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Page Index: Highway Bridge ~ Museum Restoration
German Anti-Tank Gun ~ Computer Boards ~ Valve Problem
Sulpher & Potash Loaders ~ Shipyard Monument
Wooden Wagon Preservation |
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Remote Steel I-Beam Highway Bridge
Steep Creek Bridge September 2004
The I-beams on this remote bridge were so badly rusted conventional preparation and coatings were out of the question. |
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Ship-2-Shore was chosen as the only alternate coating that
could be used successfully in this situation. Liquid Corrosion Control Systems
was contracted to do the work. We first tried needle guns but most of the scale was so tightly adhere needle guns were ineffective. 10 pound smithy hammers banged off some of the looser scale but a lot of tight scale remaining. |
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The brown spots above are extra Ship-2-Shore.
We applied
Ship-2-Shore "Industrial" to all the steel work right over the tightly adhered rust scale we had been unable to remove.
Six weeks later the Ministry of Transportation and Highways
bridge inspector reported back and said "Ship-2-Shore
application looks fine but we will have to put more on", I asked if we had missed some area, he said "No, the rust scale is starting to fall off!"... of course this takes the
Ship-2-Shore off as well ! |
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Above, the rusting has stopped.
The green hue is a reflection.
The bridge crew reapplied
Ship-2-Shore as necessary.
This is Liquid Descaling in Action!
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Museum Restoration
November 2003 |
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This is a rare original oil well pump at a museum in the U.S. It got rather damp and needed some extra protection to preserve it. |
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Cleaned up by hand using a wire brush, Ship-2-Shore was the coating of choice to preserve it for future generations. Ship-2-Shore
was applied using a brush straight out of the container. |
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Note how the rain water beads up and has no detrimental effect on Ship-2-Shore. If Ship-2-Shore
ever needs a re-application just brush a little more on.
No preperation is required. Also see page 20 of the German Anti Tank gun
http://www.mckaylodge.com/pakrestore/PAGE_20.html |
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1943 German 88mm PAK 43/41 Anti-Tank Gun
The complete restoration can be viewed here:
www.mckaylodge.com/pakrestore/PAGE_01.html
(page will open in a new web browser) Another successful restoration project is of a 1943 German 88mm PAK
43/41 Anti-Tank Gun For the U.S. Army Heritage Museum and Education Center in Carlisle Pennsylvania that was done in 2003 by Thomas Podnar, Robert Lodge, Curtis McCartney, and Mark Erdmann of McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory, Inc. of
Oberlin Ohio. "...to protect the metal from further corrosion, a corrosion inhibiting clear coating was applied. The product used was Ship-2-Shore Industrial, a
very effective and long lasting gel that dries to waxy clear film. A Canadian product, it has has an extensive and very successful performance history in the maritime industry protecting ship steel from salt water. Ship-2-Shore Industrial and
the lower viscosity Ship-2-Shore PLID were used extensively in this restoration. The PLID product was used to penetrate all openings at moving parts and all points of wear to prevent corrosion from water entry when the gun is exhibited
outdoors." |
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Source:
www.mckaylodge.com/pakrestore/PAGE_20.html
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Computer Boards
July 2002
The Mushroom Composting Facility job
is now in operation. Ship-2-Shore PLID is working well to prevent
corrosion on computer boards in the loaders.
In this high "ammonia" environment,
computer boards in the loaders were lasting about 6 months before
corroding out at a cost of $3,000 each. This was getting expensive.
Since they started spraying the boards
with PLID
before putting them in service the problem has been virtually
eliminated. One dollar invested returns $3,000 on saved computer
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The Problem of Valves
October 2002
We applied INDUSTRIAL
to a couple of 966 loaders (including all the electrical connections) used
on salt barges, and an excavator used to load potash.
Another use has surfaced: Ship-2-Shore
for valves and piping in manholes
that get flooded with water which contains salt and other corrosive
substances, running off of city streets.
Here is an inexpensive and permanent cure to the problem of valves and
hydraulic hose ends rusting when exposed to severe marine environments.
Apply Ship-2-Shore INDUSTRIAL
to the valves. Wrap them with a clear plastic wrap and secure with nylon
ties. You can see the valves, so monitoring is easy and the Ship-2-Shore
is enclosed, so it is permanent. You will experience no corrosion and you
can still wash the area as often as necessary with no detrimental effect.
It costs about $3.00 per valve and maybe 15 minutes of your time. This
would also work for flange connections on large pipes on off-shore oil
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Sulpher & Potash Loaders
July 2000
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. |
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Yarrows Shipyard Monument
April 1999
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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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It is displayed in the open where it can be seen from the road for everyone to enjoy but exposed to the elements.
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. |
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Spraying Ship-2-Shore on did not change the appearance of the wagon because applied Ship-2-Shore is clear.
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. |
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Under the wagon and out of direct rain and UV exposure, it was amazing to see that the Ship-2-Shore was just as it was in 1994 when first
applied. The versatile, environment friendly Ship-2-Shore has another amazing use as a proven wood preservative. |
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Wood Preservation Addendum
1992-2005 |
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CLICK IMAGES ABOVE TO ENLARGE; BACK BUTTON TO RETURN 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. Would you like an environment friendly
wood preservative?
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