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PROTECTING YOUR WORLD

primary containment

High-Performance Polyurea Coatings for Protecting Primary Containment

PROTECTING YOUR FIRST
line of defense

It may sound obvious, if not cliche, but primary containment is the first line of defense when storing hazardous materials. These are the containers, such as tanks, bottles, or drums, that are in direct contact with dangerous substances, putting them at significant risk of damage and degradation. Hazardous materials require special solutions for a reason; they’re often highly flammable, corrosive, or reactive, and will readily destroy many common container materials. And even with the right container materials, primary containment systems remain vulnerable to the effects of weathering and abrasion, which necessitate equally robust secondary containment strategies to ensure safety even when primary containment fails. To strengthen primary containment, protective coatings like polyurea can be used to create leakproof, chemically resistant, and highly durable barriers that insulate container materials from their environment, leaving them unaffected by mechanical stress and chemical corrosion. 

WHY CHOOSE POLYUREA
FOR PRIMARY CONTAINMENT?

Effective primary containment is paramount for the safe storage of hazardous materials. In a perfect world, hazardous substances should only ever be in direct contact with primary containers, which are made of specialized materials chosen for their compatibility with different hazardous chemicals. However, while container material selection is first and foremost, a second key step in maintaining safe and effective primary containment is through additional protection using coating technologies like polyurea. Polyurea is highly durable, with all the strength and hardness expected of industrial coatings. What makes polyurea unique, is that this strength and durability is paired with high flexibility, ease of application, rapid curing times, and better safety and sustainability characteristics. Polyurea is compatible with almost any substrate, and resists many of the most common hazardous materials like sulfuric acid or toluene. It also forms a watertight seal, serving as a “container to your container,” or as we like to call it – the halfway hero! Made of 100% solids and applied with high-pressure spray equipment, almost any surface can be coated in a uniform layer of polyurea to see any primary containment strategy reach new levels of safety and performance.