SSPC Standards Titles and Scopes

Below you'll find a list of every current SSPC consensus document for surface preparation, coating application, and other materials, technologies, and practices. Click on the highlighted portion of each title for a summary of its contents, and for options on how to obtain the document. Note that these summaries, or "scopes," provide only a brief description of each document; complete requirements and/or recommendations can only be found in the complete document.

For more information on how to obtain the documents listed below, please contact the SSPC Publication Sales Office. For clarification of specification requirements and other technical assistance, please contact the SSPC Reference Desk.

SP - Surface Preparation Standards and Specifications

TR - Technical Reports

AB - Abrasive Specifications

PS/CS - Painting System and Coating System Standards, Guides, and Specifications

Paint - Paint and Coating Standards and Specifications

PA - Paint Application Standards, Guides, and Specifications

QP/QS - Qualification Procedures and Quality Systems

Guide - Technology Guides

TU - Technology Updates

ME - Test Panel Preparation Methods

SP - Surface Preparation Standards and Specifications

• SSPC-SP COM, Surface Preparation Commentary for Steel and Concrete Substrates
  
  
• SSPC-SP 1, Solvent Cleaning
  
  
• SSPC-SP 2, Hand Tool Cleaning
  
  
• SSPC-SP 3, Power Tool Cleaning
  
  
• SSPC-SP 5/NACE No. 1, White Metal Blast Cleaning
  
  
• SSPC-SP 6/NACE No. 3, Commercial Blast Cleaning
  
  
• SSPC-SP 7/NACE No. 4, Brush-Off Blast Cleaning
  
  
• SSPC-SP 8, Pickling
  
  
• SSPC-SP 10/NACE No. 2, Near-White Blast Cleaning
  
  
• SSPC-SP 11, Power Tool Cleaning to Bare Metal
  
  
• SSPC-SP 12/NACE No. 5, Surface Preparation and Cleaning of Metals by Waterjetting Prior to Recoating
  
  
• SSPC-SP 13/NACE No. 6, Surface Preparation of Concrete
  
  
• SSPC-SP 14/NACE No. 8, Industrial Blast Cleaning
  
  
• SSPC-SP 15, Commercial Grade Power Tool Cleaning

TR - Technical Reports

• SSPC-TR 1/NACE 6G194, Thermal Pre-Cleaning
  
  
• SSPC-TR 2/NACE 6G198, Wet Abrasive Blast Cleaning
  
  
• SSPC-TR 3/NACE 6A192, Dehumidification and Temperature Control During Surface Preparation, Application, and Curing for Coatings/Linings of Steel Tanks, Vessels, and Other Enclosed Spaces
  
  
• SSPC-TR 4/NACE 80200, Preparation of Protective Coating Specifications for Atmospheric Service
  
  
• SSPC-TR 5/ICRI 03741/NACE 02203, Design, Installation, and Maintenance of Protective Polymer Flooring Systems for Concrete

AB - Abrasive Specifications

• SSPC-AB 1, Mineral and Slag Abrasives
  
  
• SSPC-AB 2, Cleanliness of Recycled Ferrous Metallic Abrasives
  
  
• SSPC-AB 3, Ferrous Metallic Abrasive

PS/ CS - Painting System and Coating System Standards, Guides and Specifications

• SSPC-PS COM, Commentary on Painting Systems
  
  
• SSPC-PS Guide 1.00, Guide for Selecting Oil Base Painting Systems
  
  
• SSPC-PS 1.09, Three-Coat Oil Base Zinc Oxide Painting System (Without Lead or Chromate Pigment)
  
  
• SSPC-PS 1.10, Four-Coat Oil Base Zinc Oxide Painting System (Without Lead or Chromate Pigment)
  
  
• SSPC-PS 1.13, One-Coat Oil Base Slow Drying Maintenance Painting System (Without Lead or Chromate Pigments)
  
