Roshan Dadia of Dooall Paints explains the protection technology for MS structures

  Paints and coatings that are deployed for protection of assets are broadly termed as protective paints and coatings. Auto paints form a large part of this group. Protective paints are for the chemical, marine and general infrastructure industry – new structures as well as maintenance coatings for the existing structures and assets.

Maintenance coatings are critical for metal substrates especially MS structures. Concrete substrates are critical but are easy to protect by the right designs and reasonably good quality of paints and non-MS substrate form a very small part of this domain. Hence, the focus of this article is on MS structures and its protection.

Epoxy-based primers and Polyurethane based top coats are generally specified across the board for protection of MS, new as well as existing. But the devil lies first in unequivocal specification and detailing of these epoxy and PU-based coatings and second in ensuring that the coatings deployed match the specifications that are detailed out.

Indian industry has long been plagued by undue infatuation with low prices. L1T1 (lowest price and highest technology) has been the guiding parameter for most decision makers in finalising the paint system, but the fact remains that L1T1 is a rare possibility. This is where the gap lies in this industry. Low price has enamoured the users so much that the paint suppliers have all concentrated their R&D efforts in conjecturing economical products that just about meet the specifications, that too those specifications that are loosely defined or loosely monitored. This is most glaring in the marine industry where even the top Indian paint companies struggle to qualify against the world giants.

However, Dooall paints takes great pride in sharing with the industry that the organisation has, after years of R&D efforts, successfully developed coatings using epoxy and PU chemistries. Leveraging the power of NANO additives Dooall has been able to develop technically superior products that meaningfully meet the popular specifications of Indian industry at a price that suits the Indian disposition and has developed a full range of protective coatings starting from inorganic zinc silicates, zinc rich epoxies, zinc phosphate epoxy mastics; to high build PU coatings and all of these at a delightful price. All these products perform beyond the industry curve of ‘price-performance’. n

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Roshan Dadia (BE Chem, MMS Finance)
Dooall Paints
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