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COATINGS

Tripling the Service Life of Fish Holds

Epoxyamine Coating Extends Tank Maintenance Intervals:

A Sherwin-Williams Protective & Marine Coatings Case Study.

By Ray Meador commercial ? shing vessel that shows up at a sea- McManus prefers to take his risks crabbing in the un- food processing facility with its catch housed in forgiving Bering Sea – not at a seafood processing facility A rusty ? sh hold tanks is ? irting with potential di- – which is why he recently had the Cornelia Marie’s six ? sh saster. The processor may refuse the vessel’s entire haul if holds restored. In doing so, he also made a strategic speci- it sees rusty water or ? oating paint chips inside the holds. ? cation change from the thin-? lm polyamide epoxy coat-

And when your vessel can hold more than $3 million of ings he traditionally used to coat the vessel’s ? sh holds to value at dock prices, you certainly don’t want to run the a more durable ultrahigh-solids epoxyamine coating that risk of corrosion eating away at your pro? ts. could deliver a longer service life. Whereas the traditional “If we don’t have good ? sh holds, we don’t have a way to polyamide epoxy coating would typically last only about keep our product in good condition,” said Casey McMa- ? ve years, the epoxyamine coating is expected to triple the nus, Captain of the famed F/V Cornelia Marie from the ? sh hold maintenance interval to about 15 years. In addi-

Discovery Channel’s documentary-style TV show Deadli- tion, the epoxyamine coating can be returned to service est Catch. “And if we can’t keep the product in good condi- within a day of application, which is signi? cantly faster tion, there’s no reason to go out and get it.” than the nearly weeklong wait required with polyamide (*) Photos courtesy of The Sherwin-Williams Company

Deck coating of the Cornelia Marie

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