Decks, Topsides and Super Structures

To survive on a ship’s exterior coatings need to have a balance between, flexibility; surface hardness; adhesion and barrier effect. They are subjected to continual flexing and movement and are exposed to sea salts, UV and weathering from the high humidity, heat or extreme cold and ice, which test coatings to their limits. Besides, ship decks are working platforms and have to endure impacts and abrasions, which in itself is a major cause of premature failures that results in frequent repainting.

MCU-Coatings have been successfully applied to ships for more than 20 years, and have also consistently out-performed 2 pack epoxy and polyurethane coatings in comparative real-life field trials.

MCU-Coatings are able to adhere to most ‘traditional’ coatings, even without a primer. MCU-Coatings are available in matte/medium or high gloss.

Our standard coating specification for ship decks is MCU-Zinc at 150µm DFT and MCU-Miotopcoat at 75µm DFT:

• Single-component system that can be brushed, rolled or sprayed
• It is not weather restricted:
  • can be applied between 6% – 99% relative humidity
  • can be applied at -15°C and even onto 70°C steel surfaces
  • no dew point restrictions; and
  • are not troubled by rain events 15 minutes after application
• Our universal primers adhere well to most metallic surfaces and is surface tolerant
• Can be over-coated in 45 minutes, which is great for maintenance work
• Is flexible and is unaffected by vibrations and steel flexing
• Does not embrittle over time and has excellent UV resistance
• Excellent abrasion and impact resistance on working decks
• Bonds tenaciously to good ‘old’ coatings

This paint system guarantees faster project completion times as it is not subject to climatic weather restrictions and can therefore reduce annualised maintenance costs by more than 50%. Ask us how?