INSPECTION LOGBOOK
Coating Inspections: Some General Considerations Massimo Cornago NACE International Certified Coating Inspector, NACE CIP PEER Reviewer
cornago@ipcm.it
“The best coating available is of little value if it is not carefully and
its useful life several times over by initiating coating maintenance and
properly applied, so the coating inspections are specified to ensure the
repair before major coating failure result. Comparison of the results
proper application”.
obtained during the coating application has shown that also the life
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expectancy of the finished coating can be increased by two-three n order to produce an optimum coating life and the relative
times.
economical advantage, a coating specification must be complied
Unfortunately, the inspection of the coating application is overlooked
with if it is to serve any useful purpose and then include a precise
by the owner of the structure, in spite of the fact that inspection is the
inspection requirement to ensure a quality coating application that will
area of the job where he is most likely to receive less than he specified.
give a very long coating life, even under severely corrosive conditions.
In fact the protective coatings application is very often considered an
Proper and accurate inspection is a primary key to effective coating
indefinite and rather haphazard operation, where quality control is
performance and therefore should be a requirement of every good
more the exception than the rule.
specification, as well as a periodic requirement over the lifetime of the
Failure to provide inspection is also common in contracts for
coating. Effective inspection, during the life of the coating, can extend
maintenance coating work, although it is no more excusable in this
© Massimo Cornago
“The best coating available is of little value if it is not carefully and properly applied, so the coating inspections are specified to insure the proper application”.
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