Painting is performed at almost every location in the shipyard. The nature of shipbuilding and repair requires several types of paints to be used for various applications. Paint types range from water-based coatings to high-performance epoxy coatings. The type of paint needed for a certain application depends on the environment to which the coating will be exposed. Paint application equipment ranges from simple brushes and rollers to airless sprayers and automatic machines.
In general, shipboard paint requirements exist in the following areas:
- underwater (hull bottom)
- waterline
- topside superstructures
- internal spaces and tanks
- weather decks
- loose equipment