Jack Walker and Paul Atzemis discuss the challenges associated with coating pitted steel. They examine the factors that cause these challenges and the requirements to coat pitted steel successfully.
- 0:00 – Intro – Podcast joke struggle
- 3:07 – Pitting corrosion associated with steel tank re-lining projects
- 3:50 – Pitting corrosion cell
- 4:25 – Problems created by pitting corrosion for coating systems
- 5:25 – The first step of re-lining a tank
- 7:39 – Difficulty cleaning pitted steel
- 8:16 – Reasons for the difficulty of coating pitted steel
- 10:15 – Reasons for filling pits flush to the surface of the steel
- 10:50 – Surface prep of pitted steel before the application of a coating system
- 13:03 – Coating requirements for coatings designed for pitted steel
- 14:58 – Wrap up
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