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Procedure Painting
Procedure Painting
1.0 Purpose
2.0 Scope
3.0 Reference
4.0 Definitions
5.0 Abbreviations
6.0 Procedure
8.0 Attachments
1.0 PURPOSE
1.1 The purpose of this procedure is to define minimum requirements for the surface
preparation and protective coatings to be applied in storage tank for the Project
2.0 SCOPE
2.1 The Scope of this Procedure covers the Surface Preparation and Painting activities of
storage tank for the Project
3.0 REFERENCES
3.1 SAES-H-001 - Coating Selection & Application Requirements for Industrial
Plants & Equipmen
3.2 SAES-H-101V - Approved Saudi Aramco Data Sheets – Paints and Coating
3.3 SAES-H-100 - Coating Materials and Application Requirements for
Industrial Facilities
3.4 SAES-H-101 - Approved Protective Coating Systems for Industrial Plants &
Equipment
3.5 SAES-H-102 - Safety Requirements for Coating Applications
3.6 SAES-H-200 - Storage, Handling and Installation of Externally Coated Pipe
3.7 SAEP-316 - Performance Qualification of Coating Personnel
3.8 09-SAMSS-060 - Saudi Aramco Material System Specification-Packaging
Requirements for Coating.
3.9 APCS 1B - Epoxy Coating System for Atmospheric Service (with Epoxy
Primer)
3.10 APCS 2A - Phenolic Epoxy Coating System for General Immersion
Service (Self-Priming)
3.11 APCS 26T - Mastic Epoxy with Polyurethane Top-Coat Coating System
3.12 The paint manufacturer’s technical data and instruction for paint applications
3.19 NACE RP-0287 - Surface Profile Measurements of Abrasive Blast Cleaned
Steel Surface Using Replica Tape
4.0 DEFINITIONS
4.1 Company -
4.2 Contractor -
5.0 ABBREVIATIONS
6 PROCEDURE
6.7.5 Spraying of the paint shall be done by means of airless spray to obtain uniform and
correct film thickness as specified in the contract. Wet film thickness shall be
monitored to control the required minimum dry film thickness.
6.7.6 Between applied coats the minimum and maximum drying time and temperature has
to be observed strictly in accordance with paint manufacturer’s recommendations.
6.7.7 Large surfaces shall be painted with passes in two directions at right angles and
spray overlap of previous pass shall be by 50 percentage.
6.7.8 Damaged area of painting during the transportation and erection shall be repaired
with the original material.
6.8 Dry Film Thickness (DFT)
6.8.1 To the maximum extent practical, the coats shall be applied as continuous film of
uniform thickness. Over spray, skips, runs, sags and dips shall be removed.
6.8.2 The minimum and maximum total dry film thickness of the paint shall be as per the
client’s requirements or manufactuer’s recommendations.
6.9 Repair procedure for damaged coatings
6.9.1 Clean defective area by solvent detergent wash
6.9.2 For area less than 0.1 m2, grind to a rough metal surface using at least 80 grit disc
sander. Alternatively spot blast to bare steel. Feather edge the coating at least 50mm
beyond bare metal. If the area is very less manual application of abrasive papers may
be performed to prepare the surface.
6.9.3 For areas greater than 0.1 m2, blast clean to obtain the metal surface pretreatment
originally specified. Feather edge the coating at least 50mm beyond bare metal
6.9.4 Remove dust and debris by brush or vacuum
6.9.5 Apply coating by brush for area less than 0.1 m 2 and by spray for areas greater than
0.1m2 to the original specification except that the first coat of a multi-coat system shall
be thinned by 15%.
6.10 Inspection procedure
6.10.1 QC Inspector shall check the surface of the blasted materials as per required surface
preparation and ensure that clean surface must be free from mill scale, oil, grease,
soil, cement, salt, acid or other corrosive material, which are harmful for painting.
6.10.2 Surface profile shall be inspected by using Testex Tape (Press-O-Film)
6.10.3 Degree of surface cleaning shall be inspected visually by comparing the blasted
surface with photographic standards as per SSPC or ISO 8501.
6.10.4 Relative humidity, dew point and substrate temperature shall be recorded at least
thrice per day by the supervisor in daily log book and shall be transfer to inspection
report. Blasting shall not be performed if the substrate temperature is less than 10 0C
or less than 30C above the dew point
6.10.5 Before painting, paint mix ratio shall be as per paint manufacturer recommendations
6.10.6 After completion of painting, dry film shall be visually examined to establish
application defects such as over spray, dirt inclusion, blister, sag runs adhesion,
pinholes, voids, spatter and thin spots.
6.10.7 Paint coating dry film thickness (DFT) shall be measured by using an paint thickness
gauge (DFT Gauge) observation data shall be recorded in blasting & painting
inspection Report. (Attachment No. 1)
6.10.8 Paint thickness gauge, surface profile gauge, Digital thermo meter shall be calibrated
prior to use.
6.10.9 If the results of DFT is varying from the specified value or if any defect is observed on
the paint surface, it shall be rectified, before proceeding further application.
6.10.10 Rectified surface shall be re-inspected for its completeness.
6.10.11 In addition to the above, QC Inspector shall visually inspect the quality of welds after
blasting to ensure that it is free from welding defects.