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CASE STUDIES 1992-2004
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Shipyard Monument ~ Wooden Wagon Preservation

An International equipment rental company that supplies about eight large front end loaders to a company loading bulk materials on ships including sulphur and potash are responsible for maintaining the machines.

They coated most of the nuts, bolts, wheel studs, crevice areas, the hydraulic pump between the loader arms, all wheel studs and all the electrical connections to the computers with Ship-2-Shore.

The machines were generally traded out for new ones after six months but this year the machines were operating perfectly and no corrosion was evident. The machines were put back in service for another six months.

After one year the machines were again checked and were found to be corrosion and rust free. So back to work they went for another six months.

After a year and a half the machines were replaced and upon disassembly and cleaning, no rust or corrosion was found.

All electrical connections were like new.

All nuts and bolts including wheel studs  were removed with an impact wrench.

The $9,000 hydraulic pump was always replaced after six months due to corrosion, but when it was pressure washed it was found to be like new.

The need to use a cutting torch, drill, tap and easy-out was eliminated. The wheel studs came out with impact drivers. The aggravation and expense of machine down-time due to corrosion problems in the electrical systems was eliminated.

The owners and managers of the company are very pleased because an investment in Ship-2-Shore rust inhibitors of approximately $6,000 created a saving of at least $500,000!!!

Ship-2-Shore inhibitors performed well beyond their hopes and expectations.

In April 1999 we completed the application of Ship-2-Shore INDUSTRIAL to an twelve foot propeller that had been set-up outside the entrance to the old Yarrows Shipyard in Esquimalt B.C. as a monument to the people who worked at the yard during the war. The propeller is very rusty, and an attempt to sand blast it almost proved disastrous as the prop started to disintegrate.

Ship-2-Shore to the rescue! No preparation was needed, Ship-2-Shore INDUSTRIAL was applied using a high pressure spray system. Although we donated our time and the product, the cost to the customer would have been less than $300.

I must say the prop looks much better now. As well as stopping the rusting... graffiti will not stick to it.

Ship-2-Shore As Wood Preservative
1994-2005

This wooden wagon was used by the owner's ancestors to migrate into Canada from the U.S. around the turn of the 19th century.

In 1994 the wood appeared extremely dry and the steel wheels were rusting so it was decided to coat the entire wagon with Ship-2-Shore to see if it would to stop further degradation of the wood and steel wheels.

This summer, July 2005, although there was no further degradation of the wood, the rust stains on the concrete pads appeared the same as when the wagon was coated in 1994 so we decided it was time to for a re-application of Ship-2-Shore.

The versatile, environment friendly Ship-2-Shore has another amazing use as a proven wood preservative.

I built this plywood clothing line platform about 1992. In 2005 it needed work, so I turned it over and to my surprise I had applied Ship-2-Shore to one section.

I scraped some of the Ship-2-Shore off and the wood underneath was like new, whereas the untreated side had rotted out.

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