Abstract
Choosing the right colors for any paint job is very important, and can be fun. Remember when you were a child and got a coloring book for your birthday? Imagine if your canvas for coloring wasn’t bound pages, but rather the amazing Brooklyn Bridge. Wouldn’t that be exciting?
However, that choice was made 130 years ago, and we need to maintain it to preserve “The Color of History,” which can be a real challenge.
This study brings to a close what we call our “Brooklyn Bridge Trilogy,” a trio of papers outlining the challenges faced on a project of the magnitude of Brooklyn Bridge Contract 6 and some of the methods used to solve them.
Starting, with our first paper, from general project overview, and continuing in our second work by focusing on abating the existing lead-based paint on the steel structure, with this paper we come to a logical conclusion of the project portrayal, the new multi-coat systems application. How much paint does it take to paint the Brooklyn Bridge, and what paint systems are used to provide sufficient corrosion protection and give this structure the proper appearance? What challenges were faced by the project team during the course of the project?
The answers to these questions, and more, can be found in this paper, which provides statistical analysis of paint usage and illustrates the history of coating materials application throughout the project duration.
