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9th October 2018, 12:32 PM
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Re: OOCL Hong Kong
Aluminium powder is exothermic , when it catches it is almost explosive , sheet aluminium melts at 600 degree C without igniting, the Reynobond is available in 3 insulation specs polyurethane (PE )not to be used over 10 M high, fire retardant not over 30 M high and non combustible . the management used PE and saved £300,000 on a 60 M high tower . the insulation is what spread and fed the fire , melting the Aluminium . So the metal bare is safe , burning PE is what melted it
Rob Page R855150 - British & Commonwealth Shipping ( 1965 - 1973 ) Gulf Oil -( 1973 - 1975 ) Sealink ( 1975 - 1986 )
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9th October 2018, 12:46 PM
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Re: OOCL Hong Kong
Originally Posted by
robpage
Aluminium powder is exothermic , when it catches it is almost explosive , sheet aluminium melts at 600 degree C without igniting, the Reynobond is available in 3 insulation specs polyurethane (PE )not to be used over 10 M high, fire retardant not over 30 M high and non combustible . the management used PE and saved £300,000 on a 60 M high tower . the insulation is what spread and fed the fire , melting the Aluminium . So the metal bare is safe , burning PE is what melted it
Polyurethane = PU; Polyethylene = PE
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9th October 2018, 01:12 PM
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Re: OOCL Hong Kong
What was silvereen paint consistent with then ? When I workred for Saguenay of Montreal they were a subsidiary of Alcoa. All their ships paintwork on accomodation housings , masts etc. etc. was Silver. You didn’t soogy the paintwork you just ran a paint roller over it. Was silvereen paint more highly combustable than ordinary paint ?
Cheers JS...
Last edited by j.sabourn; 9th October 2018 at 01:14 PM.
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9th October 2018, 01:37 PM
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Re: OOCL Hong Kong
Originally Posted by
j.sabourn
What was silvereen paint consistent with then ? When I workred for Saguenay of Montreal they were a subsidiary of Alcoa. All their ships paintwork on accomodation housings , masts etc. etc. was Silver. You didn’t soogy the paintwork you just ran a paint roller over it. Was silvereen paint more highly combustable than ordinary paint ?
Cheers JS...
You wouldnt find out till there was a fire and most paints would burn any way. We used to use it on steam lines (applied when cold) but keep well out the way when steam turned on, the solvents and some of the fillers flashed off in a puff of smoke, left the lines looking silver for while , then it tended to just flake off. Just my opinion, but paiting topsides with it, must av looked crep
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9th October 2018, 02:10 PM
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Re: OOCL Hong Kong
It did, but tell that to Alcoa. Was probably very cheap as well. As said when it looked manky just rolled over it. As had passengers on board there were always rollers handy. Green hulls and silver didn’t look very good to me either. Cheers JS
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9th October 2018, 02:59 PM
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10th October 2018, 05:23 AM
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Re: OOCL Hong Kong
The structure of many of the newer cruise ships is stell to a certain level then a composite metal above that.
As to some of these massive container ships.
A fire of any concequence would be almost impossible to control. I imagine it would be abandon ship and just let it burn.
Happy daze John in Oz.
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