It offers a good protection when used as a primer or finish. It is more widely used as an intermediate coat over a chemically-acting zinc phosphate anti-corrosive primer. This type of coating is often used by specifying authorities when long life maintenance free systems are required. For examples, off-shore installations, bridges, harbour installations, drilling rigs, electricity transmission towers, off-shore platforms, facilities and containers, pipelines, refineries, road and railway bridges, storage tanks, transformers, water and wastewater facilities, etc.