The Naval Civil Engineering Laboratory is participating in two long-term studies of the efficacy of plastic coatings and prewraps for timber piling. Full size polyurethane-coated and polyethylene-wrapped piling have been installed in the Port of Los Angeles. In addition, small wood cylinders have been coated with polyurethane and exposed in the marine environment worldwide. All inspection reports indicate no failures of attachment hardware, no adhesion loss, and no visible borer damage to the plastic wrapped or coated wood after more than 5 years of exposure. Keywords: Wood protection, Marine piling, Marine borers, Polyurethane, Polyethylene, Plastic wraps, Coatings. (JG)
Plastic Coatings and Wraps for New Marine Timber Piling
1990
42 pages
Report
No indication
English
Wood & Paper Products , Coatings, Colorants, & Finishes , Plastics , Ocean Sciences & Technology , Polymer Chemistry , Ocean environments , Pile structures , Plastic coatings , Protection , Trees , Wood , Adhesion , Bores , Coatings , Cylindrical bodies , Damage , Inspection , Long range(Time) , Los Angeles(California) , Losses , Marine borers , Polyethylene , Polyurethane resins , Reports , Visibility , Plastic wraps
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