  
• SSPC-PS Guide 2.00, Guide for Selecting Alkyd Painting Systems
  
  
• SSPC-PS Guide 4.00, Guide for Selecting Vinyl Painting Systems
  
  
• SSPC-PS 4.02, Four-Coat Vinyl Painting System
  
  
• SSPC-PS 4.04, Four-Coat White or Colored Vinyl Painting System (For Fresh Water, Chemical, and Corrosive Atmospheres)
  
  
• SSPC-PS Guide 7.00, Guide for Selecting One-Coat Shop Painting Systems
  
  
• SSPC-PS Guide 8.00, Guide to Topcoating Zinc-Rich Primers
  
  
• SSPC-PS 9.01, Cold-Applied Asphalt Mastic Painting System with Extra Thick Film
  
  
• SSPC-PS 10.01, Hot-Applied Coal Tar Enamel Painting System
  
  
• SSPC-PS 10.02, Cold-Applied Coal Tar Mastic Painting System
  
  
• SSPC-PS 11.01, Black (or Dark Red) Coal Tar Epoxy-Polyamide Painting System
  
  
• SSPC-PS Guide 12.00, Guide to Zinc-Rich Coating Systems
  
  
• SSPC-PS 12.01, One Coat Zinc-Rich Painting System
  
  
• SSPC-PS 13.01, Epoxy Polyamide Painting System
  
  
• SSPC-PS 14.01, Steel Joist Shop Painting System
  
  
• SSPC-PS Guide 15.00, Guide for Selecting Chlorinated Rubber Painting Systems
  
  
• SSPC-PS 15.01, Chlorinated Rubber Painting System for Salt Water Immersion
  
  
• SSPC-PS 15.02, Chlorinated Rubber Painting System for Fresh Water Immersion
  
  
• SSPC-PS 15.03, Chlorinated Rubber Painting System for Marine and Industrial Atmospheres
  
  
• SSPC-PS 15.04, Chlorinated Rubber Painting System for Field Application Over a Shop-Applied Solvent Base Inorganic Zinc-Rich Primer
  
  
• SSPC-PS 16.01, Silicone Alkyd Painting System for New Steel
  
  
• SSPC-PS Guide 17.00, Guide for Selecting Urethane Painting Systems
  
  
• SSPC-PS 18.01, Three-Coat Latex Painting System
  
  
• SSPC-PS Guide 19.00, Guide for Selecting Painting Systems for Ship Bottoms
  
  
• SSPC-PS Guide 20.00, Guide for Selecting Painting Systems for Boottoppings
  
  
• SSPC-PS Guide 21.00, Guide for Selecting Painting Systems for Topsides
  
  
• SSPC-PS Guide 22.00
  Guide for Selecting One-Coat Preconstruction or Prefabrication Painting Systems
  
  
• SSPC-CS 23.00/AWS C2.23M/NACE No. 12, Specification for the Application of Thermal Spray Coatings (Metallizing) of Aluminum, Zinc, and Their Alloys and Composites for the Corrosion Protection of Steel
  
  
• SSPC-PS 24.00, Latex Painting System for Industrial and Marine Atmospheres, Performance-Based
  
  
• SSPC-PS 26.00, Aluminum Pigmented Epoxy Coating System Materials Specification, Performance-Based
  
  
• SSPC-PS 27.00, Alkyd Coating System Materials Specification, Performance-Based

Paint - Paint and Coating Standards and Specifications

• SSPC-Paint COM, Commentary on Paint Specifications
  
  
• SSPC-Paint 8, Aluminum Vinyl Paint
  
  
• SSPC-Paint 9, White (or Colored) Vinyl Paint
  
  
• SSPC-Paint 15, Steel Joist Shop Primer/Metal Building Primer
  
  
• SSPC-Paint 16, Coal Tar Epoxy-Polyamide Black (or Dark Red) Paint
  
  
• SSPC-Paint 17, Chlorinated Rubber Inhibitive Primer
  
  
• SSPC-Paint 18, Chlorinated Rubber Intermediate Coat Paint
  
  
• SSPC-Paint 19, Chlorinated Rubber Topcoat Paint
  
  
• SSPC-Paint 20, Zinc-Rich Coating, Type I - Inorganic and Type II - Organic
  
  
• SSPC-Paint 21, White or Colored Silicone Alkyd Paint
  
  
• SSPC-Paint 22, Epoxy Polyamide Paints (Primer, Intermediate, and Topcoat)
  
