NACE Standards 12:4

At the end of this chapter is a listing of some

NACE/SSPC and ASTM standards, along with a list of
some of the revisions and new standards published since
the year 2000.

ASTM Standards

Preparation of Surfaces for Painting

D 2092 Practice for Preparation of Zinc-Coated (Galvanized Steel) Surfaces for

Painting
D 4258 Practice for Surface Cleaning Concrete for Coating
D 4259 Practice for Abrading Concrete
D 4260 Practice for Acid Etching Concrete
D 4261 Practice for Surface Cleaning Concrete Unit Masonry for Coating
D 4262 Test Method for pH of Chemically Cleaned or Etched Concrete Surfaces
D 4263 Test Method for Indicating Moisture in Concrete by the Plastic Sheet Method
D 4285 Test Method for Indicating Oil or Water in Compressed Air
D 4417 Test Methods for Field Measurement of Surface Profile of Blast Cleaned Steel
D 4940 Test Method for Conductimetric Analysis of Water Soluble Ionic
Contamination of Blasting Abrasives
E 337 Test Method for Measuring Humidity with a Psychrometer (the Measurement
of Wet- and Dry-Bulb Temperatures)
Physical Properties—Wet Films

D 3925 Practice for Sampling Liquid Paints and Related Pigmented Coatings
D 4212 Test Method for Viscosity by Dip-Type Viscosity Cups
Physical Properties—Cured Films

D 2240 Test Method for Rubber Property—Durometer Hardness

D 2583 Test Method for Indentation Hardness of Rigid Plastics by Means of a Barcol
Impressor
D 3359 Test Methods for Measuring Adhesion by Tape Test
D 3363 Test Method for Film Hardness by Pencil Test
D 4541 Test Method for Pull-Off Strength of Coatings Using Portable Adhesion Testers
D 4752 Test Method for Measuring MEK Resistance of Ethyl Silicate (Inorganic) Zinc-
Rich Primers by Solvent Rub

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Thickness Measurement

D 1005 Test Method for Measurement of Dry-Film Thickness of Organic Coatings

Using Micrometers
D 1186 Test Methods for Nondestructive Measurement of Dry Film Thickness of
Nonmagnetic Coatings Applied to a Ferrous Base
D 1400 Test Method for Nondestructive Measurement of Dry Film Thickness of
Nonconductive Coatings Applied to a Nonferrous Metal Base
D 4138 Test Method for Measurement of Dry Film Thickness of Protective Coating
Systems by Destructive Means
D 4414 Practice for Measurement of Wet Film Thickness by Notch Gauges
Holiday Detection

D 4787 Practice for Continuity Verification of Liquid or Sheet Linings Applied to

Concrete Substrates
D 5162 Practice for Discontinuity (Holiday) Testing of Nonconductive Protective
Coating on Metallic Substrates
Visual Examination and Appearance

D 4214 Test methods for Evaluating the Degree of Chalking of Exterior Paint Films
D 4610 Guide for Determining the Presence of and Removing Microbial (Fungal or
Algal) Growth on Paint and Related Coatings
General Topics

D 16 Terminology Relating to Paint, Varnish, Lacquer, and Related Products

D 3276 Guide for Painting Inspectors (Metal Substrates)
D 4227 Practice for Qualification of Journeyman Painters for Application of Coatings
to Concrete Surfaces of Safety-Related Areas in Nuclear Facilities
D 4228 Practice for Qualification of Journeyman Painters for Application of Coatings
to Steel Surfaces of Safety-Related Areas in Nuclear Facilities
D 4537 Guide for Establishing Procedures to Qualify and Certify Inspection Personnel
for Coating Work in Nuclear Facilities
D 4538 Terminology Relating to Protective Coating and Lining Work for Power
Generation Facilities

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NACE International and SSPC: The Society for

Protective Coatings standards:

SSPC-VIS 1, Guide and Reference Photographs for Steel

Surfaces Prepared by Dry Abrasive Blast Cleaning

SSPC-VIS 2, Standard Method for Evaluating Degree of

Rusting on Painted Steel Surfaces

SSPC-VIS 3, Guide and Reference Photographs for Steel

Surfaces Prepared by Hand and Power Tool Cleaning

SSPC-VIS 4/NACE VIS 7, Guide and Reference

Photographs for Steel Surfaces Prepared by Waterjetting

SSPC-VIS 5/NACE VIS 9, Guide and Reference

Photographs for Steel Surfaces Prepared by Wet Abrasive
Blast Cleaning

SSPC-SP 1, Solvent Cleaning

SSPC-SP 2, Hand Tool Cleaning

SSPC-SP 3, Power Tool Cleaning

NACE No. 1/SSPC-SP 5, White Metal Blast Cleaning

NACE No. 2/SSPC-SP 10, Near-White Blast Cleaning

NACE No. 3/SSPC-SP 6, Commercial Blast Cleaning

NACE No. 4/SSPC-SP 7, Brush-Off Blast Cleaning

NACE No. 5/SSPC-SP 12, Surface Preparation and

Cleaning of Metals by Waterjetting Prior to Recoating

NACE No. 6/SSPC-SP 13, Surface Preparation of

Concrete

NACE No. 8/SSPC-SP 14, Industrial Blast Cleaning

SSPC-SP 15, Commercial Grade Power Tool Cleaning

NACE No. 10/SSPC-PA 6, Fiberglass-Reinforced Plastic

(FRP) Linings Applied to Bottoms of Carbon Steel
Aboveground Storage Tanks

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NACE No. 11/SSPC-PA 8, Thin-Film Organic Linings

Applied in New Carbon Steel Process Vessels

NACE No. 12/AWS C2.23M/SSPC-CS-23.00,

Specification for the Application of Thermal Spray
Coatings (Metallizing) of Aluminum, Zinc, and Their
Alloys and Composites for the Corrosion Protection of
Steel

SSPC-SP 11, Power Tool Cleaning to Bare Metal

SSPC-PA 1, Shop, Field, and Maintenance Painting of

Steel

SSPC-PA 2, Measurement of Dry Coating Thickness

With Magnetic Gages

SSPC-AB 1, Mineral and Slag Abrasives

NACE Standard RP0302, Selection and Application of a

Coating System to Interior Surfaces of New and Used
Rail Tank Cars in Molten Sulfur Service

NACE Standard RP0402, Field-Applied Fusion-Bonded

Epoxy (FBE) Pipe Coating Systems for Girth Weld
Joints: Application, Performance, and Quality Control

NACE Standard RP0602, Field-Applied Coal Tar Enamel

Pipe Coating Systems: Application, Performance, and
Quality Control

NACE Standard TM0102, Measurement of Protective

Coating Electrical Conductance on Underground
Pipelines

There are other new standards in various stages of

completion that will be introduced to the coatings
industry as they become published.

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