Overview The ballast, diesel fuel and potable water tanks on an offshore platform required a full refurbishment after the existing coating systems had failed. Challenge The Eureka (soft coating) in the ballast tanks had to be completely removed before the new coating system could be applied. The coating system utilised had to be NSF certified for potable water applications. Working in high humidity also added to the difficulty of this project. Solution The Eureka coating was scraped off before the surface of the ballast tank was prepared. All tanks were grit blasted to Sa1 standard and HP fresh water washed. One stripe coat and one primer coat of solvent-free, wet & rust tolerant epoxy Epo-chemTM RS 500P was applied. This was followed by one topcoat of solvent-free, we

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