Surface Preparation – Tuesday

1. Preparation of steel substrates before application of paints and related products

2. Size, Hardness, Density, Shape
3. Static Electricity Discharge
4. Hypodermic Needle Gauge
5. Recyclable Abrasives, Operator Safety, Quality control, No operator fatigue
6. NO.
7. YES
8. NO
9. Yes, possibly heavy pitting
10. 220mph
11. 100psi
12. Polishing or Shining of the Material Surface
13. SA 1
14. Seven (7)
15. Potential Hydrogen – Litmus papers or pH indicators
16. To prevent Flash rusting (immediate Oxidation)
17. Rivets, bolts, weld cap profiles, plate overlap
18. Pickling followed by Passivation (Footners-Duplex System)
19. 0 to 7 – Acids / 7 to 14 Alkalis
20. Any area where there is tension fasteners
21. Expansion, Dehydration, Heat Penetration
22. When viewed without Magnification, free from, mill scale, rust, paint, foreign matter –
A FL, B FL, C FL, D FL
23. A pneumatic caulking chisel, a type of needle gun
24. Hand & Power Tool cleaning St2 = Thorough hand and power toll cleaning
St3 = Very thorough hand and power tool cleaning
25. Phosphor Bronze / Beryllium Bronze
26. Polished surfaces give very poor adhesion
27. Work hardening, Operator fatigue, Very coarse surface profile
28. 4.5 to 7.0
29. A small vessel with a drain tap, to remove oil & water vapour from the compressed air stream
30. 70% (80psi = 20 x 1.5 efficiency drop = 30%)
31. Xylene, Toluene, Benzene or any Aromatic Hydrocarbon
32. Safety Cut-off trigger controlling the abrasive stream, which must be under the direct control of
the blasting operator
33. Air Wash Separator
34. Safety, Huge volumes of water, slurry, no profile, flash rusting
35. Steam, Air blasting plus water, high pressure, high pressure plus abrasive, low pressure plus
abrasive
36. 5 – 10% at 65 to 70degress
37. Degrease using Xylene, Check with Ultraviolet light. Immerse in 5-10% sulphuric acid for 5-
25mins at 65-70°C. Rinse with clean warm water. Immerse in 1-2% Phosphoric or Chromic Acid
at 80°C for 1-2mins, with addition of 0.5% iron filings. Rinse with clean water. Check pH level, to
between 4.5 and 7.0
38. 30,000psi (above this is said to be Ultra High Pressure)
39. Cuts no profile, large amounts of slurry, large volume of water, flash rusting
40. Spark-free operation, removal of toxic detritus, removes Hygroscopic salts
41. Give limited protection against corrosion & prevent flash rusting
42. Emery cloth or Emery paper
43. NO
44. 14
45. It refers to all types of abrasives