Protective Coatings Tech Notes

What are my options for protecting steel against corrosion? How do I prevent edge-corrosion?
What are Micaceous Iron Oxide coatings and how do they work? What is milscale?

This section contains technical bulletins, called "Tech Notes", that cover many issues, including the questions above. They include issues around the preparation and painting of common substrates such as steel, hot dip galvanised steel and concrete. Other topics include Safety, Health and Environment, Specification Writing, Product Focus and General Information. General Information includes handy calculations, covering spreading rate, volume solids and dry film thickness, surface area, dew point, and pipeline identification colours...

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1.1.1 Mild Steel - What it it?
1.1.2 Mild Steel - Surface Preparation
1.1.3 Mild Steel - Shop Vs Site Application
1.1.4 Millscale
1.1.5 Perforated metal
1.1.6 Rust Converters
1.1.7 Treatment of Welds
1.1.8 Mild Steel - UHPWJ

1.2.1 HDG - What is it and Why Galvanise?
1.2.2 HDG - Surface Preparation Issues
1.2.3 HDG - Preferred Surface Preparation Methods
1.2.4 HDG - Painting Issues
1.2.5 HDG - Painting Considerations
1.2.6 HDG - Troubleshooting Paint Failures

1.3.1 Concrete Floors - Why Paint?
1.3.2 Concrete Floors - Acid Etching
1.3.3 Concrete Floors - Diamond Grinding
1.3.4 Concrete Floors - Shot Blasting
1.3.5 Concrete Floors - Joints
1.3.6 Concrete Floors - Efflorescence
1.3.7 Concrete Floors - Laitance
1.3.9 Tyre Staining

2.1 Isocyanates
2.2 Solvents - Correct and Safe Use of Solvents
2.3.1 ESD - Definitions and Measurement
2.3.2 ESD and VOC
2.3.3 ESD and Coating Specifications
2.3.4 ESD and Corrosion Protection

3.7.1 Etch Primers

3.8.1 Inorganic Zinc Silicate Primers
3.8.2 Organic Zinc Rich Primers
3.10.2 Duremax GPE ZP

4.4 Mixing Two-Pack Coatings

5.1.1 Metallic Coatings - What Are They?
5.1.2 Metallic Coatings - Application
5.2.1 MIO Coatings - What Are They?
5.2.2 MIO Coatings - What Types Are There?
5.3 Volume Solids & Spread Rate
5.4.1 The Use of Colour for Safety Purposes
5.4.2 Pipeline Identification Colours
5.5 Polyurethanes - What Are Polyurethanes?
5.6 Pot Life
5.9 Graffiti Resistance