On the Ship's Fire-Proof Paint

Abstract

We made various experiments on the ship's fire-proof paint for selecting which paint to make use of.
(1) We adopted the organic fire-proof paints for the steel plates of cabins. Though complete fire-proof ability was not obtained, they are fine, easy to paint, water-proof and anti-corrosive. While some inorganic ones showed complete fire-proof ability, but generally other abilities were inferior to the former.
(2) We adopted melamine resin baking enamel for the steel furnitures, because it excels in appearance, hardness, water-proof ability, and considerable fire-proof quality.
(3) For wooden products, fire-proof paints must have property to swell and become porous when they are heated by fire. Some of them were comperatively successful in it, but water-proof ability and fineness were inadequate.
(4) To protect ships from fire, we must build the fire-proof construction such as fire-proof sections, remove inflammables and disuse wood in advance of using the fire-proof paint.