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OHTL EPCC
Project 031-SC-21-EBS
2022.11.22
REVISION DATE
Rev DESCRIPTION ISSUED UPDATE / AMENDMENT DETAILS
Blasting & Painting _
D00 25/07/2022 Issue For Approval
Coating Procedure
Blasting & Painting _
D01 16/10/2022 Issue For Approval
Coating Procedure
Blasting & Painting _
D02 17/11/2022 Issue For Approval
Coating Procedure
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6. GENERAL
11. DRYING/CURING
14. SAFETY
It is a guideline to Al Mutaa Company and project office on painting and coating activities,
control of painting and coating process and achievement of quality objective. In addition, it
also demonstrates Al Mutaa Company ability to continually deliver products/services,
which meet company’s requirements and relevant regulatory requirements.
This construction procedure covers the control of materials and the procedure to be
followed in the course of surface preparation, painting/coating application, inspection and
safety requirements for above ground production and processing facilities for Provision of
Flow lines and OHTL EPCC Project Detailed specifications and/or equipment shop
drawings shall be used in conjunction with this procedure.
ASTM D3359 Standard Test Methods for Measuring Adhesion by Tape Test
ASTM D4940 Standard Test Method for Conduct metric Analysis of Water Soluble Ionic Contamination
ASTM D5402 Assessing the Solvent Resistance of Organic Paintings Using Solvent Rubs
ASTM G14 Standard Test Method for Impact Resistance of Pipeline Paintings (Falling Weight Test)
3. MATERIAL CONTROL
4. INSPECTION EQUIPMENT
The following inspecting equipment shall be kept available during blasting and painting
operations㸸
2) The above inspecting equipment shall be checked periodically (Especially for the wet
film thickness gauge)
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5.1 The type of blasting and coating equipment shall be as per specification, coating material
manufacturer’s recommendation and as approved by EBS / PMT including as follows:
1) Power tool cleaning equipment;
2) Dry abrasive blasting equipment with air compressor, moisture separator, oil separator,
trap, abrasive hopper, abrasive blasting nozzle and frame and abrasive screen.
3) Air spray equipment;
4㸧 Airless spray equipment;
5㸧 Brushes;
6㸧 Masking Tape;
7㸧 Ventilation equipment;
8㸧 Blasting materials.
5.2 All the equipment shall be ready and checked as being in good working order prior to and
during blasting and coating operations and shall be kept in a sufficiently clean condition to avoid
surface and/or coating contamination.
5.3 Blasting materials shall be ready and checked as per the project requirements and standards.
Especial for the moisture content shall be less than 2%, radius shall be around 0.5mm~1.5mm
for 95% of blasting materials, sieve diameter shall be around 40~48 sieve/m2 for radius 1.2mm
materials and 372~476 sieve/m2 for radius 0.3mm materials, for other requirements materials
shall meet project and standard requirements.
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6. GENERAL
6.1 Work shall be done by qualified personnel in a neat and workmanlike manner conforming
to all applicable specification.
6.2 All coating shall be done in accordance with manufacture’s recommendations and project
specification procedure. Where specifications contained herein conflict with manufacturer’s
recommendations the conflict shall be referred to EBS / PMT for written clarification prior to
the commencement of work.
7. ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS
7.1 The applicator shall measure the ambient conditions at regular intervals prior to and during
blast cleaning and coating, and keep records of prevailing temperature, humidity and dew
point.
7.2 The range of temperature before applying paint should according to painting datasheet and
the relative humidity not more than 85%.
8. SURFACE PREPARATION
Surface preparation shall be in accordance with per paint manufacturer’s instruction and project
specification, whether blast cleaning, power tool, hand tool or solvent cleaning
8.1 GENERAL㸸
unsafe or impractical.
Blast cleaning shall not be permitted where adjacent areas or equipment are not
sufficiently protected from contamination by abrasive dust or debris.
Blast cleaning shall not be permitted in areas close to painting operation to prevent
contamination of wet pain film by dust and grit.
All organic substance such as oil grease and other contaminants shall be removed in
accordance with per specification prior to blasting operations.
All rough welds, burrs and sharp surface projections shall be ground smooth and all
weld spatter shall be removed prior to blasting operations.
The compressed air supply used for surface preparation must be of sufficient pressure
and volume to prepare the surface to the degree specified and shall be free of oil and
water.
Soluble Salt Test shall be carried out at inspection day, it shall be conducted in accordance with
test instrument manufacturer’s instruction and ISO 8502-6/ ISO 8502-9 , The blasted surface
shall contain no more than 40 mg/m2 of chloride as Sodium Chloride.
