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7.0 SURFACE PREPARATION STANDARDS

Various International Standards

Sr. (Equivalent)
Description Remarks
No. ISO 8501-1/ SSPC-SP, NACE,
SIS-05 59 00 USA USA
Manual or hand tool
cleaning

Removal of loose rust, St 2 SSPC-SP-2 -

loose mill scale and loose
1 paint, chipping, scrapping,
standing and wire brushing. This method is applied
Surface should have a faint when the surface is
metallic sheen exposed to normal
atmospheric conditions
Mechanical or power tool when other methods
cleaning cannot be adopted and
also for spot cleaning
Removal of loose rust loose St 3 SSPC-SP-3 - during maintenance
mill scale and loose paint to painting.
2 degree specified by power
tool chipping, de-scaling,
sanding, wire brushing and
grinding, after removal of
dust, surface should have a
pronounced metallic sheen.
Dry abrasive blast cleaning
3
There are four common grades of blast cleaning
White metal

Blast cleaning to white Where extremely clean

metal cleanliness. Removal NACE surface can be expected
3.1 Sa 3 SSPC-SP-5
of all visible rust. Mill scale, No. 1 for prolong life of paint
paint & foreign matter 100% system.
cleanliness with desired
surface profile.
Near white metal The minimum
requirement for
Blast cleaning to near white chemically resistant paint
metal cleanliness, until at systems such as epoxy,
least 95% of each element vinyl, polyurethane based
of surface area is free of all SSPC-SP- NACE and inorganic zinc silicate
3.2 Sa 2½
visible residues with desired 10 No. 2 paints, also for
surface profile. conventional paint
systems used under fairly
corrosive conditions to
obtain desired life of paint
system.
Commercial Blast For steel required to be
painted with conventional
Blast cleaning until at least paints for exposure to
NACE
3.3 two-third of each element of Sa 2 SSPC-SP-6 mildly corrosive
No. 3
surface area is free of all atmosphere for longer life
visible residues with desired of the paint systems.
surface profile.

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Various International Standards

Sr. (Equivalent)
Description Remarks
No. ISO 8501-1/ SSPC-SP, NACE,
SIS-05 59 00 USA USA
Brush-off Blast

Blast cleaning to white

metal cleanliness, removal NACE
3.4 Sa 1 SSPC-SP-7
of all visible rust, mill scale, No. 4
paint & foreign matter.
Surface profile is not so
important

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