1. Scope
1.1 This guide is intended to aid the coating specification writer in selecting and specifying the appropriate inspection requirements. It indicates the inspection requirements that may be employed for each of four service environments including mild, moderate, severe, and immersion (see Table 1).
1.2 In order to aid the user in determining when to specify inspection requirements, a relationship between the consequence of failure and the suggested level of inspection is demonstrated (see Fig. 1).
1.3 It is not the intent of this guide to address the selection of protective coating systems, to specify surface preparation and application requirements, or to be a referenced document in a specification.
2. Referenced Documents (purchase separately) 
The documents listed below are referenced within the subject standard but are not provided as part of the standard.
ASTM Standards
D1186 Test Methods for Nondestructive Measurement of Dry Film Thickness of Nonmagnetic Coatings Applied to a Ferrous Base
D1400 Test Method for Nondestructive Measurement of Dry Film Thickness of Nonconductive Coatings Applied to a Nonferrous Metal Base
D2240 Test Method for Rubber Property-Durometer Hardness
D2583 Test Method of Indentation Hardness of Rigid Plastics by Means of a Barcol Impressor
D3276 Guide for Painting Inspectors (Metal Substrates)
D3363 Test Method for Film Hardness by Pencil Test
D4285 Test Method for Indicating Oil or Water in Compressed Air
D4414 Practice for Measurement of Wet Film Thickness by Notch Gages
D4417 Test Methods for Field Measurement of Surface Profile of Blast Cleaned Steel
D4752 Test Method for Measuring MEK Resistance of Ethyl Silicate (Inorganic) Zinc-Rich Primers by Solvent Rub
D4940 Test Method for Conductimetric Analysis of Water Soluble Ionic Contamination of Blasting Abrasives
D5162 Practice for Discontinuity (Holiday) Testing of Nonconductive Protective Coating on Metallic Substrates
D5402 Practice for Assessing the Solvent Resistance of Organic Coatings Using Solvent Rubs
E337 Test Method for Measuring Humidity with a Psychrometer (the Measurement of Wet and Dry-Bulb Temperatures)
SSPC Standard
SSPCVIS3 Visual Standard for Power- and Hand-Tool Cleaned Steel
Keywords
coating, inspection, specifications; consequence of failure; level of inspection; linings
ICS Code
DOI: 10.1520/D5161-04A
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