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Surface Preparation (SP)

SSPC Surface Preparation Standards are used to specify proper surface preparation methods and materials for steel, other metals, and concrete.

SSPC-SPCOM Surface Preparation Commentary for Steel and Concrete Substrates

This Surface Preparation Commentary is intended to be an aid in selecting the proper surface preparation method, materials, and specification for steel, other metals, and concrete. This Commentary is not part of any actual standard, but is included to provide a better understanding of the SSPC Surface Preparation (SP) and Abrasive (AB) standards, and other surface preparation documents.

Price: $25.00

SSPC-SP 1 Solvent Cleaning

Solvent Cleaning

Price: $25.00

SSPC-SP 2 Hand Tool Cleaning

This standard covers the requirements for hand tool cleaning steel surfaces.

Hand tool cleaning is a method of preparing steel surfaces by the use of non-power hand tools.

Hand tool cleaning removes all loose mill scale, loose rust, loose paint, and other loose detrimental foreign matter. It is not intended that adherent mill scale, rust, and paint be removed by this process. Mill scale, rust, and paint are considered adherent if they cannot be removed by lifting with a dull putty knife.

Price: $25.00

SSPC-SP 3 Power Tool Cleaning

This standard covers the requirements for power tool cleaning of steel surfaces.

Power tool cleaning is a method of preparing steel surfaces by the use of power assisted hand tools.

Power tool cleaning removes all loose mill scale, loose rust, loose paint, and other loose detrimental foreign matter. It is not intended that adherent mill scale, rust, and paint be removed by this process. Mill scale, rust, and paint are considered adherent if they cannot be removed by lifting with a dull putty knife.

Price: $25.00

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

This joint standard covers the requirements for white metal blast cleaning of unpainted or painted steel surfaces by the use of abrasives. These requirements include the end condition of the surface and materials and procedures necessary to achieve and verify the end condition.

A white metal blast cleaned surface, when viewed without magnification, shall be free of all visible oil, grease, dust, dirt, mill scale, rust, coating, oxides, corrosion products, and other foreign matter.

Price: $25.00

SSPC SP 6/NACE No. 3 Commercial Blast Cleaning

This joint standard covers the requirements for commercial blast cleaning of unpainted or painted steel surfaces by the use of abrasives. These requirements include the end condition of the surface and materials and procedures necessary to achieve and verify the end condition.

A commercial blast cleaned surface, when viewed without magnification, shall be free of all visible oil, grease, dust, dirt, mill scale, rust, coating, oxides, corrosion products, and other foreign matter, except for staining as noted.

Random staining shall be limited to no more than 33 percent of each unit area of surface as defined, and may consist of light shadows, slight streaks, or minor discolorations caused by stains of rust, stains of mill scale, or stains of previously applied coating.

Price: $25.00

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

This joint standard covers the requirements for brush-off blast cleaning of unpainted or painted steel surfaces by the use of abrasives. These requirements include the end condition of the surface and materials and procedures necessary to achieve and verify the end condition.

A brush-off blast cleaned surface, when viewed without magnification, shall be free of all visible oil, grease, dirt, dust, loose mill scale, loose rust, and loose coating.

Tightly adherent mill scale, rust, and coating may remain on the surface. Mill scale, rust, and coating are considered tightly adherent if they cannot be removed by lifting with a dull putty knife after abrasive blast cleaning has been performed.

Price: $25.00

SSPC-SP 8 Pickling

This specification covers the requirements for the pickling of steel surfaces.

Pickling is a method of preparing steel surfaces by chemical reaction, electrolysis, or both. The surfaces when viewed without magnification shall be free of all visible mill scale and rust.

Price: $25.00

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

This joint standard covers the requirements for near-white blast cleaning of unpainted or painted steel surfaces by the use of abrasives. These requirements include the end condition of the surface and materials and procedures necessary to achieve and verify the end condition.

A near-white metal blast cleaned surface, when viewed without magnification, shall be free of all visible oil, grease, dust, dirt, mill scale, rust, coating, oxides, corrosion products, and other foreign matter, except for staining as noted.

Random staining shall be limited to no more than 5 percent of each unit area of surface as defined, and may consist of light shadows, slight streaks, or minor discolorations caused by stains of rust, stains of mill scale, or stains of previously applied coating.

Price: $25.00

SSPC SP 11 Power Tool Cleaning to Bare Metal

This standard covers the requirements for power tool cleaning to produce a bare metal surface and to retain or produce a minimum 25 micrometer (1.0 mil) surface profile.

This standard is suitable where a roughened, clean, bare metal surface is required, but where abrasive blasting is not feasible or permissible.

This standard differs from SSPC-SP 3, Power Tool Cleaning, in that SSPC-SP 3 requires only the removal of loosely adherent materials and does not require producing or retaining a surface profile.

This standard differs from SSPC-SP 15, Commercial Grade Power Tool Cleaning, in that SP 15 allows stains of rust, paint, or mill scale to remain on the surface, SP 11 only allows materials to remain at the bottom of pits.

Price: $25.00

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