FASTEC Coatings Limited - Services

The company prides itself on our ability to provide our customers with Up-To-Date and accurate information on their assets during their refit or refurbishment processes.

We can provide 3rd party NACE certified coating inspections in the Marine and Industrial fields anywhere in North America. Using our extensive experience and industry leading inspection equipment we can monitor your project, help maintain specification and/or coatings manufacturer requirements, provide educated recommendations if the situation dictates and provide in depth inspection reports to help ensure your organization gets the best possible outcome and extend the life expectancy of the coatings system you are using to its fullest.

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Our company has built its foundation on Marine Coatings. Our owners and management have extensive experience in the marine industry servicing a wide variety of vessels and Shipyards while utilizing the best products on the market that the world’s leading coatings manufacturers can provide.

The company was started on the basis that we would be able to provide our customers with the ability to correctly apply any highly technical coating on their vessel regardless of the difficulty of application. The idea grew from Fraser and Stone Technical Coatings into today’s Company, FASTEC COATINGS LIMITED, which not only offers our customers the ability to apply highly technical coatings but instead all coatings in all areas of their vessels.

From the time our company began in 2016 until now we have completed projects for many of the shipyards/boat yards in eastern Canada either directly for them or indirectly through a general contractor.

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Our owners and management have deep ties with past and present organizations such as Smith & McCarthy Painting Contractors Ltd. For years they were able to provide quality services through those organizations as employees.

From our previous experiences we have built our company to share the same values. We have emphasized safety, quality, and loyalty to our customer’s needs. We have been helping our customers with maintenance, cosmetic appearance and corrosion protection of facilities and infrastructure such as water tanks, bridges, airport infrastructure and equipment, power and energy, sewage treatment and many more. With over 100 years of combined experience and the highest certifications we strive to provide our customers with quality workmanship that will stand the test of time.

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Abrasive blasting, also known as sandblasting, is the operation of forcibly propelling a stream of abrasive material against a surface under high pressure to smooth a rough surface, roughen a smooth surface, shape a surface, or remove surface contaminants/corrosion. Compressed air or a centrifugal wheel is used to propel the blasting material. In our industry this is the best way to prepare a steel/concrete substrate for subsequent coatings applications.

Steel and concrete substrates can be prepared in various other ways including but not limited to ultra-high pressure water jetting, impact tools such as air chippers/needle scalers and scarifies and power tools by way of grinding/sanding etc. These forms of surface preparation are effective, especially in minimal or minor repair area scenarios, however it has been proven that abrasive blasting and proper coatings applications can maximize the life expectancy of the coating system to its maximum capability possible and protect your asset longer than other forms of preparation. Its is always good to remember that 75-80% of premature coating failure or coating breakdown is due to improper surface preparation. Consultation between customer, contractor and chosen coatings manufacturer is always the best way to properly plan a project prior to commencing work.

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Surface preparation is a key part of any project in the industrial and marine industries. In fact, surface preparation is so critical that if done improperly it is the major contributing factor to premature coating failure or coating breakdown. Improper surface preparation leads to 75-80% of coating failure and is detrimental to the life expectancy of any coating system.

There are many reasons that the industrial and marine painting industry differs from residential or commercial industries. Some of those reasons include the complexity of coatings used such as epoxies, poly urea’s, urethanes, vinyl esters, polysiloxanes etc., the extensive training required by everyone involved in the project and the enormous amount of equipment required. The main reason why the industries differ so much is the amount of surface preparation on any industrial or marine project. Typically surface preparation and cleaning accounts for 80% of the project with the coatings applications usually making up for the remaining 20%.

It is important to remember that improper surface preparation does not always mean choosing the wrong standard of preparation (increasing the surface preparation standard will increase the life expectancy of the coating system) it means that the surface is not being prepared to the degree or standard that it should be by specification or coatings manufacturers instructions. Some of the more pertinent reasons for premature failure would be; surface cleanliness or the presence of foreign material, surface profile, oxidization, improper ambient conditions, or cure times prior to or during coating applications. Project circumstances, contractor experience and more surface tolerant/proven track records of coatings are important when planning a coatings project.