  
• SSPC-Paint 23, Latex Primer for Steel Surfaces
  
  
• SSPC-Paint 24, Latex Semigloss Exterior Topcoat
  
  
• SSPC-Paint 25, Zinc Oxide, Alkyd, Linseed Oil Primer for Use Over Hand Cleaned Steel
  
  
• SSPC-Paint 25 BCS, Zinc Oxide, Alkyd, Linseed Oil Primer for Use Over Blast Cleaned Steel
  
  
• SSPC-Paint 26, Slow-Drying Linseed Oil Black Maintenance Primer (Without Lead or Chromate Pigment)
  
  
• SSPC-Paint 27, Basic Zinc Chromate-Vinyl Butyral Wash Primer
  
  
• SSPC-Paint 28, Water-Borne Epoxy Primer for Steel Surfaces
  
  
• SSPC-Paint 29, Zinc Dust Sacrificial Primer, Performance-Based
  
  
• SSPC-Paint 30, Weld-Through Inorganic Zinc Primer
  
  
• SSPC-Paint 31, Single-Package Water-Borne Alkyd Primer for Steel Surfaces, Performance-Based
  
  
• SSPC-Paint 32, Coal Tar Emulsion Coating
  
  
• SSPC-Paint 33, Coal Tar Mastic, Cold Applied
  
  
• SSPC-Paint 34, Water-Borne Epoxy Topcoat for Steel Surfaces
  
  
• SSPC-Paint 35, Medium Oil Alkyd Primer (Air Dry/Low Bake)
  
  
• SSPC-Paint 36, Two-Component Weatherable Aliphatic Polyurethane Topcoat, Performance-Based
  
  
• SSPC-Paint 37, Waterborne Epoxy Coating for Cementitious Substrates, Performance-Based
  
  
• SSPC-Paint 38, Single-Component Moisture-Cure Weatherable Aliphatic Polyurethane Topcoat, Performance-Based
  
  
• SSPC-Paint 39, Two-Component Aliphatic Polyurea Topcoat, Fast or Moderate Drying, Performance-Based
  
  
• SSPC-Paint 101, Aluminum Alkyd Paint
  
  
• SSPC-Paint 102, Black Alkyd Paint
  
  
• SSPC-Paint 104, White or Tinted Alkyd Paint
  
  
• SSPC-Paint 106, Black Vinyl Paint
  
  
• SSPC-Paint 108, High-Build Thixotropic Leafing Aluminum Paint

PA - Paint Application Standards, Guides, and Specifications

• SSPC-PA COM, Commentary on Paint Application
  
  
• Monitoring and Controlling Ambient Conditions During Coating Operations
  
  
• SSPC-PA 1, Shop, Field, and Maintenance Painting of Steel
  
  
• SSPC-PA 2, Measurement of Dry Coating Thickness with Magnetic Gages
  
  
• SSPC-PA 3, A Guide to Safety in Paint Application
  
  
• SSPC-PA Guide 4, Guide to Maintenance Repainting with Oil Base or Alkyd Painting Systems
  
  
• SSPC-PA Guide 5, Guide to Maintenance Coating of Steel Structures in Atmospheric Surface
  
  
• SSPC-PA 6/NACE No. 10, Fiberglass-Reinforced Plastic (FRP) Linings Applied to Bottoms of Carbon Steel Aboveground Storage Tanks
  
  
• SSPC-PA 7, Applying Thin Film Coatings to Concrete
  
  
• SSPC-PA 8/NACE No. 11, Thin-Film Organic Linings Applied in New Carbon Steel Process Vessels
  
  
• SSPC-PA 9, Measurement of Dry Coating Thickness on Cementitious Substrates Using Ultrasonic Gages

