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The Red Bucket - Episode 28. Is it time to replace traditional tank and pipe insulation? (feat. Michael Stelmach)
For decades, standard practice for insulating storage tanks and piping has been to wrap them in mineral wool, foam, or other low-conductivity materials before sealing them in cladding. This method works well-for a few years, anyway. But guest Michael Stelmach explains how liquid-applied insulative coatings are a longer-lived solution that achieve similar thermal efficiency, similar personnel protection, similar energy savings, and similar process stability while eliminating CUI and other risk factors.
Harder intumescent coatings aren't always better
An assumption that harder intumescent coatings are better than pliable ones stops construction teams from optimizing material selection to save time and money.
The Red Bucket – Episode 27. Landmark projects in Canada (Feat. Pedro Escudero)
Three mysterious binders once forgotten in a Carboline headquarters closet are opened for the first time in decades. In this episode of The Red Bucket, Toby and guest Pedro Escudero explore a small sample of their contents: four past projects involving high-profile locations across Canada. And, Pedro reveals where tourists can get the best fish dinner in the country.
Ways to understand intumescent coating hardness
Language within some commercial intumescent coating specifications suggest that harder coatings are better. That isn't true. Truth aside, where one sits in the contract chain is a good indicator of how impactful they feel material hardness is to overall project success.
Shore D hardness is not a performance indicator for intumescent coatings
For decades, many intumescent coating specifications have ruled out the use of materials that measure less than 70 in Shore D durometer testing. Hardness is useful to know, but it has no influence at all on an intumescent coating’s performance in the event of a fire.
