Offshore Piping Refurbishment Approach - High Corrosion on Piping & Valves

Well it looks bad, but in reality there is a lot of metal there on the flanges and valves. The pipe needs to be treated with more care for sure, but what you propose appears to be good to get a decent surface finish on which o apply a good quality primer and top coat.

Try to avoid wire brushes and other cleaning which just polishes the surface as this results in poor adhesion of the primer. Blasting works as the final run, but grinding and sanders / flaps tends to polish the surface.

Check what surface finish you need for whichever coating system you plan to use.

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Google "offshore fabric maintenance"

Steve Jones
Corrosion Management Consultant


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Thank you both