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The Test Methods D1653 vs. E96 There are two primary ASTM test methods used to calculate the passage of water vapor through materials: ASTM D1653, Water Vapor Transmission of Organic Coating Films and ASTM E96, Water Vapor Transmission of Materials. Often times, you’ll see them referred as D1653-08 or E96-05. In ASTM convention, the number [...]

Chemical resistance is one the most important qualities in protective linings in relation to protecting the infrastructure. Permeability is often overlooked aas a criteria for chemical resistance of protective linings “What’s the difference between transmission, permeance, and permeability?! I thought there were just ‘perms’.” Don’t worry – I’ll get to all of that later, but [...]

As I travel across the country meeting with water utility operators I am often asked, How fast can I put your coating into immersion service?. For years the answer has been 5-7 days to allow the coating to cure properly before immersion into the wastewater system. The world today operates on a much faster time [...]

Sherwin-Williams Protective & Marine Introduces Cor-Cote® HT Tank Lining and Hi-Temp Coatings Formulated For Use Under Thermal Insulation At Elevated Temperatures Sherwin-Williams Protective & Marine Division has introduced Cor-Cote® HT.  Ideal for tank linings and piping that lies beneath insulation at both ambient and high temperatures, this epoxy novalac amine is also designed for service [...]

This is a reprint of a blog originally posted in June of 2009 A favorite quote for me comes from “Corrosion Prevention by Protective Coatings”, written by Charles Munger.  Protective coatings “are the skin, over the skeleton, that both protects and beautifies the bone and muscle of the world’s essential structures”.  That is a good [...]

In an earlier blog titled, We Are Being Invaded! – Mussels Muscling In On Our Water Process Structures, we discussed the impact and consequences of bio-fouling by indigenous and invasive mussels and barnacles on water processing equipment and structures.  In this blog, let’s talk about options to stop or eliminate fouling by these “critters”. At [...]

Many times coating projects can be held up due to confusion in defining terms that are used during the process coating of concrete. This is an attempt to clear up some of the potential confusion. Acid etching: application of acid (typically muriatic acid) to clean or alter the concrete surface. Best used when there is [...]

Mussels Muscling In On Our Water Processing Structures Who would have thought that water discharged from an ocean-going commercial vessel’s ballast tanks in Lake St. Clair (between lakes Erie and Huron) in 1988 would have such far reaching effects on the immersed structures of our water processing and power generation industries?  And yet, that discharge [...]

The Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference has just concluded and many are already looking towards next year’s conference. Technical sessions focused on the issues of water shortage while exhibitors brought the best in energy savings and sustainable technologies. Among the exhibitors Sherwin-Williams introduced Hi-Solids Polyurethane MR (mildew resistant), a two-component gloss and color [...]

Join thousands of water and wastewater professionals Oct. 11 to 14 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., for the 82nd annual technical exhibition and conference, WEFTEC.09, sponsored by the Water Environment Federation (WEF; Alexandria, Va.). As the largest annual water and wastewater exhibition in the world, the event will feature more than [...]