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11-15-2007, 10:27 AM
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Tips on painting I beams drenched with water
Hello forum, been a while since i posted but ran into a problem last week.
I painted a bunch of air conditioning ductwork and two cooling towers up on a roof of a building. Everything went great, the prep, prime, and two coats of finish. However I ran into a problem with the cooling towers. There seems to be alot of water leaking from under the cooling towers, and the i beams on which the cooling towers sit on, are always drenched with water. The paint is already deteriorating. My question is, is there any type of paint or coating that can resist water sitting on it 24/7 im not just talking a bit of moisture, i mean puddles of water sitting on it. Any suggestions would help, as I'm going back up there this coming monday to attack the problem.
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11-15-2007, 10:57 AM
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Hello forum, been a while since i posted but ran into a problem last week.
I painted a bunch of air conditioning ductwork and two cooling towers up on a roof of a building. Everything went great, the prep, prime, and two coats of finish. However I ran into a problem with the cooling towers. There seems to be alot of water leaking from under the cooling towers, and the i beams on which the cooling towers sit on, are always drenched with water. The paint is already deteriorating. My question is, is there any type of paint or coating that can resist water sitting on it 24/7 im not just talking a bit of moisture, i mean puddles of water sitting on it. Any suggestions would help, as I'm going back up there this coming monday to attack the problem.
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Swimming pool paint?
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11-15-2007, 04:42 PM
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I'm sure there are products for that, but I think the wood needs to be dry first. I'd find a way to fix or re-direct that leak away from my work.
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11-15-2007, 06:24 PM
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I'm assuming the I-beams are metal
I'd call Wolvie
Maybe he'll post up
If anyone knows of a coating that'll do that, or if it's possible or not, he would
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11-15-2007, 06:27 PM
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I'm sure there are products for that, but I think the wood needs to be dry first. I'd find a way to fix or re-direct that leak away from my work.
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Perhaps I'm mistaken, but when he referred to I-beams, I assumed that they were steel.
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11-15-2007, 07:02 PM
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Perhaps I'm mistaken, but when he referred to I-beams, I assumed that they were steel.
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Busted. I picked up on the words, beam and drenched and just ass u me d they were lam beams. Still, it makes sense to get away from the water.
Wolverine should know a product to deal with that. Hell, he probably knows of a product you can use underwater.
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11-15-2007, 09:06 PM
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Actually...IIRC...I think he did mention one that can be used underwater
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11-15-2007, 10:30 PM
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go into any sherwin williams, and ask for the phone number to the specialty coatings regional manager for this (your) district. Dont even get into the situation with the store manager, just tell him you have a specialty coating question. SW is a giant in specialty coatings for industry. Contact that person and explain the situation. 
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11-15-2007, 11:50 PM
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Wet bond epoxies are the only thing that come to mind.
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11-28-2007, 12:13 AM
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Well I solved this problem with the drenched steel I-beams, thank goodness. I ended up using a product made by rustoleum. It was somewhat of a two part epoxy. I mixed 4 parts base to 1 part activator. Bad part is that the coating is stinky as heck, i'm sure that the fumes coming off of that coating could get anybody high within the vicinity. But it dried rock solid and water just drips right off of the beams almost as if they had a wax coating.
they were able to match the color I was using. Glad that it was only a small amount to paint with that stuff because like I stated above the fumes are horrible, wouldn't want to work too much with that stuff you know what I mean. So if any of you run into this type of problem here is the solution.
Thanks all for your advice.
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