FAILURE INVESTIGATION
When a coating blisters, detaches or deteriorates earlier than expected, the visible defect may have several contributing factors. Paint Inspection Ltd provides independent investigation and technical interpretation to help establish what the available evidence supports.
Start with the evidence already available
Share the asset location, coating system, specification, application and inspection records, service conditions and when the problem appeared. Photographs and maintenance history can help define the questions for an investigation.
Agree the investigation scope
The work can combine review of project information, site observations, thickness or adhesion measurements and sampling for appropriate analysis. Testing is selected around the suspected problem, the substrate, access arrangements and the need to preserve evidence.
Understand findings and limitations
Reporting should separate observations and test results from likely contributing factors and technical interpretation. Where records or access are incomplete, those limits need to be clear. An investigation cannot promise that every cause will be conclusively established.
Plan the next decision
Findings can inform remedial recommendations, specification review or further inspection and testing. Any additional investigation or remedial work is agreed around the evidence and project requirements.
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