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NACE No. 1/SSPC-SP 5 ✔✔White Metal Blast Cleaning; free from all visible mill scale, rust,
and coatings with 0% staining
NACE No. 2/SSPC-SP 10 ✔✔Near White Met
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NACE CIP1: Standards Questions and
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NACE No. 1/SSPC-SP 5 ✔✔White Metal Blast Cleaning; free from all visible mill scale, rust,
and coatings with 0% staining
NACE No. 2/SSPC-SP 10 ✔✔Near White Metal Blast Cleaning; free from all visible mill scale,
rust, coatings with 5% staining allowed
NACE No. 3/SSPC-SP 6 ✔✔Commercial Blast Cleaning; free from all visible mill scale, rust,
coatings with 33% staining allowed
NACE No. 8/SSPC-SP 14 ✔✔Industrial Blast Cleaning; allows tightly adherent mill scale, rust,
and coatings on 10% of each unit area
NACE No. 4/SSPC-SP 7 ✔✔Brush Off Blast Cleaning; all tightly adherent mill scale, rust, and
coatings can remain but all loosely adherent must be removed
Sa 3 ✔✔Blast Cleaning to Visually Clean Steel
Sa 2 1/2 ✔✔Very Thorough Blast Cleaning
Sa 2 ✔✔Thorough Blast Cleaning
Sa 1 ✔✔Light Blast Cleaning
St 2 ✔✔Thorough Hand and Power Tool Cleaning
St 3 ✔✔Very Thorough Hand and Power Tool Cleaning
SSPC-SP 2 ✔✔Hand Tool Cleaning; removes all loose mill scale, rust, and coatings
SSPC-SP 3 ✔✔Power Tool Cleaning; removes all loose mill scale, rust, and coatings
SSPC-SP 15 ✔✔Commercial Grade Power Tool Cleaning; removes all tightly adherent mill
scale, rust, and coatings but allows staining on up to 33% of unit area w/ minimum 1 mil surface
profile
SSPC-SP 11 ✔✔Power Tool Cleaning to Bare Metal; removes all tightly adherent mill scale,
rust, and coatings w/ minimum 1 mil surface profile
SSPC-SP 16 ✔✔Brush-Off Blast Cleaning of Coated and Uncoated Galvanized Steel, Stainless
Steels, and Non-Ferrous Metals
NACE SP0178 ✔✔Addresses design, fabrication, and surface finishing (i.e. smoothing
welds/rounding edges)
SSPC-SP 1 ✔✔Solvent Cleaning; the only commonly used standard that formally governs
solvent cleaning
SSPC-VIS 3 ✔✔SP visual guides and standards for power tool cleaning; initial rust grade before
surface prep
ASTM D 4285 ✔✔Test Method for Indicating Oil or Water in Compressed Air "Blotter Test"
SSPC-VIS 1 ✔✔Guide and Reference Photographs for Steel Surfaces Prepared by Dry Abrasive
Blast Cleaning
ISO 8501-1 ✔✔Visual guide to rust grades before surface preparation
WJ-1 ✔✔Waterjetting Clean to Bare Substrate; allows 0% tightly adhered mill scale, rust, and
coatings
WJ-2 ✔✔Waterjetting allowing 5% tightly adhered mill scale, rust, and coatings
WJ-3 ✔✔Waterjetting allowing 33% tightly adhered mill scale, rust, and coatings
WJ-4 ✔✔Waterjetting allowing tightly adhered mill scale, rust, and coatings
ISO 8502-3 ✔✔Detecting dust on the substrate by pressing a clear tape to the surface, removing
it, and noting the amount of dust
ASTM C 136 ✔✔Sieve Test; enables the inspector to measure the particle size and distribution
of the abrasive
ASTM D 4417 ✔✔Standard test methods for field measurement of surface profile of Blast
cleaned steel; Method A: Iso Comparator; Method B: Electronic Gauge; Method C: Profile Tape
NACE SP0287 ✔✔Standard practice for field measurement of surface profile of abrasive blastcleaned steel surfaces using a replica tape
SSPC Technology Guide No. 12 ✔✔Illumination of Industrial Painting Projects;
For Applicators: Min.-20 foot candles of light and Recommended-50 foot candles
For Inspectors: Min-50 foot candles and Recommended-200 foot candles
SSPC ACS-1/ANSI/NACE No. 13 ✔✔Industrial coating and lining specialist qualification and
certification; joint training standard for coating applicators
SSPC PA 2 ✔✔DFT Measurement with Magnetic Gauges;
Type 1: Banana Gauge
Type 2: Electronic Gauge
NACE SP0188 ✔✔High and Low Voltage Holiday Testing
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