For industrial facilities, such as manufacturing plants, processing centers and storage sites, preventing corrosion is a critically important operational and safety issue. However, frequent exposure to chemicals, chlorides, moisture and humidity, whether indoors or out, is a corrosive combination that can shorten the service life of everything made of steel such as tanks, pipes, walkways, facility structures and external infrastructure. Because the corrosion of steel is a serious concern in such installations, re-priming and re-painting often needs to occur every few years.
While industrial primers represent a critical foundation for paints and coatings in harsh environments, they have historically been unable to effectively deal with the eventual formation and recurrence of rust. Traditional primers only encapsulate rust until the paint/primer is scratched, chipped or breached, and moisture and oxygen migrate under the film, allowing the corrosion to spread.