For several years, there were no standards for the use of water in surface preparation and coatings removal. The lack of consensus language always raised an obstacle for the contractor and specifier to use water. If there are no third party standards, the project manager or owner doesn’t have an acceptable language to use as reference; the contractor doesn’t have a defined goal; the coatings manufacturer doesn't know what is expected for coatings warranty. Today the complaint is that there are too many standards for surface preparation by water jetting. A comparison of the NACE/SSPC, German, Navy, and proprietary standards, the areas of application, and future goals will be presented.

Subject
Primers, Coating removal, Steel surfaces, Water, Coatings, Materials, Photography, Flash rusting, Surface preparation, Water jetting, Steel, Rust, Paints
Keywords:
waterjetting, surface preparation, hydroblasting, standards, water blasting
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1997
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