Bob Buchanan, Seal for Life Industries, USA, weighs up the choice between FBE and liquid epoxy coatings. 'Fast, cheap or good' is a concept known as the cost-quality trade-off triangle which can be applied in a number of situations. I once heard about it in terms of automobiles with a salesman saying, 'pick any two'. This is also, commonly applied to project management or software development, but one can think of many other examples. In writing this article. I started thinking of it in terms of coatings for pipelines that are intended for corrosion protection and/or mechanical protection if the pipe is destined to be directionally drilled.
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