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Looking for in-depth expertise on industrial coatings, surface prep, or corrosion protection? This is your one-stop library of free eBooks and whitepapers from Thomas Industrial Coatings. Each guide is packed with insights from years of field experience—designed to help you make smarter decisions, improve safety, and extend asset life.

The Complete Guide to Asset Management
Buyer's Guide to Industrial Painting and Coating Companies
Industrial Coating Systems Comparison Guide
Asking The Right Questions About Safety - A Guide to Hiring An Industrial Painter
The Complete Guyide to Industrial Fireproofing
Asset Owner's Lead Abatement Handbook
Safety and Quality - The Link Between Worker Safety and A Job Well Done
The Complete Guide to Corrosion
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  • Managing lead in bridge abatement

    By Dane McGraw
    Lead has long been a double-edged sword. It’s enjoyed serious durability in industrial settings for millennia due to its malleability and resistance to corrosion. It’s also served modern industries well thanks to chemical properties that block radiation and make it great for use as a component of batteries.
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  • Fireproofing steel: A guide to fire resistance ratings

    By Dane McGraw
    Fireproofing steel is all about time. Increasing the fire resistance of your structural steel through fireproofing buys you time—time to evacuate, time to fight the blaze, time until the total collapse of the structural steel in your facility.
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  • Fire retardant coatings protect your assets from total failure

    By Dane McGraw
    Fires are game over for many facilities, especially within the commercial, utilities and gas industries. In the unthinkable case of fire in your facility, fire retardant coatings passively fight the blaze, biding time until emergency responders arrive and fighting a total failure of structural steel.
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  • Industrial fireproofing: Cementitious vs. intumescent fireproofing

    By Dane McGraw
    For many owners of industrial facilities, an industrial fireproofing strategy is a prerequisite for being able to secure affordable insurance. But despite being just short of mandatory for many businesses, straight advice on what type of industrial fireproofing strategy to pursue can be hard to come by.
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  • How SSPC certifications can elevate industrial painting

    By Dane McGraw
    SSPC certifications for industrial painters have a two-pronged effect when it comes to elevating the quality of the work performed in the industry. First, they verify that a painter has demonstrated the competence to earn and retain the certification or certifications.
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  • Coatings and asset management: A start-to-finish plan

    By Dane McGraw
    It’s probably not surprising to hear coatings professionals say that a good asset management program begins with the right coating, but it’s true. The industrial coating chosen to protect an asset should be selected on the basis of the asset’s environment, with the product’s particular strengths matching up against the pressures of the asset’s environment.
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  • The complete visual guide to surface prep

    By Dane McGraw
    “Never paint a dirty surface” is something of a mantra in industrial painting circles. Without proper surface preparation, a coating will not adhere properly to the substrate and the system will fail.
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  • Planning a coatings survey for your maintenance program

    By Dane McGraw
    In the case of a newly applied coating, asset owners can use the coating’s warranty information, advice from a third-party inspector and the opinion of the contractor to determine when the coating will once again warrant attention.
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  • The importance of a protective coatings maintenance plan

    By Dane McGraw
    Most of us realize that coatings are about more than making an asset a little easier on the eyes. The infrastructure, facilities and equipment we’re in the business of protecting are essential to the health of the economy.
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