Dex-O-Tex Urethane Spec? | Comparable Systems & Installer

Brand: Dex-O-Tex, a trade name of Crossfield Products Corp — flooring and coatings manufacturer, established 1938, headquartered in Los Angeles, California
Affiliation: Dex-O-Tex is a brand of Crossfield Products Corp. Craftsman Concrete Floors is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or an installer for Dex-O-Tex.
Install Channel: Dex-O-Tex floors install through the manufacturer’s factory-trained applicator program; Craftsman is not part of that network
Current Urethane Cement Line (per dex-o-tex.com, June 2026):
- – Tek-Crete SL — self-leveling urethane concrete (SL-F fine-grade variant), 3/16″ to 1/4″
- – Tek-Crete SL-B — urethane concrete with sand broadcast, 3/16″ to 1/4″
- – Tek-Crete SL-CF — urethane concrete with decorative colored flake broadcast, 3/16″ to 1/4″
- – Tek-Crete SL-CQ — urethane concrete with decorative colored quartz broadcast, 3/16″ to 1/4″
- – Tek-Crete TT — troweled urethane mortar, 1/4″ to 3/8″
- – Tek-Crete Sealer CP — UV-stable urethane concrete sealer (topcoat), 8 to 16 mils
Comparable Current Systems by Role:
- – Self-leveling: Sika Ucrete SL; Sherwin-Williams Poly-Crete SL (comparable role to Tek-Crete SL-F)
- – Aggregate broadcast: Poly-Crete SLB; Poly-Crete MDB (comparable role to sand-broadcast Tek-Crete SL-B)
- – Decorative flake and quartz broadcast: nearest broadcast role is Poly-Crete SLB; finish selection reviewed at spec stage (comparable role to Tek-Crete SL-CF and SL-CQ)
- – Trowel-applied heavy duty: Sika Ucrete UD 200 and UD 200 SR; Poly-Crete HF (comparable role to Tek-Crete TT)
- – Topcoat: specified within the comparable system’s own build-up (Sika Ucrete TC31 NA; Sherwin-Williams Resutile and Resuflor lines) (comparable role to Tek-Crete Sealer CP)
What Craftsman Offers: competitive bids via substitution submittal (engineer of record decides); repair or replacement of existing Dex-O-Tex-era floors with current credentialed systems; spec review
Assessment Methods: ASTM F2170 in-situ relative humidity testing; ICRI 310.2 concrete surface profile verification
Manufacturer Data: Dex-O-Tex product description sheets and submittals at dex-o-tex.com
Credentials: Sika Certified + Authorized Sherwin-Williams High Performance Flooring installer

Dex-O-Tex urethane cement is the Tek-Crete product line from Crossfield Products Corp, a flooring and coatings manufacturer established in 1938 and headquartered in Los Angeles, California. The brand is current and actively sold, and its floors install through Dex-O-Tex’s own factory-trained applicator program. Craftsman Concrete Floors does not install Dex-O-Tex products. What Craftsman installs instead are comparable-role urethane cement systems from the two lines it holds credentials for, as a Sika Certified + Authorized Sherwin-Williams High Performance Flooring installer. This page cross-references the current Tek-Crete products to those systems by role, so an owner or engineer holding a Dex-O-Tex specification can price a substitution or replace an existing floor.

Three readers land here. The first is an owner or general contractor holding a Tek-Crete-specified project who wants more than one bid. The second runs a facility with an existing Dex-O-Tex floor that needs work and has no nearby applicator. The third, a spec engineer, is deciding whether a substitution is defensible. The cross-reference below maps each current Tek-Crete urethane concrete product to Sika Ucrete and Sherwin-Williams Poly-Crete systems in the same duty class, comparable role rather than identical product. Substitution on a specified project remains the engineer of record’s call; Craftsman prepares the submittal that lets the engineer make it.

Three Ways a Dex-O-Tex Spec Reaches Craftsman

Tek-Crete is a living product line with its own install channel, so the work Craftsman quotes around it follows defined paths. Owners searching for Dex-O-Tex installers usually arrive holding either a specified project that allows competitive bids or an existing floor that needs work. A third reader, the engineer of record, shows up with an unanswered substitution question. Each path ends in a different deliverable.

Competitive Bids on a Tek-Crete-Specified Project

A Dex-O-Tex alternative on a specified project is not the contractor’s call. It is a substitution the engineer of record accepts or rejects, and the engineer needs a package to act on. Craftsman prepares that package: the current product data sheet for the proposed Sika Ucrete or Sherwin-Williams Poly-Crete system and a role-and-thickness comparison against the specified Tek-Crete product. The owner gets a second number to weigh. The engineer keeps control of the spec. Where project documents name no brand, there is no substitution question and the bid proceeds on the comparable-role system directly.

Repair or Replacement of an Existing Dex-O-Tex Urethane Cement Floor

Existing Dex-O-Tex floors get assessed like any incumbent resinous floor. Substrate moisture is verified by in-situ relative humidity testing per ASTM F2170, and the concrete surface profile is confirmed against ICRI 310.2 before any new material goes down. Sound sections can be overlaid or extended. Failed sections come out and are replaced with a current Sika or Sherwin-Williams urethane cement system in the same duty class. Craftsman never patches with Dex-O-Tex material; brand-matched repair belongs with the manufacturer’s own factory-trained applicators.

