Until a few years ago, water tanks were always drained before exterior surfaces were painted because surface moisture, if found below the water line, would lead to a coating failure. But a coating technology borrowed from the bridge and highway industry and put to a new use is bringing changes to the water tank marketplace. This presentation introduces the original project, includes the coating evaluation after 6 years, and concludes with additional tank examples.

Subject
Primers, Coating performance, Protective coatings, Water, Coatings, Gloss, Water tanks, Mechanical failure, Dry film thickness, Contractors, Corrosion protection, Urethane, Coating systems
Keywords:
Some features of the original project were presented to the Indiana AWWA, as a Case Study, in 2001 and highlighted in Public Works, August 2005
© 2007 Association for Materials Protection and Performance (AMPP). All rights reserved. This work is protected by both domestic and international copyright laws. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise) without the prior written permission of AMPP. Positions and opinions advanced in this work are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of AMPP. Responsibility for the content of the work lies solely with the author(s).
2007
Association for Materials Protection and Performance (AMPP)
You do not currently have access to this content.