The reason

Poor edge covering Low DFT on critical areas Embrittlement of coating

NB Industry standard:

1 Coat Coal Tar Epoxy

DFT 180 - 250 microns

The disaster

Severe corrosion Resulting in

serious vessel breakdowns

Maintenance cost

Sa2½Solvent Free epoxy

Sa2½Pure epoxy Sa2

Mod.epoxy Sa1Coal tar epoxy

WJ1Mod. epoxy

WJ4Balamastic

PTBalamastic

Surface preparation

Sigma Balamastic

Other coating

15+ yrs Life expectancy of coating up to 5 yrs

Cost