Rust-fix™ RK 500 - Solvent Borne System – this product is designed to be over-coated in 15 minutes.   It is ideally suited on applications where surface preparation is a problem and where blasting is either prohibitive expensive.   It has been widely used to prime pipework on oil platforms in the North Sea.   One  platform suffered from extreme weather conditions and a major coating manufacturer’s system failed because of poor surface preparation after only 36 months to such an extent the pipe work required re-coating.   Rust-fix™ RK 500 was used as a rust converter and primer as blasting was not possible due to cost and long downtime associated with blasting.   The pictures show how well the recoated pipework looks after 18 months.   It is ideally used in conjunction with Chemco’s Epo-chem™ range of protective coatings as shown in the pictures.  

Rust-fix™ RK 500CP - Water Borne System – this product is designed for areas where solvent emission is a problem.   It is designed for minimal surface preparation ST 3.   It has been used as a primer converter in many internal vessel and pipe linings where blasting is not practical and ventilation is difficult.   It is widely used in offshore platforms in the North Sea. This product has also been successfully trialled by British Coal in working mines as a primer converter.

 Both systems require ST 3 surface preparation with a theoretical coverage of between 10 – 14 sqm per ltr.   Typical surface preparation requires only wire brushing and the removal of the loose surface rust.

Above poorly prepared rusting surface

Below substrate prepared with rustfix and coated with an Epo-chemTM protective coating