Carnival Horizon Paint Job Peeling Off

[Aplmac]

On 1/31/2022 at 12:42 AM, Mr305 said:

If you remember, when Horizon got her new paint job,

they didn’t strip the old one.  Instead, they painted right over it.  

Wonder if that decision is coming back to bite them,

if in fact, the new paint is coming off.

 

Good point!

[chengkp75]

49 minutes ago, Aplmac said:

 

Good point!

As I've said, it is not that uncommon to do this, nor is it usually a problem, if application procedures are followed correctly.  Just saw that this happened in December, and winter painting of ships is particularly difficult due to "micro-environments" created (areas where temperature and humidity vary wildly over the surface of the ship due to shading by structure above, or the drydock, etc).  Winter paint jobs are notorious for coating failure, and this would have happened whether they took it down to bare steel or not.

[Aplmac]

14 minutes ago, chengkp75 said:

As I've said, it is not that uncommon to do this, nor is it usually a problem, if application procedures are followed correctly.  Just saw that this happened in December, and winter painting of ships is particularly difficult due to "micro-environments" created (areas where temperature and humidity vary wildly over the surface of the ship due to shading by structure above, or the drydock, etc).  Winter paint jobs are notorious for coating failure, and this would have happened whether they took it down to bare steel or not.

 

Interesting painting technology! Many thanks for your expertise.

[chengkp75]

13 minutes ago, Aplmac said:

 

Interesting painting technology! Many thanks for your expertise.

I've seen days where you could paint the sides of the ship, no problem, but under the ship it was literally raining from the condensation forming on the hull.

[Aplmac]

18 minutes ago, chengkp75 said:

I've seen days where you could paint the sides of the ship, no problem,

but under the ship, it was literally raining from the condensation

forming on the hull.

 

Interesting observation!

[Joanne G.]

Sorry to hijack the thread, but I couldn't help pointing out that the Norwegian Spirit had a problem with one of those Manhattan piers, too.  It's tough making that turn in order to "park"!  

 

 

[Mr305]

Anyone been on Horizon lately that can confirm whether or not there‘s a paint problem?