All ships need periodic maintenance, either onboard a FPSO, in a water ballast tank or a hull side of a marine vessel. When preparing for maintenance of such structures it has been standard practice to sandblast the surface prior to coating application, in recent years it has become more common to use water jetting for this purpose. However, water jetted surfaces are prone to formation of flash rust. The severity of the flash rust increases with temperature, relative humidity and soluble salt contamination on the surface, and the flash rust can create unpredictable surface conditions. Further, after water jetting the surface may be moist. Hence in order to ensure high quality and maintain production speed, coatings for maintenance should be surface tolerant and adhere well to the substrate even if the surface is moist and flash rusted. In order to mitigate the effect of less-than-ideal surface on the protective performance of the coating, a new epoxy coating showing outstanding performance when applied on flash rusted and moist surfaces was developed especially for water jetted surfaces.