Coating for Oil Refineries and Petrochemical Plants: What Actually Works in This Environment

Refineries and petrochemical facilities are about as demanding an environment as industrial coatings get. You’ve got process temperatures that range from cryogenic to 400°C+, atmospheres loaded with H₂S and SO₂, hydrocarbon spills and splash, steam, fireproofing requirements, and equipment that simply cannot be taken offline easily for recoating. Get the coating specification wrong, and you’re […]

How Long Does Epoxy Coating Take to Cure — and What Affects It?

This is one of those questions with a correct answer that isn’t immediately satisfying: it depends. It depends on the specific product, the temperature, the film thickness, the ventilation, and what you mean by ‘cured’. Understanding epoxy cure isn’t just an academic exercise. Return the tank to service too early and you get solvent attack […]

How to Inspect a Tank Lining Before Putting It Into Service

A tank lining that looks good isn’t necessarily a tank lining that will perform. Some of the most consequential defects — chloride contamination beneath the film, insufficient DFT on the bottom plate, holidays that didn’t trigger the sponge test — are invisible to a visual walkthrough. And unlike structural steel coatings, where a local failure […]