Shipping Company Adopts AI Coating App

Chemical shipping company Hafnia announced that it will be using an artificial intelligence-assisted application from paint maintenance company SteelCorr on 57 of its ships to help improve p...

Lasers Used to Remove Bridge Residue

Cleaning company Adapt Laser recently completed a pilot project testing portable lasers to clean rust and lead-paint from a bridge in Southington, Connecticut, in an attempt to save time and...

Researchers Testing New Coatings Sensors

A team of researchers at the University of British Columbia Okanagan are reportedly developing sensors to monitor and help prevent damage to coatings on planes, bridges, pipelines, turbines ...

Outgassing: It’s Not Just Hot Air

by Warren Brand

I am intimately familiar with the fine art of “eye-rolling.” As the followers of my b...

A Tale of Two Clients

by Warren Brand

There’s a concept in martial arts that the first time a student sees a

A famed painting of a what in the Senso-ji temple in Tokyo partially came off the ceiling over tourists?

True or False: The Connecticut Department of Transportation believes extreme temperature swings have caused a sudden release of lead paint chips on bridges across the state.

A new rule proposed by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration will require regulator stations to be designed with secondary pressure relief valves. Do you believe this rule will provide appropriate safety for the millions of miles of gas distribution pipelines?

A German research institute developed an environmentally friendly and efficient laser solution for biofouling. Could laser solutions be used to resolve other failures in the coatings industry?

What is the most important factor to determine in a failure investigation and why is it so?

How do I deal with the small cracks and fractures that occur along the edges and corners of the stone imprints in some of my stamped concrete work?

Analysis of Coating Blister Failures and Associated Coating and Substrate Risks

from JPCL, April 2020 ; by Michael Kibler and Patrick Cassidy, Elzly Technology Corp.; and and Jay Ong, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock

For years, the causes and mechanisms of blistering have been studied to determine its...

Investigating Failure

from JPCL, October 2019

Webinar: Investigating Failure: Security Barrier with Compromised Corrosion Protection

December 5, 2018

Webinar: The Case of… The REALLY Premature Coating Failure

November 15, 2018

Corrosion & Prevention 2018

November 11 - November 14, 2018

Architectural Coatings: A PaintSquare Video Education Series

A collection of archived webinars focused on architectural coatings.

Concrete: A PaintSquare Video Education Series

A collection of archived webinars focused on concrete coatings and maintenance.