In my experience stainless steel has usually come in at a comparable price to mild steel blasted and painted to a high performance 3-layer paint system. Powdercoating is harder to comment on - it depends on what suppliers you have locally and what powders they are typically running. If it is...
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Surface tolerance definitely sounds plausible. While in a shipyard the painting of the blocks would probably be done in a large climate controlled booth, once in service any spot repairs or larger refurbishments are done in dry dock which is essentially open to the...
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I've noticed in the shipbuilding world that aluminium epoxy primers seem to be often used on steel hulls, whereas in building construction the primer is almost always zinc epoxy. Does anyone know why aluminium epoxy would be preferred on ships?
