POLYARMOR
Concrete Pond Lining
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PROJECT: Fish Rearing Pond Lining OWNER: U. S. Dept of the Interior Wild Life Service. Green Lake Fish Hatchery. Ellsworth, ME INSTALLER: A to Z Coatings, Inc. SYSTEM: POLYARMOR ® 444-370 COLOR: Charcoal AREA: 50,000 plus sq. ft. COMPLETED: 1997 |
DISCUSSION: Eighty six circular concrete ponds, tyically three feet deep and from twenty to forty feet in diameter, were previously lined with epoxy. The linings were failing badly. A successful trial was carried out by polyurea lining one pond. Following a year of satisfactory performance of the trial pond, the customer decided to have all of the ponds lined.
The concrete was sand blasted sufficiently to remove the remaining epoxy. The newly exposed concrete was primed with PRONTO PRIME TM concrete primer where possible. Alternatively, PRO PRIME TM concrete primer was used where fugitive fumes were a problem. The primed ponds were coated with .060 inch thick POLYARMOR 444-370 plural polyurea.
The rapid turn around time associated with POLYARMOR plural component systems was a primary reason that the customer specified this coating. Their annual inspection and maintenance season are very brief. Prompt completion of the job was a necessity.