Waterblog

Many companies are looking to provide their products and services on a global platform. There are abundant opportunities that exist within the water and wastewater market.  I took the opportunity to learn about some of these opportunities within our marketplace at this year’s AWWA annual conference and exposition in San Diego. Most of the opportunities being presented [...]

Coatings adhere to a substrate by chemical or mechanical means. In order to check that this has been accomplished, adhesion tests can be conducted. Adhesion testing is also performed in failure analysis or when a customer is looking to “overcoat” a structure instead of completely removing a coating system.  Both of the test methods mentioned [...]

Hot Dip Galvanizing is the process of “dipping” a steel structure in a molten vat of zinc.  This zinc will then metallurgically bond to the steel, protecting the steel substrate from corroding.   The process consists of dipping the steel in a caustic bath to remove the organic contamination, followed by dipping the steel in an [...]

You commonly see verbiage in public bid notices or specifications that states, “The owner reserves the right to award the contract to the lowest responsible bidder.” What exactly does this mean to you as the owner? A responsible bidder in the world of high performance coatings is very different from a contractor capable of applying [...]

When we refer to coatings that protect materials of construction – concrete & steel, for example – we often refer to multiple coats of paint. Combined, these paint coatings are known as a paint system. A coating system could be comprised of a primer, an intermediate, and a topcoat. Or, the coating could be made [...]