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This work provides an overview of solution vinyl coating history and formulation as well as results and discussion for preliminary testing. Corrosion performance and material properties using modern laboratory techniques are needed to provide a benchmark for the development or evaluation of next generation polymer coatings that may someday provide a green alternative to the legacy vinyl systems.
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The current process for coating large metal substrates, such as the decks of naval ships, requires pretreatment, primer, and topcoat steps. Developing a coating that can combine these steps into one would significantly reduce the labor costs and application time, which are significantly more expensive than the coating itself. This research shows the development of a self-stratifying alkyd coating.
There seems to be a trend for bridge owners to believe that applying all three coats of paint in the shop is more cost effective and will provide for a better coatings job on new steel. This paper will discuss the differences between shop coating and field painting and the pros and cons of shop applied coatings versus field applied coatings on new steel.
Quality Assurance (QA) paint testing is an important obligation of any paint manufacturer and/or end user. Each year, hundreds of batches slotted to be applied on US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) hydraulic steel structures around the country are submitted to be tested at the Engineering Research Development Center, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, Paint Technology Center (ERDC-CERL-PTC). A significant fraction of those samples fail.
Common methods of maintenance painting have either involved complete removal of existing paint (e.g., SSPC-SP 10, Near White Blast Cleaning) or highly localized preparation of corroding areas using power or hand tools (e.g., SSPC-SP 2 or SSPC-SP 3). Sometimes projects may be designed to an intermediate level where the intent is to reduce the surface preparation level of effort by allowing “good” coatings to remain. In these cases, abrasive blasting or ultra-high pressure water jetting may be used to prepare the entire surface, but well adhered aged coating is allowed to remain.
In the oil and gas industry there is information on current fundamental training for contractors and certification programs that cover industry standards and practical aspects of selecting, specifying and using coatings safely, effectively and economically to protect structures in harsh oil and gas atmospheric environments. These certification programs are for both inspectors and contractors that provide quality assurance/quality control on industrial coating projects. Once implemented with a properly well-written specification for a specific substrate (steel, metal, previously coated), ensures a quality project for the owner.
This paper will provide information on current SSPC training and certification programs related to industry standards and practical aspects of selecting, specifying, and using coatings safely, effectively and economically to protect structures in harsh marine environments.
This paper will provide information on the standards used in evaluating and determining correct application and selection of protective coatings and linings used in the wastewater industry. It will also highlight certification that can be used in evaluating contractors and inspection companies used in the coating and lining process.
Proactive solutions to avoid “the blame game” with specification responsibility.
At this very moment the equipment, infrastructure and facilities of this nation and of the Department of Defense (DoD) are under attack by a known enemy. This enemy has the ability to work 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The damage, degradation, and deterioration caused by this enemy doesn’t happen overnight; it usually happens over an extended period of time and is often visible to us during the process. That enemy is corrosion!
When protective coatings are considered for application work, normal uses such as concrete coating, waterproofing, abrasion protection; steel corrosion protection; and other protective applications are the norm. However, there is a whole world of other uses for protective coatings including personal protection applications. The reality is that coating systems are being used for a variety of government, military, police and personal protection applications with excellent results.