Achieving a New Standard in

Corrosion Elimination

Current Application Standard

Corrosion Blister

Abrasive Blasting

Abrasive Blasting Does Not Remove Microscopic Contaminants

Today’s Visual Standard Does Not Address Microscopic Contaminants

Microscopic Contaminant On Abrasively Blasted Surface

Microscopic Contaminants Attract Moisture In The Atmosphere

Moisture Adheres To Microscopic Contaminants

Microscopic Contaminants Plus Moisture Cause Flash Rusting

With Microscopic Oxidation The Visual Standard Is Still Acceptable

Application of Coating Over Microscopic Contaminants and Oxidation

Additional primers are used to help coatings adhere better, but only mask the corrosion mechanism for a relatively short time.

Coated Surface Under Conventional Standards and Application

Corrosion Mechanism is a Ticking Time Bomb

Moisture Moves Through Coating via Osmosis

Hydrostatic Pressure Begins Building Underneath the Coating

Corrosion Develops at the Surface

Coating Delaminates From the Surface

Blistering Appears With Coating Failure

Process

Abrasive Blast

Abrasive Blasting Does Not Remove Microscopic Contaminants

Microscopic Contaminant On Abrasively Blasted Surface

Application of CorrLine’s CorrX Decontamination Gel

CorrX Resides on Surface for a Minimum of 20 Minutes

CorrX Dissolves Microscopic Contaminants

Microscopic Contaminants Gone

Pressure Wash with CorrLine Conditioner

Pressure Wash with CorrX Conditioner to Remove Gel

Clean, Un-Contaminated Steel

Microscopic View of CorrLine Clean Steel

Coating with Customer Selected Coating

Final Coated Surface with No Corrosion Mechanism

Customer Pipeline Treated with CorrX in 1995 Still No Corrosion