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United States Coast Guard Base
Integrated Support Command (ISC)
Portsmouth, Virginia USA

 

Project: 

    Prepare steel surface and apply coating of SOMAY/UNDERWATER TECHNOLOGIES® "HYCOTE" 151 Polyamine Epoxy Coating to seawall steel sheet bulkhead pilings at U S Coast Guard Base; Coat  from under wooden fender on top edge of docks to underwater base of bulkhead at bottom of ship dock. 

    Surface Preparation and Application by Seaward Marine Corporation, Norfolk, Virginia USA in the summer of 2005.   All pictures courtesy of Seaward Marine Corporation. 

Surface Preparation: 

    Sandblast above the waterline, through the splash zone and below the waterline to SSPC-SP-10; NACE 2, Near White Metal Blast to a 3 mil profile on the steel surface

One Coat:

    SOMAY/UNDERWATER TECHNOLOGIES® "HYCOTE" 151 Polyamine Epoxy Coating.  Apply within 30 minutes of sandblasting. Application by hand below the waterline; application by spray above the waterline.  Total:  20 mils film thickness applied at spreading rate of approx. 60 sq.ft./gal. (= 1.51 sq.m./L)

Color: 

    Black

SOMAY "HYCOTE" 151 Applied to Steel Bulkhead on the Right - After 2 years
Nothing Applied to Steel Bulkheads on Left Side of Picture.

Closer Picture of "HYCOTE" 151 Painted Steel Bulkhead on Right - After 2 years
Nothing Applied to Steel Bulkhead on Left Side of Picture

Close-Up of SOMAY "HYCOTE" 151 Application to Steel Bulkhead

Close-Up of SOMAY "HYCOTE" 151 Application to Steel Bulkhead

Case History No: S/C-176-2007


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