SURFACE PREPARATION STANDARDS CROSS REFERENCE

SSPC

NACE

ISO 8501-1

BSI BS 7079

Solvent Cleaning

SSPC-SP-1

Hand Tool Cleaning

SSPC-SP-2

St 2 or St 3

Identical toI
SO St (2 or 3)

Power Tool Cleaning

SSPC-SP-3

St 2 or St 3

Identical to
ISO St (2 or 3)

Flame Cleaning

SSPC-SP-4

F1

Identical to
ISO F1

White Metal Blast

Cleaning

SSPC-SP-5

NACE No. 1

Sa 3

Identical to
ISO Sa 3

Commercial Blast
Cleaning
g

SSPC-SP-6

NACE No. 3

Sa 2

Identical to
ISO Sa 2

Brush-Off Blast
Cleaning

SSPC-SP-7

NACE No. 4

Sa 1

Identical to
ISO Sa 1

Pickling

SSPC-SP-8

Near-White Blast
Cleaning

SSPC-SP-10

NACE No. 2

Sa 2 1/2

Identical to
ISO Sa 2 1/2

Power Tool Cleaning

to Bate Metal

SSPC-SP-11

Water Blast

SSPC-SP-12

NACE No. 5

Surface Preperation of
Concrete

SSPC-SP-13

NACE No. 6

Industrial Blast
Cleaning

SSPC-SP-14

NACE No. 8

Comercial Grade
Power Tool Cleaning

SSPC-SP-15

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