Designation:D2200−17(Reapproved2021)SwedishStandardsAssociationStandardSIS055900ISO8501SSPC:TheSocietyforProtectiveCoatingsSSPCVIS1,VIS3,VIS4/NACEVIS7,VIS5/NACEVIS9DanishStandardsAssociationDanishStandardDS2019EuropeanCommitteeofPaintandPrintingInkManufacturers’AssociationStandardPracticeforUseofPictorialSurfacePreparationStandardsandGuidesforPaintingSteelSurfaces1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD2200;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.ThisstandardhasbeenapprovedforusebyagenciesoftheU.S.DepartmentofDefense.1.Scope1.1Thevisualsurfacepreparationguidesandstandardsconsistofaseriesofcolorprintsavailableasseparatepublications.Fivedifferentsetsofphotographsaredescribedinthisstandard,designatedasMethodA(ISO/SwedishStan-dard2)andMethodsBthroughE(SSPCGuidesandReferencePhotographs3).Themethodsdifferinthedepictionoftheinitialsurface,inthedefinitionanddepictionofthecleaningconditions,andinthenumberofcleaningmethodsincluded.Becauseofthesedifferences,thespecifiershouldstatewhichguidetouse.1.2Thecoloredvisualsurfacepreparationguidesrepresentdifferentconditionsofhot-rolledcarbonsteelbeforeandaftersurfacepreparation.Priortocleaning,therearefourrustgrades,AtoD,thatcovertherangefromintactmillscaleto100%rustedandpittedsteel.Thestandardsthendepicttheappearanceoftheinitialconditionsaftercleaningbyoneormoremethods(forexample,dryabrasiveblastcleaning)tovariousdegreesofthoroughness.Inaddition,MethodBincludesthreepaintedconditionsthatcontainvariousdegreesofdeterioration.TheGuide3depictstheseconditionsaftervariousdegreesofdryabrasiveblastcleaning.MethodCincludesfourrustgradesandthreepaintedconditionsthatcontainvariousdegreesofdeterioration.TheGuide4depictstheseconditionsaftervariousdegreesofhandandpowertoolcleaning.MethodDincludestworustgradesandfourpaintedco...
