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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


TR - Technical Reports


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


PA - Paint Application Standards, Guides, and Specifications


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


How to Use SSPC Standards, Specifications, and Guides
The chapter "How to Use SSPC Standards, Specifications, and Guides" from Systems and Specifications, SSPC Painting Manual, Volume 2, defines the different types of SSPC consensus documents, and explains the selection of painting systems by environmental zone. To view this chapter, choose from one of the following:

 

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