Patent ID: 7670683

Claim:
A method of protecting an article from extreme environmental conditions, the article comprising at least one of steel pipes, valves, pumps, tapping saddles, manifolds, pipe hangers, ladders, rebar, mesh, cable and wire rope, I-beams, column coils, anchor plates, and chairs, the method comprising: coating the article with a composition comprising: from about 20 wt % to about 80 wt % of a cross-linkable epoxy resin, based on the total weight of the composition; from about 1 wt % to about 20 wt % of a polystyrene-polybutadiene-polymethylmethacrylate tri-block copolymer, based on the total weight of the composition, having a concentration ratio of from about 1:1:1 to about 1:1:1.5; and from about 0.001 wt % to about 65 wt % of a filler material, based on the total weight of the composition; and curing the composition while disposed on the article to form a protected article, wherein the coating complies with the CSA Z245.20-02-12.11 Flexibility Test at −30°C.