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Incorporating all the key features and benefits of the Visual Comparison Manual, the Elcometer Fitz's Atlas of Coating Defects (EFA) takes the reader through a more comprehensive range of problems and discusses each in detail.
EFA provides the User with a greater understanding of the defect, the probable cause and the possible solutions. With in excess of 180 colour photographs the User can quickly gain an insight into the coatings industry and the pitfalls to watch out for.
Sections include:
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Welding
Faults - this section includes a number of welding faults which
may be encountered and which need to be addressed or corrected before
application of any coatings system
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Surface
Conditions - includes pictorial examples of some typical conditions,
from bare steel through to a failed coating condition, likely to
be encountered before any surface preparation is carried out. Also
illustrates are some typical problem areas, which need to be appropriately
treated prior to or during full surface preparation.
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Dry
Abrasive Blasting - guidelines on the preparation of steel substrates
before the application of paints and related products are discussed
in this section, together with reproductions of visual assessment
guides of surface finish from the use of dry abrasive blast cleaning
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Water
Jetting - Visual photographs and test details are included for
water jetting preparation on primed iron oxide and zinc primer along
with fully coated surfaces at various levels of coating breakdown.
Degrees of flash rust are also included.
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Coating
Defects - this section offers a unique compilation of coating
defects, each photograph is described and includes a probable cause,
together with prevention and repair suggestions.
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Marine
Fouling - A full classification of fouling in text and in visual
format is included.
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