9.1 Paint shall be mixed in accordance with manufacturer’s instruction and as per specification.
9.2 Mixing method shall be applied in accordance with the paint manufacturer’s recommendation.
9.3 All pigmented paint shall be strained after mixing except where application equipment is
provided with strainers. Strainers shall be of a type to remove only skins and undesirable
matter but not to remove the pigment.
9.4 Where a skin has formed in the container, the skin shall be cut loose from the sides of the
container, removed and discarded. If the volume of such skins is more than 2% of the
remaining paint, the paint shall not be used.
9.5 Mixing in open containers shall be done in a well-ventilated area away from sparks or flames.
9.6 Dry pigments which are separately packaged shall be mixed into paints in such a manner
that they are uniformly blended and all particles of the dry powder are wetted by the vehicle.
9.7 Paint shall not remain in spray pots, painter buckets, etc., overnight, but shall be stored in a
covered container and re-mixed before use.
9.8 Catalysts, curing agents, or hardeners which are separately packaged shall be added to the
base paint only after the latter has been thoroughly mixed. The proper volume of the catalyst
shall then be slowly poured into the required volume of base with constant agitation.
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10.1 GENERAL
1) Painting/coating shall be applied in accordance with the paint manufacturer’s
instructions and this procedure. Whether air spray, airless spray or brush.
2) Field painting on steel surfaces. Surface preparation shall be finished in accordance
with this procedure Section 8.0 before application of primer.
3) Field painting on shop coating. Any previously applied shop coating must be dry and
free of dirt, oil, and other contaminants.
4) Damaged areas of shop applied coatings shall be touched-up with the same type of
paint as the shop unless otherwise specified. This touch up shall include cleaning and
painting of field connection welds or rivets, and all damaged or defective paint and rusted
areas.
5) Shop coated steel members shall preferably be field painted after erection of such
members is completed. Steel members may be field painted on the ground before
erection, provided such painting is touched-up where damaged, with the same number of
coats and types of paints after erection. The top coat shall be applied after erection.
6) Wet film thickness (WFT) should be applied at least three times for the painted
surfaces during applying the paint.
7) Surfaces (other than contact surfaces) of fabricated assemblies that is accessible
before erection but which will not be accessible after erection shall receive all field coats of
paint before erection.
8) All field welds and all areas within four inches of welds shall be cleaned before
painting, using surface preparation methods at least as effective as those specified for the
structure itself; all welds shall either be blast cleaned, or thoroughly power brushed.
9) Visual inspection should performed for the painted surfaces .The completed coating
shall be free from defects such as runs, pinholes, sags, pinholes, voids, bubbles, orange
peel, Grit, dust inclusions and etc. and be of a good visual appearance.
10) Shrink sleeve will be used as per the project requirement. Blasting and rust cleaning
shall be done and meet the Sa2.5 requirements. Groove shall be prepared at the pipe
port and the slope shall be no more than 30 degree. After construction every shrink
sleeve shall be checked, the surface shall be smooth and no bubble, the connection joint
between pipe groove and shrink sleeve shall be tight, no gap and carbonization. Filling
port shall be checked by spark leak detector within pinhole inspection method and the
pinhole defects shall be fixed.
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3) Brush Application
a) Brush application shall be done in areas which cannot be properly sprayed and for
touch up maintenance where spray application is not practical.
b) Brush shall be of a type and size which permits proper application of paint. Round or
oval brushes are most suitable for irregular surfaces such as bolts, weld, pitted steel, etc.
Wide flat brushes shall be used for large flat areas.
c) Paint shall be worked into all corners and crevices.
d) Rugs and sags or other defects will not be permitted.
1) After blasting materials shall be kept in a dry and clean space and shall be painted in
required time. Once there is pollution appeared on the surface, blower or hand blasting
shall be taken to clear the impurities. For the serious pollution that cannot be cleared
and no painting in required time, materials shall be resent for blasting as in-blasted
materials.
2) After painting/coating materials shall be kept in a clean and no pollution situation to
prevent any secondary pollution. Once the secondary pollution is taken, materials shall
be resent for blasting as in-blasted materials.
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11. DRYING/CURING
1) General
It shall be the responsibility of contractor to conduct the test and inspection as follows in
accordance with per paint manufacturer’s application instruction, Inspection and test plan
and project specification. EBS / PMT shall monitor all tests performed by Contractor.
The following tests shall be performed at start-up and at specified intervals.
2) Environment Check
Before commencing work on surface preparation and coating, the atmospheric
temperature and relative humidity shall be not more than 85%, measured in order to
determine the dew point. Relative humidity readings shall be measured a maximum
interval of 2-hour.
