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Coating Adhesion Explained: Why Peak Height Alone Doesn't Predict Bond Strength
Ask most specifications what a surface profile needs to be, and you'll get one number: peak height, usually expressed in µm or...
Corrosion Protection Coatings: Metallic, Organic and Conversion Layers Explained
Corrosion protection is rarely a single coat of paint. In practice it is a stack of engineered layers, each doing a specific...
Robots Below the Waterline: Fraunhofer IGP’s ROV Coating Repair Research
Independent Fraunhofer research: a robot-guided Subsea Bristle Blaster preparing steel underwater, repair coatings at 13.5 MPa pull-off, and a first river field...
Why Spot Blasting Can Limit Coating Performance
Patch repairs fail at the rim: how spot blasting creates abrupt edges, feathering failures and halo corrosion - and how controlled mechanical...
Best Sandblasting Alternatives for Small Steel Areas (2026)
The rotating rust removal alternatives that actually work on small steel areas - which achieve blast-like roughness, which just burnish, and what...
Stress Corrosion Cracking: What It Is, Where It Occurs, and How Coatings Prevent It
SCC requires three conditions to be present simultaneously. Eliminating any one of them prevents SCC:
Galvanic Corrosion: How It Works and the Role of Zinc-Rich Primers in Protection
When two dissimilar metals are connected in an electrolyte, they form a galvanic cell — an electrochemical cell in which the difference...
MIC Corrosion: What Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion Is and How Coatings Address It
MIC in carbon steel and other ferrous metals is primarily associated with three categories of bacteria:
Rust vs Corrosion: What's the Difference and Why It Matters for Surface Preparation
Corrosion is the chemical or electrochemical reaction between a metal and its environment that degrades the metal's properties. The environment provides the
Pitting Corrosion: What It Is, Why It Matters for Surface Preparation, and How to Address It
Pitting corrosion is an electrochemical process initiated when the passive oxide film on a metal surface is locally disrupted — typically by...
Corrosion Control for Industrial Assets: A Practical Framework
How to build a corrosion control programme for industrial assets — environment assessment, coating system selection, surface preparation standards
How to Keep Steel Corrosion-Free: Maintenance Cycles and Surface Preparation
Steel corrodes because iron is thermodynamically unstable in the presence of water and oxygen — it spontaneously oxidises to form iron oxide...
Corrosion Protection for Steel Structures: A Practical Guide
Steel corrosion is an electrochemical reaction in which iron is oxidised in the presence of water and oxygen. The basic reaction produces...
Corrosion Resistant Coatings: Why Surface Preparation Determines Whether They Work
Corrosion resistant coatings protect steel through one or more of three mechanisms:
Flash Rust: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How to Prevent It
This guide explains what flash rust is, why it forms, how to assess it, and how to prevent it — or avoid...
How to Remove Heavy Rust from Steel Without Sandblasting
This guide covers the practical methods for removing heavy rust from steel without sandblasting, the standards that define what "clean" means after
What Is Corrosion? Types, Causes and How Surface Preparation Stops It
Understanding what corrosion is, how it starts and what stops it is the foundation of any effective asset protection strategy. This guide...
What is corrosion?
Corrosion can be defined as deterioration of metal as a result of a chemical reaction with factors from the environment. This reaction...
All about the different types of corrosion in pipelines
Corrosion of steel pipelines is a common process that is unfortunately difficult to counteract. To keep the condition of the pipelines intact,...
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