Spec’s made easy Steel Silo & Tank Painting

Panting steel tanks, silos, vats, and outdoor structural steel is not an easy task. These steel structures are often used to house very corrosive and hazardous materials. At the very least they are very expensive to build and highly critical to the production of the facility they reside. We work with many paint systems, epoxies, zinc rich primers, DTM acrylic and urethane to name a few.  

In some cases, these tanks and dust collection vats reach high temperatures and may require specialty paints and coating systems beyond what will be discussed here.  There exists a coating for just about every need that may arise. For example, we have a ceramic system made by mas-cote that reflects heat back into the container to save energy and keep the outside temperature down to reduce burns and safety hazards. There are also paints that can be used in heat as high as 800 degrees.   

If any steel tank, silo, or structure has rust areas that are simply painted over without either blasting or encapsulating, it is likely the rust will be back within 6 months and begin to corrode as if nothing was done at all. Let our expert staff help determine your needs and write a specificatio the is right for you.