In a big project a coatings survey carried out by a qualified individual can help a customer or asset owner determine where to focus based on budget, degree of severity, implications or ramifications of prioritizing areas, and amount of time required to complete etc. to help the customer orchestrate a plan to best suite their needs. The customer, coatings surveyor/inspector and coatings manufacturer would work together with the contractor to ensure a successful project. On smaller projects the customer should consult with a coatings manufacturer and choose a contractor to complete their project.

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NACE defines Low-Pressure Water Cleaning (LP WC) and & High-Pressure Water Cleaning (HP WC) as pressure washing with pressure below 5000 psi and in-between 5000 psi and 10000 psi respectively.

We use our equipment to clean the surface prior to surface preparation by other means e.g., abrasive blasting, in order to remove foreign material such as dirt, dust, debris and soluble salts or loose and flaky material which essentially meets the criteria of SSPC-SP1 surface preparation standard.

We also can use our equipment to clean a surface using the standard SSPC-WJ4 which is essentially equivalent to the International Organization (ISO) 8501.4 degree of cleanliness Wa1, light cleaning. Within the hierarchy of degrees of surface cleanliness achieved by water jet cleaning, Light cleaning (WJ-4) is intended to be similar to the degree of surface cleanliness of NACE No.4/SSPC-SP7 except that tightly adherent material, rather than only stains, is permitted to remain on the surface. Using our equipment by way of this allows us to utilize it in maintenance scenarios effectively being the only means of surface preparation prior to coatings applications. This method would of course need to be used in conjunction with a specific product(s) from a coatings manufacturer that would be surface tolerant and allow proper adhesion to the surface with minimal preparation.

Currently our organization does not have the equipment required to prepare a surface to standards WJ-3 through WJ-1 which would require working pressers over 10000 psi, however, we may look to add these services in the future. If you require more information, would like to ask a question or request a quotation, please send an email to: info@fasteccoatings.ca

Tank Liners are specialized coating solutions that deliver high performance standards. They are usually very difficult and time consuming to prepare and apply, however, offers minimal tank down time, maximum protection from corrosion and maximum protection of cargo after a successful application.

We offer the protection and service life needed for a wide variety of tanks in both the marine and industrial industries with the help from multiple industry leading coatings manufacturers.

Examples of tank liners include but are not limited to NSF approved fresh water tanks, Sewage treatment tanks/facilities, cargo tanks/holds, petroleum tanks, berms, silos etc.

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Our company has been providing concrete surface preparation and coating services to the general public and concrete restoration companies since we opened. We have formal training by international organizations and product manufactures which both dictate surface preparation standards, how to be achieve them, and how to properly apply the products. We utilize hydrochloric acid, floor grinders and/or wheelabrators to prepare the surface prior to the application of any products. With concrete as well as with coating steel substrates we rely heavily on coatings manufactures to supply us with the best possible products for our customers requirements such as chemical resistant epoxies, elastomeric urethanes, stains, etc.

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Intumescent fire proofing is a relatively new venture for our company with projects only dating back as far as 2020. We have worked on projects for both government and private entities applying intumescent fire proofing to structural steel columns and beams prior to a building’s erection.

Intumescent paint is constructed with a chemical compound that expands and creates a protective barrier when exposed to high temperatures. During a fire, the material will expand and char to create a dense protective layer that can protect structural members for a period during a fire.

Intumescent paint is difficult to apply because it must be applied to a specified thickness in order to offer long lasting protection against high temperatures during a fire. The product is extremely dense and very difficult to spray requiring a specialize pump. The barrier created by intumescent fireproofing can expand 25 times its original thickness when reacting to the extreme temperatures of a fire. Coating thickness requirement is dependent on the size and weight of each individual steel member and the hourly fire rating requirements of your structure.

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• Bulk Sandblasting Pots
• 400 cfm - 1600cfm Air Dryers
• 185 cfm - 1600cfm Air Compressors
• Blastrac/wheelabrators
• Grinders (Various sizes)
• High volume airless spray equipment
• High Pressure Airless Spray equipment
• Textured spray equipment
• Plural Component spray equipment ranging from 1:1 – 4:1 mix ratios
• High-pressure and low-pressure water cleaning
• Slurry Blasting
• Vacuum blasting
• Soda Blasting
• Sponge Jet Blasting
• Waste water reclaiming capabilities

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