Water Tower

Requirement

Interior and exterior maintenance of high level water tanks suffering from severe corrosion problems.

Preparation

Surfaces were hand prepared to St2 standard of EN ISO 8501-1:2007 using a combination of wire brushes, scrapers and mechanical tools and thorough fresh water washing to remove salt contamination.

Coatings

The interior was primed with Corroless™ EPF and finished with Corroless RF35 (2022).
The exterior, with the exception of the roof, was spot primed with a Corroless™ S1, followed by a full coat of Corroless SHB and finished with a coat of Corroless™ RF16 topcoat
The exterior roof and the base of the legs was treated using two coats of Corroless™ EPF.

Comments: 
External: System has an expected life of 15 years under these conditions.
Internal: System has an expected life of 10 years under these conditions. Corroless™ SHB no longer available.                                                              Corroless™ RF35 (2006) now called RF35 (2022).