Adhesion of organic coatings to hot-dip galvanized steel

Duplex systems provide long-time corrosion protection, much longer than the sum of the lifetimes of zinc and paint used individually. However loss of adhesion between coating and zinc substrate is often found in practice. Different methods of zinc surface preparations are used in the field. The aim of this study was to examine and compare coating protection when the old zinc surface, stored during long-time period (15 years) in laboratory conditions, was painted. Adhesion and impedance studies using epoxy coating systems on galvanized steel substrate, which had been prepared by different methods, were performed.