MODERN MARINE PAINTS

The conditions to which marine paints are subjected are undoubtedly very much more severe than those which any similar types of paint meet on land. Conditions of application, which are more often than not bad, add further complications. In dry‐dock painting the ship must undock to schedule and painting must, therefore, go on regardless of rain, frost and fog. As a result, most marine paints and compositions for the outer hull must be a compromise between the ideal and the practical, rather than the best possible material which could be used under perfectly controlled conditions.