Repairing Powercrete Coatings

 How Do You Repair Powercrete Pipe Coatings?

     When epoxies coated pipe is in the field being welded up; there is often going to be some amount of damage that has occurred at some point.  That could be during transit.  Pipe could get damaged one of the times it is moved.  Weld spatter can cause damage adjacent to a girth weld.  Equipment or crew members can cause damage accidentally as well.  When those things happen; fear not -- we have solutions. 

     So for starters, we are going to look at various options for making repairs to epoxy pipe coatings; whether that is FBE, DD or any of the other options that are out there today.  

MAJOR DAMAGE

     In a case where there is a large area of damage; it must all be re-coated.  Depending on how large the damaged area is; we'd be looking at:

• using a Powercrete R65/F1 1#, 2# or 4# kit to re-coat the area (after that area has been cleaned, etc)
• using a shrink sleeve to encapsulate the entire damaged area (after cleaning the pipe surface, etc).
• use Powercrete J in a 2# or 4# Kit
• use Powercrete R95 in a 2# or 4# Kit

MODERATE DAMAGE

     For moderate damage, you can actually use the very same methods

• using a Powercrete R65/F1 1#, 2# or 4# kit to re-coat the area (after that area has been cleaned, etc)
• using a shrink sleeve to encapsulate the entire damaged area (after cleaning the pipe surface, etc).
• use Powercrete J in a 2# or 4# Kit
• use Powercrete R95 in a 2# or 4# Kit

MINOR DAMAGE & PINHOLES

     For minor damage and pinholes, we would recommend you use Powercrete R65/F1 in 50ml repair cartridges.  A case of the repair cartridges includes:

• 25 each of the 50ml cartrdiges
• 50 each of the static mixing tips
• 1 each of the dispenser gun