QP/QS - Qualification Procedures and Quality Systems

• SSPC-QP COM, Commentary on Qualification Procedures
  
  
• SSPC-QP 1, Standard Procedure for Evaluating Painting Contractors (Field Application to Complex Industrial Structures)
  
  
• SSPC-QP 2, Standard Procedure for the Qualification of Painting Contractors (Field Removal of Hazardous Coatings from Complex Structures)
  
  
• SSPC-QP 3, Standard Procedure for Evaluating Qualifications of Shop Painting Applicators
  
  
• SSPC-QP 4, Standard Procedure for Evaluating the Qualifications of Contractors Disturbing Hazardous Coatings During Demolition and Repair Work
  
  
• SSPC-QP 5, Standard Procedure for Evaluating the Qualifications of Coating and Lining Inspection Companies
  
  
• SSPC-QP 6, Standard Procedure for Evaluating the Qualifications of Contractors Who Apply Thermal Spray (Metallizing) for Corrosion Protection of Steel and Concrete Structures
  
  
• SSPC-QP 7, Procedure for Evaluating Painting Contractors with Limited Industrial Work Experience
  
  
• SSPC-QP 8, Standard Procedure for Evaluating the Qualifications of Contracting Firms That Install Polymer Coatings and Surfacings on Concrete and Other Cementitious Substrates
  
  
• SSPC-QS 1, Standard Procedure for Evaluating a Contractor's Advanced Quality Management System

Guide - Technology Guides

• SSPC-Guide 6, Guide for Containing Debris Generated During Paint Removal Operations
  
  
• SSPC-Guide 7, Guide for the Disposal of Lead-Contaminated Surface Preparation Debris
  
  
• SSPC-Guide 9, Guide for Atmospheric Testing of Coatings in the Field
  
  
• SSPC-Guide 10, Guide to Specifying Coatings Conforming to Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Content Requirements
  
  
• SSPC-Guide 12, Guide for Illumination of Industrial Painting Projects
  
  
• SSPC-Guide 13, Guide for the Identification and Use of Industrial Coating Materials in Computerized Product Databases
  
  
• SSPC-Guide 14, Guide for the Repair of Imperfections in Galvanized, Organic, or Inorganic Zinc-Coated Steel Using Organic Zinc-Rich Coatings
  
  
• SSPC-Guide 15, Field Methods for Retrieval and Analysis of Soluble Salts on Steel and Other Nonporous Substrates
  
  
• SSPC-Guide 16, Guide to Specifying and Selecting Dust Collectors
  
  
• SSPC-Guide 17, Guide to Developing a Corporate Safety Program for Industrial Painting and Coating Contractors

TU - Technology Updates

• SSPC-TU 1, Surface-Tolerant Coatings for Steel
  
  
• SSPC-TU 2/NACE 6G197
  Design, Installation, and Maintenance of Coating Systems for Concrete Used in Secondary Containment
  
  
• SSPC-TU 3, Overcoating
  
  
• SSPC-TU 4, Field Methods for Retrieval and Analysis of Soluble Salts on Substrates (Withdrawn)
  
  
• SSPC-TU 5, Accelerated Testing of Industrial Protective Coatings
  
  
• SSPC-TU 6, Chemical Stripping of Organic Coatings from Steel Structures
  
  
• SSPC-TU 7, Conducting Ambient Air, Soil, and Water Sampling During Surface Preparation and Paint Disturbance Activities
  
  
• SSPC-TU 8, The Use of Isocyanate-Containing Paints as Industrial Maintenance Coatings
  
  
• SSPC-TU 9, Estimating Costs for Protective Coatings Projects
  
  
• SSPC-TU 10, Procedures for Applying Thick Film Coatings and Surfacings Over Concrete Floors
  
  
• SSPC-TU 11, Inspection of Fluorescent Coating Systems

ME - Test Panel Preparation Methods

• SSPC-ME 1, Uncontaminated Rusted Steel