 8 Steps to Follow
What to do when your windows are damaged in a (thunder) storm.
Regardless of the season, storm damage is a concern for everyone from homeowners to real estate agents, car owners and business owners. Be it hail damage or debris from a thunderstorm, there is always a risk of coming home to broken glass and other damage.
A storm rolls in. You curl up under a blanket and turn on Netflix, trying to ignore the howling wind and rain outside. CRASH! A tree branch smashes through your living room window, scattering glass across the carpet. You look over the mess, shaken but unharmed. Now what?
A Transparent History of Glass
It becomes easy to see through the marvels of history when they themselves are transparent. This is the case with glass – a material so humble that its primary purpose has been perfected in making it nearly invisible.
Glass is everywhere around us. It is the window to our neighborhoods, the portal to distant lands, and even the reason some of us can see to start with. Who isn’t thankful for glass as the barrier between them and a 30,000-foot drop from cruising altitude?
