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with airless spray equipment, rollers, brushes or dipping tech- niques. Isotrol's low surface ten- sion penetrates rust, bonding firm- ly to the substrate. Isoguard, the pigmented topcoat, is engineered to meld into Isotrol to form a single coat that will not peel or separate.

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E Paint Company, Inc.

E Paint Company, Inc. offers No

Foul ZDF Commercial Grade paint. This product is an EPA reg- istered bottom paint and is com- patible with aluminum.

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Sigma Coatings

Sigma Coatings has provided

Cyprus-based Metz Ship's fleet of 10 container vessels with all neces- sary paint and coatings require- ments, including sea stocks and systems for drydocking and main- tenance. Metz also anticipates using surface-tolerant Sigma

Multimastic self-priming epoxy coatings system for cargo holds and general maintenance onboard

Metz Italia. Sigma products used onboard the Metz fleet include:

Sigmaplane TA; long-life antifoul- ing Sigmapilot; and coal tar epoxy

Sigma TCN 300.

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Earl Industries

Earl Industries' ultra-high pres- sure water jetting system removes tightly adhered coatings, paints and deposits from areas including underwater hulls, exterior top- sides and ballast tanks. This cleaning method reportedly removes soluble salts, minimizes waste, is dustless and allows other activities to continue while coat- ings removal is in progress.

Surfaces are prepared to a finish which meets industry-wide sanita- tion criteria, including NACE,

SSPC, SIS, the interim

NACE/SSPC Joint Standard, U.S.

Navy and International Paint standards. Earl Industries pro- vides on-site engineering and repair through its major business divisions worldwide. The company specializes in the removal, contain- ment, collection and application of a wide variety of marine and industrial coatings.

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Hempel Coatings Inc.

Hempel Coatings Inc. special- izes in providing ballast tank coat- ings to the marine industry. The company has developed a new line of products designed for aging fleets, as well as newbuildings.

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Applied Surfaces, Inc.

Applied Surfaces, Inc. provides a line of coatings products to the maritime industry specifically designed to be easy to use and environmentally friendly.

Products include the Neutra-rust line of rust converters and barrier primers; Durabak, a skid-resis- tant, ADA compliant, one-part polyurethane with rubber coating; a crumb aggregate; IMCO sealers and hardeners; and chemical resis- tant, super-tough maintenance coatings.

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