Anti-Fouling Marine Paint
In the subtropical zone, marine life grows easily and usually adheres under port facilities, ships, platforms, pipelines, and the cooling pipes of power plants. Such adhesive marine life will lower the speed of ships, increase fuel cost, and erode the ship plates.
The anti-corrosion paint or the antifouling paint is painted under the ship to prevent marine life from adhering and to save both fuel and sailing time.
Antifouling paint can be divided into the following categories:
- Non-dissolving: Part of the film of this type will dissolve and cause a cellular-like film. Its antifouling performance is not good.
- TIN Hydrolysis Self-polishing A/F: This type is made of organic tin resin and non-organic materials. Its film dissolves (hydrolysis reaction) in the water and equally releases its film with the water flow, which smoothes the surface, maintains the speed, and saves on fuel.
- TIN-free Hydrolysis Self-polishing A/F: This type is made of organic synthesis resin and non-organic materials. Its film will dissolve in the water and equally releases its film with the water flow, which smoothes the surface, maintains the speed, and saves on fuel.