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You Can Keep Your Coat On

• Apr 16, 2025
• Latest Journal

When you think about painting structures, you might think about the Forth Road Bridge spanning the Firth of Forth, which until recently was famously being repainted from one end to the other, in a continuous loop. The reason for this constant hive of activity was because the paint was constantly flaking off, allowing the underlying steel to become exposed to the rain and sea spray, the perfect environment for corrosion. Recent coating technologies and formulation of an epoxy glass-flake paint (which is much more durable to the environment and the stresses the bridge is under) has meant that this mammoth painting task now only needs to be carried out every 25 years.

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