Coating failures can be natural, the coating fails when its durability expectancy has been exceeded; or premature, when the coating fails in service without achieving the durability expected for different causes and reasons. This could lead to:
- Accelerate the corrosion or degradation process of a structure.
- Increase the risk of failure in a structure or element.
- Less protection of the coating system, loss of investment by the owner.
- Higher maintenance cost.
- Premature replacement of the system. Increase non-quality costs.
- Delays in project planification and delivery.
- Loss of confidence, image and credibility with the client.
- Loss of contracts due to premature failure.
- Extra costs and loss of competitiveness.
- Claims of thousands of euros and sometimes millionaire losses.