Inspection and Specification of Coatings

The sculpture of the 1960's through the 1980's included many forms of painted steel and aluminum that today are greatly in need of recoating. McKay Lodge Conservation Laboratory, Inc. provides industry standard coatings failure analysis, coatings specification writing, and coatings application inspections. Through training provided by the Society for Protective Coatings (SSPC), formerly the Steel Structures Painting Council and through training provided by industry leader KTA-Tator, Inc., we stay up-to-date on materials, test equipment, methodology, and regulatory issues. We adapt the tools and methods developed for the industrial coating of structures such as bridges, tanks, ships, towers and power plants to the special aesthetic requirements of modern sculpture. Today there are more durable coating products available for sculpture that was fabricated and "shop coated" decades ago that are acceptable to the artists of those creations. Through carefully written specifications and inspection of the coating process, field coating of these structures can result in coating life expectancies exceeding 30 years.

No recoating of a significant modern sculpture should be done without:

• Knowledgeable Inspection
• Industry Standard Specifications for Recoating
• Third-Party Inspection of the Coating Procedure
• Documentation of the Coating Procedure

SSPC
The Society for Protective Coatings
40 24th Street, 6th Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4646
www.sspc.org

KTA-Tator, Inc.
115 Technology Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15275
www.kta.com