Following determination of the dew point, the steel surface temperature shall be
measured at regular 2-hour intervals. The steel surface temperature shall be 3ºC or more
above the dew point during surface preparation as well as during coating. During coating
operations.
3) Visual Check for Surface Preparation and finished coating
All coatings shall be visual checked for compliance with the specified surface cleanliness
finish standard and free of contamination and soluble test is accepted before coating
application.
The finished coating surfaces shall be of uniform color and free from pinholes, peeling,
sags, and runs, etc.
4) Film Thickness Measurement
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a) Total painted surfaces shall be divided into several tested zones, single tested zone shall
be 5% - 10% of total surface area. The tasted zone shall include different components
and typical structures as far as possible. For pipes located in tested zones 3 cross
sections shall be tested randomly. The DFT of 0,3,6,9 o’clock points for each section
shall be tested.
b) At least 90% of measured average dry film thickness is not less than specified thickness.
5) Adhesion test
These test methods cover procedures for assessing the adhesion of relativity ductile
coating films to metallic sub-states by applying and removing pressure-sensitive tape
over cuts made in films.
This test method cut is made through the film to the substrate, pressure-sensitive tape
is applied over the cut and then removed, and adhesion is assessed qualitatively on a
0 to 5 scale.
Cutting Tool: Sharp razorblade, scalpel, knife or other fine-edge cutting device.
The cutting edges shall be in good condition, prefer ably new or newly sharped.
PERMACEL P99 tape >> 25mm (1.0 inch) wide transparent or semi trans-parent
pressure-sensitive tape.
For site test I recommended to use X-CUT method and test result shall be ≥4A
according to ASTM D3359, and for lab test is recommended to use pill-off test according
to ASTM D4541.
Make two cuts in the film each about 40mm (1.5 inch) long that intersect near their
middle with a smaller angle of between 30 and 45 degree. When making the incisions,
use the straightedge and cut through the coating to the substrate in one steady motion,
place the center of the tape at the intersection of the cuts with the tape running in the
same direction as the smaller angles. Smooth the tape into place by finger in the area
of the incisions and then rub firmly with the eraser with the end of pencil. The color
under the transparent tape is a useful indication of when good contact has been made.
Within 90 to 30 s of application remove the tape by seizing the free end and pulling it
off rapidly (not jerked) back upon itself at as close to an angle of 180 degree as possible.
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6) Holiday Test
a) Holiday detection shall be carried out using equipment acceptable to EBS / PMT on
surfaces which are at ambient temperature and free from moisture. If the surface
temperature is above 195F (90C). Holiday detection shall not be conducted.
b) The electrode used for locating holidays shall have direct contact with the coating, (with
no visible gaps) and provide complete coverage of the whole coated surface. For epoxy
coating systems carbon impregnated neoprene or rolling spring types of electrodes shall
be used.
c) The travel rate of the detector electrode shall not exceed 1ft/s (0.3m/s) and shall not be
allowed to remain stationary while the power is on.
d) Voltage will be determined according to material applied and manufacturer’s
requirement.
e) All holidays, imperfections and damaged areas shall be clearly identified immediately
with a waterproof marker. All markings shall be sufficiently distant from the holiday,
imperfection or damaged area to allow surface preparation and patching to take place
without detriment to the adhesion of the coating.
1) Damaged painting and coating, and/or coating which does not pass the holiday
detection test shall be repaired and retested to the satisfaction of EBS / PMT.
2) The coating materials used for repair and maintenance shall be the same as the original
materials.
3) The surface preparation method for repair will depend upon the size of areas to be
coated and the repair coating materials required.
4) The area of the coating damage or holiday, along with the adjacent area of coating for
a minimum of 25 mm on all sides shall be thoroughly prepared / abraded.
5) The painting repair method shall be as per paint manufacture’s specifications.
6) Repair coating shall be applied so that the final coat overlaps the surrounding sound
coating for a minimum 25 mm.
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14. SAFETY
1) Safety in blasting and painting operations are paramount. Both operators and
supervisors must be fully conversant with all safety requirements associated with
blasting and cleaning, scaffolding and access platforms, ventilation in enclosed areas,
as per project safety manual.
2) All spraying equipment shall be earthed, all high lines checked daily, operators shall
wear all approved safety equipment at all times when spraying operations are in
progress, and warning signs erected when blasting work is in progress.
1) Daily reports shall be assured on all painting activities and recorded on blasting /
painting inspection reports. These records shall be maintained and monitored by QC
engineer who together with EBS / PMT shall sign on all inspection reports.
2) The inspection report shall be filled up by QC engineers, in which the content shall
reflect status of the inspections and quality in truth. See the Quality Plan for the forms
of the construction quality record and the inspection report.
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