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Polyurea Coatings. If You Knew What Could Go Wrong...

The use of polyurea-based thick film coating materials for substrate protection and corrosion prevention has taken an exponential rise in the marketplace in the past 10 years or so. When properly installed, polyurea coatings offer a variety of performance characteristics. 

Product Number: 41205-189-SG
Author: Cynthia L. O’Malley
Publication Date: 2005
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The use of polyurea-based thick film coating materials for substrate protection and corrosion prevention has taken an exponential rise in the marketplace in the past 10 years or so. When properly installed, polyurea coatings offer a variety of performance characteristics. Further, these coatings cure rapidly, are compliant with volatile organic compound (VOC) regulations and are high build, so they can provide multiple coat performance in a single coat application, making them attractive to facility owners representing many different industries. However, polyurea formulations are not a panacea, and if mis-specified or improperly applied, they will fail just like any other coating. This paper explores the limitations of polyurea coatings by describing failure mechanisms observed by the author over the past few years

The use of polyurea-based thick film coating materials for substrate protection and corrosion prevention has taken an exponential rise in the marketplace in the past 10 years or so. When properly installed, polyurea coatings offer a variety of performance characteristics. Further, these coatings cure rapidly, are compliant with volatile organic compound (VOC) regulations and are high build, so they can provide multiple coat performance in a single coat application, making them attractive to facility owners representing many different industries. However, polyurea formulations are not a panacea, and if mis-specified or improperly applied, they will fail just like any other coating. This paper explores the limitations of polyurea coatings by describing failure mechanisms observed by the author over the past few years

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