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TB-43-0144 Painting of Watercraft Manual

Shipboard Items not to be painted

d. To reduce wear of carbon brushes, paints that contain silicone resins shall not be used on or in close

proximity to motors and generators.

7-8. Switchboards and Panels. Switchboards and dead-front type panels for control, power, lighting

applications, and for electric propulsion, shall be given an additional finish coat only if cleaning and

touchup will not give the desired result.

7-9. Electric Cables. Do not paint electric cables.

7-10. Metal Enclosures.

a. Enclosures for motor controllers, electric panels, wiring boxes, fittings, fixtures and enclosures for

electric equipment in general (except electronic, interior communication, and fire control equipment) for

which painting is not otherwise specified in purchase specifications, shall be painted in accordance with

appendix B. For equipment received with pretreatment and primer only, apply finish coats as appropriate.

Finish-paint that matches the surrounding structure may be applied over the epoxy primer to avoid having

to mask enclosures when painting the surrounding structure. Touch up any damaged coatings as

required. Epoxy primer pretreatment is not required over intact primer or in confined spaces where

necessary safety precautions cannot be followed.

b. Brass, Corrosion-Resistant Steel (CRES), and nonferrous metals other than aluminum shall not be

coated except where painting is desirable for appearance or camouflage.

7-11. Miscellaneous Equipment. The painting specifications for the miscellaneous shipboard equipment

are given in Appendix B.

7-12. Shipboard Items not to be painted. The following shipboard items are not to be painted:

a. CRES decks, CRES galley equipment, and CRES bulkheads in wet spaces.

b. Decorative plastic surfaces such as those on bulkheads and tabletops.

c. Hatch and door rubber gaskets and rubber window moldings.

d. Sight glasses, gage faces, and identification plates and other markings, which, if painted, would be

illegible.

f. Knife edges of watertight doors and hatches.

g. Porcelainized surfaces.

h. Threaded parts, such as adjusting threads and take up threads which, if painted, would not function

properly.

i Anodes and Cathodic protection.

j. The following interior aluminum surfaces:

(1) Bins, shelves, dressers, cabinets, battens, and fittings.

(2) Interior gratings, handrails, and floor plates.

(3) Internal ventilation duct surfaces.