The Red Bucket
A Protective Coatings Podcast

15. Deconstructing Carbomastic 15 - Pt. 1 (Feat. Dan Baribault and Paul Atzemis)

2 months ago

Why do some surface-tolerant mastic epoxies work so well in so many different services? Paul Atzemis and Dan Baribault deconstruct Carbomastic 15, explaining why its resin technology and added pigmentation combine to make it one of the industry’s best performers. And, Dan imagines a walk along the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway.

  • 00:00 – Introduction
  • 02:19 – How mastic coatings developed
  • 04:39 – Length of carbon chains influence application characteristics
  • 07:29 – Introduction and characteristics of aluminum pigmentation
  • 13:39 – Galvanic protective effects
  • 15:29 – Aluminum pigmentation effect of chalking of epoxy
  • 17:20 – What owners/specifiers need to know
  • 19:15 – The four questions
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