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The Red Bucket – Episode 11. Abrasive blasting

On this episode of The Red Bucket, Pete Mitchell from GMA Garnet joins us as we explore the various factors of abrasive blasting that contribute to long-term coating performance. The industry has focused on cleanliness and profile for years, but a new study suggests that peak density could be the largest contributing factor. We talk about all of that and more coming up next on The Red Bucket.

Carbozinc 11 Application

Carbozinc 11 is a time-tested corrosion-resistant coating that provides excellent galvanic corrosion protection to steel in some of the harshest environments.

NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Countdown: How Carbozinc 11 helped win the space race

NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building is one of the most recognizable structures built during the Space Race. It's also prone to intense corrosive attack owing to its location at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. To protect the building's structural steel, NASA chose Carbozinc 11.

An inspector holding a flashlight inspects the interior lining of a rail tank car.

Rail tank car linings: Inspection techniques

In the wake of a tank car building boom, there will be more rail tank car linings inspections now and for the next few years than at any time in history. Here's an introduction to inspecting tank car linings.

A graphic from the Missouri Department of Transportation illustrates the planned closure of the Dorsett Road/Midland Boulevard bridge over U.S. 67 in suburban St. Louis, Missouri.

Carbozinc 11: A tale of two bridges

Nowhere is the staying power of Carbozinc 11 more evident than in the case of two bridges in Missouri. The inorganic zinc primer was applied for the first time on a bridge in the state as an experiment in 1969. Fifty years later and 64 miles away in suburban St. Louis, it's still in service.