Abstract: An underwater coating composition for protecting a submerged steel structure from corrosion includes a base resin selected from the group consisting of an epoxidized polysulfide resin and a mixture of an epoxidized polysulfide resin and an epoxy resin, a moisture barrier pigment and an effective amount of a curing agent suitable for curing the composition while the composition is submerged in water and a method for protecting an underwater structure by coating the structure with the above described coating composition.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 5, 1992
Date of Patent:
June 14, 1994
Assignee:
Springborn Laboratories, Inc.
Inventors:
Susan C. Agro, Bernard O. Baum, Patrick J. Courtney