The Engineer of Record Makes the Substitution Call

Comparable role is a precise claim and a limited one. It means the proposed system installs by the same method and in the same thickness class for the same duty: self-leveler for self-leveler, troweled mortar for troweled mortar. It does not mean an identical product, and nothing on this page argues that one manufacturer’s chemistry outperforms another’s. The engineer of record weighs the submittal against the project’s chemical exposure and thermal load, then rules on the substitution. Craftsman’s part ends at supplying verifiable documents, meaning a current product data sheet and the installation record behind it.

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Reading the Cross-Reference by Role

Self-Leveling and Broadcast Roles — Ucrete SL, Poly-Crete SL and SLB

Tek-Crete SL is described on Dex-O-Tex’s current pages as a self-leveling urethane mortar for monolithic application at 3/16 to 1/4 inch, with a fine-grade SL-F variant. Ucrete SL and Poly-Crete SL serve that role. Tek-Crete SL-B adds a sand broadcast and a sealer coat over the self-leveled base at 3/16 to 1/4 inch; Poly-Crete SLB and Poly-Crete MDB build by the same sequence, an aggregate broadcast and topcoat over the placed base, per their current application instructions. Decorative variants SL-CF and SL-CQ broadcast colored flake or colored quartz into the same base class; on a comparable system, finish and texture selection is reviewed at spec stage against the decorative finishes page.

Trowel-Applied Heavy Duty — Ucrete UD 200 and Poly-Crete HF

Dex-O-Tex lists Tek-Crete TT, its troweled urethane mortar, at 1/4 to 3/8 inch for heavy-abuse service that combines thermal cycling with chemical exposure. Sika Ucrete UD 200 and UD 200 SR occupy the trowel-applied class in Craftsman’s lines. So does Sherwin-Williams Poly-Crete HF. Its current application instructions place it at the same 1/4 to 3/8 inch by trowel method; its submittal lists Shore D 85 and 7,800 psi compressive. Return-to-service is the schedule lever in this class: 48 to 72 hours trowel-applied against 24 hours for self-leveling systems, which matters when the substitution question includes a production shutdown window.

Who Performs the Work

In-house W-2 crews mobilize nationwide. Craftsman has installed industrial flooring since 1999 and holds both credentials this page routes into, as a Sika Certified + Authorized Sherwin-Williams High Performance Flooring installer. Every installation ships with the documentation a future substitution or warranty file depends on: ASTM F2170 substrate moisture logs and ICRI 310.2 surface profile verification photos inside a full closeout package. Pre-bid walkthroughs are available within regional drive radius; remote spec review standard for multi-region rollouts.

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Frequently Asked Questions

No. Dex-O-Tex products install through the manufacturer’s own factory-trained applicator program, and Craftsman Concrete Floors is not part of that network. Craftsman installs comparable-role urethane cement systems from Sika and Sherwin-Williams High Performance Flooring, which is what a competitive bid or a replacement floor would be built from.

Crossfield Products Corp, a flooring and coatings manufacturer established in 1938 and headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Its current urethane cement products sell under the Tek-Crete name, with product description sheets on dex-o-tex.com dated through 2026.

Yes, where the engineer of record will consider a substitution. Craftsman assembles what the ruling requires: current manufacturer documentation for the proposed Sika or Sherwin-Williams system and a side-by-side comparison of build method and thickness against the specified Tek-Crete product. Approval rests with the engineer, and a denied substitution means the bid was not won. On unspecified or replacement work, the question never arises.

Comparable by role, not by identity. Tek-Crete SL maps to self-levelers in the class of Sika Ucrete SL and Sherwin-Williams Poly-Crete SL; sand-broadcast Tek-Crete SL-B to Poly-Crete SLB; troweled Tek-Crete TT at 1/4 to 3/8 inch to Ucrete UD 200 and Poly-Crete HF. The phrase means the same build method and duty class, and an engineer of record still rules on any substitution against a specification.

Assessment comes first, run the way any incumbent resinous floor is evaluated: in-situ relative humidity testing per ASTM F2170, surface profile verification per ICRI 310.2, and adhesion checks at the bond line. Sound sections can be overlaid or extended, and failed sections are replaced with a current Sika or Sherwin-Williams urethane cement system in the same duty class. Repairs are never made with Dex-O-Tex material, because Craftsman is not one of its applicators.

Through the manufacturer. Dex-O-Tex trains its own applicators and routes project inquiries to local representatives through dex-o-tex.com, which is also where its product description sheets live. If the project allows competitive systems instead, or the floor needs replacement rather than brand-matched repair, that is the work Craftsman quotes.

No affiliation exists. Dex-O-Tex is a brand of Crossfield Products Corp. Craftsman Concrete Floors is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or an installer for Dex-O-Tex. The name appears here only to identify the products an owner or engineer may be holding in a specification.

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