· The control plate coating did not survive the barnacles fouling attack. it presented symptoms of an apparent coating breakdown by mechanism of osmotic blistering and disbondment (a.k.a. osmotic gradient action), and corrosion.
· As noted in figures 2 and 3 below, our steel plate coated with the Warren Epoxy easily survived the 3 months of barnacle fouling resistance testing.
· Once removed from the seawater (shrimp farm) supply channel, the white plate was hydrowashed with 3,000 psi water . The barnacles easily disbonded from the coating.
· The Warren Epoxy coated plate was found to be in very good structural condition. the steel plate had no signs of corrosion or coating failure.
· This test was considered a very successful because it shows the resilience and armor type protection provided by our outstanding the warren epoxy coating against a severe barnacles attack.
· The subject test results supports the long term life expectancy of the structural repair made in previous bridge concrete pile foundation rehabilitation of this document. furthermore, it is important to note that our warren epoxy alone can easily protect the pile foundations tidal zone areas from erosion and corrosion. if required, a composite solution (Warren Epoxy & FRP) may be used to provide further structural capability.