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COATINGS & CORROSION CONTROL ings finishes market. Intercare 123 is a hardwearing, single pack finish designed to reduce rust stains and facilitate cleaning.

The new coating is a semi-gloss, available in white and colors, and compatible with a range of primers. Intercare 123 can be applied over most existing finishes

Thurmalox 260 series coatings continue to be available in stan- dard formulations as well as VOC- compliant formulations. Thurma- lox 260 coatings are designed to form a chemically resistant, color stable finish that protects metal from corrosion, weathering and thermal shock. microns. It can be used alone or overcoated with a variety of top- coats, and has an extended potlife of 50 minutes at 23° C.

Jotun also offers Val-Kryl, a high gloss, water-based acrylic paint for cruise ships and ferries. Val-Kryl can be applied over existing sol- vent based coatings and is VOC compliant.

International Paint

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International Paint, a marine coatings manufacturer, has devel- oped Intercare 123, a new paint system aimed at the marine coat-

HEMPEL S SHOPPRIMER RANGE covers all generic types of shopprimers such as PVB, Epoxy,

Zinc epoxy, and Zinc silicates.

The state of the art product

HEMPEL'S SHOPPRIMER ZS 1589 is a zinc silicate with low zinc content. It is especially designed to support productivity requirements in shipyards and steel mills.

Several tests have confirmed that there is a negligible effect on flame cutting, plasma cutting,

MIG/MAG welding and submerged arc welding. Initial tests show no effect on laser cutting.

Ashland Chemical Co.

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Nace International

For more than 50 years, Nace

International has provided engi- neers, manufacturers, and con- sumers with information, knowl- edge and networking in an attempt to stop corrosion in marine envi- ronments.

Topics such as coatings, surface preparation, inspection, and mate- rials integrity are the subject of several technical symposia held at

Nace's annual conferences. The group offers many reference books, such as its Steel Structures

Painting Manual, and Essentials of Surface Preparation. Nace also provides training programs for coatings inspection and standards development, including high pres- sure waterjetting, surface prepara- tions, and testing of coatings.

Magnakote Plus rust preventive, from Ashland Chemical's Drew

Marine Division, offers five-year protection against rust in ballast tanks and void spaces.

Magnakote Plus and Magnakote, the company's original rust pre- ventive with a two-year-protection formula, interact with oxides to prevent further corrosion. They work electrochemically, bonding to steel and forming layers of flexible, overlapping platelets. This bond- ing action creates a chemical barri- er that reportedly halts new corro- sion while also acting as a descaler of existing rust. Both Magnakote

Plus and Magnakote are applied at a thickness of 75 microns and are designed to cure to a transparent film that makes the underlying steel visible, facilitating inspec- tion.

Jotun Valspar Marine

Coatings

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Jotun has introduced a new epoxy mastic anti-corrosive coating and a water-based acrylic for cruise ships and ferries.

Polymastic 100 is a high solids, solvent-free coating designed to offer resistance to abrasion, and to fresh and salt water, solvents and other chemicals. Polymastic 100 can be applied by normal airless spray equipment, to give single- coat, dry-film thickness up to 500

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