Intumescent Paint Clearance

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Intumescent paint clearance. According to sspc s 2011 protective coatings glossary a fire retardant is a. Our intumescent coatings have been exhaustively tested both in our own laboratories but also to national and international standards in independent testing houses all over the world. All promat products and systems have been tested at nationally accredited laboratories around the world to a variety of standards including as 1530. Industry definitions may aid in a better understanding of what an intumescent coating also known as fireproofing is and is not.
The primed surface must be free from any grease oil dirt loose mill scale rust or any other contaminant that would inhibit the bonding of the product to the primer. They can be applied to structural members as an aesthetically pleasing fireproofing product. Nullifire intumescent coatings for structural steel are the tried and tested way of protecting buildings and ultimately people and lives. All structural steel to be coated with cafco sprayfilm isolatek type intumescent coatings must first be primed with an approved primer.
Intumescent coatings often referred to as intumescent paint are used in buildings as a passive fire resistance measure. 1 reduce the rate of flame spread on the surface of a material to which it has been applied or 2 resist. Part 21 din 4102 astm e119 en 13381 4 and en 13381 8.