Research & Development

F&H Marine recognizes the harsh environments that our marine customers need to protect against. With that in mind we constantly strive to improve our existing coating systems and develop new technologies to meet these demands. Our expertise ranges from coating systems for ships, refineries, bridges, pipelines, oil and gas, and pre-construction primers for newly prepared steel. F&H Marine’s strength in formulation and production include the following:

Pre-Construction Primers: Our waterborne pre-construction primer Indurazinc HRZ-14 is a weldable, highly corrosion resistant coating that contains zero VOC’s. Our Indurazinc PC-Weld is a solvent based product that is ABS approved for welding.
Epoxy: whether you need fast cure, low temperature cure, or high film build, our full line of epoxies can fit your needs and offer the best in chemical resistance and long-term corrosion protection.
Urethane: Our lab has put our acrylic urethanes up against the best the competition has to offer. These products are formulated to be superior in both color and gloss retention.

Our US Navy-approved lab is fully staffed, several of our chemists have 30 years or more experience formulating marine coatings. They have created and continue to give us some of the best performing marine coatings available anywhere in the market today. Our technologies include:

Super edge retentive epoxies for ballast and cargo tanks.
Polyaspartic Urethanes and DTM technology. High build fast dry.
Epoxy Mastics that outperform the competition.
High Solids Acrylic Urethane with unsurpassed color and gloss retention.
Water-based Zinc and Solvent-based Zinc Pre-Construction Primers that improve fabrication efficiency.
Surface tolerant epoxies that can applied down to 0 (zero) degrees.
Rapid Cure epoxies for a quick turnaround in the shipyard.