REPORT DEPARTMENT OF HULL TREATMENT COLOMBO DOCKYARD PLC S.P.G PRAVEENSHA, wh ENGINEER H/T 000421614 Rust Grades Introduction ‘The performance and durability of any paint coating surface preparation carried out. Different types of surface preparation & depending upon the condition of the substrate, the paint system selected, the exposure and required durability of the coating, economic and environmental considerations. Below we .d on carbon steel with or without coating, fast cleaning, hand and power tool are significantly affected by the an be selected outline some of the more common methods use galvanized steel, aluminum and light alloys, namely, dry bl cleaning, water jetting, degreasing ‘The practical performance of the paint coatings is signific the surface prior to painting, The main relevant factors are antly affected by the condition of © Presence of rust and mill scale «Presence of contaminants: salts, dust, oil and grease © Surface profile 1.2. Grades and Definitions Grade A Steel surfaces completely covered with mill scale no rust visible. Grade B Steel surface covered with both mill scale and rust. Both are appear in naked eye Grade € Steel surface completely covered with rust. Little or no pitting visible to naked eye Grade D Steel surface completely covered with rust; pitting visible24 22 23 Surface Preparation Introduction surface preparation prior to the painting is very important factor prior to the painuing works. In CDPLC, used following international standard methods according to the locations OF rust condition. High-pressure fresh water cleaning Steel that need to remove rust should be HP washed prior to the blasting or power tooling. I is used to remove of salt and other contamination, loose coatings, some kind of barnacles (Ifavailable) and rust. Pressure: 250bar - It can be increased according to the ship owner's representative H/P fresh water supply from pump house that is named as Pump house No 01 and Pump house No 02. Every dock has a number of service counters to obtain H/P fresh water for H/P washing Hand tool Hand tool cleaning is a method to prepare steel surfaces using non-powered hand tools. Hand tool cleaning removes all loose mill scale, rust, paint, and other detrimental foreign matter, This is a mechanical method of surface preparation involving wire brushing, scraping, chipping and sanding ‘Common Hand tools 2.4 Wire brushing brushing usually done with rotating wire brushes, is a conventional method, not suitable for the removal of mill scale, but suitable for the preparation of wed seems. The main dis advantage is, that treated surface are often not completely freed from the corrosion products and tend to become polished and contaminated with oll This decreases the ‘adhesion of priming paints and the performance of a paint system.