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Measuring Dry Film Coating Thickness According to SSPC-PA 2
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The Contractor Who Almost Got Floored
Most of the past Cases from the F-Files have focused primarily (although not exclusively) on coating failures on steel. However, coating failures can and do ...
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When A Good Idea Goes Bad
An American tobacco company owned a number of large buildings, essentially steel-framed warehouses covered with corrugated galvanized steel panels, at one of its facilities. The ...
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Repair The Building Before You Repair The Paint
When the paint on the exterior of a building exhibits heavy fading, chalking, or peeling, the typical solution is to clean and overcoat, but painting ...
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Coating System Concerns for Single-Wythe Concrete Masonry Unit (CMU) Construction
Within a 20-mile radius of your home, you have seen one or more big box stores, strip malls, or other buildings with peeling paint on ...
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The case of…the red rust on a newly applied zinc primer
Photo by Jonny Scholes In this Case from the F-Files, large steel components for a new facility being constructed in the U.S. were fabricated, prepared, and ...
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The case of…failure in a filter house
How long does it take for a premature coating failure to occur? The likelihood of failure is high shortly after application: from days to perhaps ...
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Case Study: Roof Coatings Flunk Out
Premature coating problems on the standing seam roofs of two school buildings were an eyesore for the community and an issue for the school board ...
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The Case of Surprise Blistering and Rusting on a New Tank Lining System
From JPCL, July 2012 In this month’s F-Files, blisters formed in a lining system installed on the interior of a raw water storage tank that was constructed ...
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