ANTI-CORROSIVE TREATMENTS FOR THE PROTECTION OF STRUCTURAL STEELWORK

IN ORDER TO DETERMINE WHETHER METAL SPRAYING OF STEEL BEFORE PAINTING IS NECESSARY, COMPARATIVE TESTS WERE MADE OF SPRAY PLUS PAINT TREATMENTS AND PAINTS APPLIED DIRECTLY TO GRIT-BLASTED STEEL. DIFFERENT LABORATORY AND ON-SITE CONDITIONS, REPRESENTING RURAL, INDUSTRIAL, CHEMICAL, COASTAL, MARINE, AND MARINE IMMERSION ENVIRONMENTS WERE USED. METAL SPRAY PLUS PAINT CAN EVIDENTLY GIVE ADDITIONAL LONG-TERM PROTECTION EXCEPT IN ACID INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS, WHERE LEAD-BASED PRIMERS ARE THE BEST TREATMENT. ZINC SILICATE PRIMERS WERE EQUAL OR SUPERIOR TO METAL SPRAYING, BUT THESE ARE DIFFICULT TO APPLY UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF HUMIDITY AND TEMPERATURE PREVAILING IN BRITAIN. AN APPENDIX GIVES PARTICULARS OF MAINTENANCE PAINTING OF SOME LARGE STEEL HIGHWAY BRIDGES. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 4, No 4, PP 187-195
• Authors:
  • Claxton, A E
  • Carter, E V
• Publication Date: 1969

Media Info

• Serial:
  • British Corrosion Journal

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Anticorrosion coatings; Corrosion protection; Paint; Painting; Primers; Spray painting; Structural steel
• Old TRIS Terms: Anticorrosion paint
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00216926
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Building Science Abstracts /UK
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 13 1970 12:00AM