PAINTING AND COATING INSPECTOR

INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
Name:______________________Company:________________________DATE:__________

1. Define corrosion?

2. What factors influence the rate of corrosion?

3. What are the Blast Cleaning Grades?

4. Write Grades of Wire brushing?

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5. What factor influence how clean and how rough the surface becomes after blast cleaning?

6. Give the essential requirements for abrasive blasting?

7. What is rough peak? What problem can it cause?

8. How do you measure surface profile? Explain the method?

9. List all Safety Equipment and clothing required for open site blasting?

10. Name four Binders / Solvent combination?

11. Name 5 paints and give their drying and curing methods?

12. State at what condition paint must be stored?

13. Name 5 methods of applying paints?

14. What is a flash point?

15. What is Viscosity and what equipment is used to measure viscosity of the free flowing
paint?

16. Name 3 adhesion tests and describe how one of them is carried out?
17. State 2 drying curing tests and how they are operated?

18. What is WFT? How do you measure it? What are the advantages of using it?

19. What is DFT? State the principle of being able to use a banana gauge for taking DFT? State
calibration procedure for a banana gauge?

20. How do you calculate DFT, WFT & VS%?

21. Name 3 environmental conditions when would you stop painting? Or When shall coating
not be applied?

22. Explain RH, DP, Ambient temp and steel temperature?

23. Explain how environmental test are carried out? What equipment is used to find RH and
DP? Explain its use?

24. What is the procedure for removing oil, grease form a substrate after preparation has
taken place?

25. What distance must be left at areas to be welded when painting?

26. How much new paint overlap required over old repair?

27. As an Inspector what do you consider as your main responsibilities?

28. Paint Faults? Write 10 faults minimum…….

29. What is the difference between thermosetting & thermo plastic.?

30. Difference between thick film coating and thin film coating?

31. SSPC-SP 6 indicates what type of cleaning?

32. Anchor profile: Unless other wise specified, the surface profile for carbon steel
surface after blast cleaning shall have a minimum_________ and
Maximum______microns

33. What are the inspections and testing shall be performed during the application of
coating system?

34. What type of equipment do you use to measure DFT?

35. DFT equipment shall be calibrated at least_________in accordance with coating
manufacturer recommendations?

36. Non insulated CS pipe design temperature has 100° C. What type of coating
system will you apply?

37. Non-insulated SS pipe design temperature has 100° C. What type of coating system
will you apply?

38. Insulated CS pipe design temperature has 100°C. What type of coating system will
you apply?

39. Insulated CS pipe design temperature has 350°C. What type of coating system will
you apply?

40. Write COMPANY approved manufactures names as per JERES-H-001.?

41. Which color will use for Fire water piping?

42. Which color will apply for RELIEF VALVES?

43. The steel surface shall be maintained at a temperature at least_______deg C

above dew point and at a minimum of _____deg C.

44. Which holiday detector will use for lining on steel substrates having DFT over
500µm?
45. Write general requirements for storage, Handling and transportation?

46. 12meter long FBE coated pipe shall have at least minimum required pads?

47. Damaged FBE coating areas larger than 0.2m² which type of system will apply?

48. FBE coating of field girth welds minimum acceptable width of the strip area to be
coated shall be________mm centered on the weld.

49. The contractor shall provide Coating and painting life warranties shall be
minimum____years.

50. Galvanized steel damages shall be repaired. Touch up shall be with zinc rich epoxy.
How much DFT required minimum for repair coat?

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