ASTM D5161-04 - 1.1.2004
 
1. Scope

1.1 This guide is intended to aid the coating specification writer in selecting and specifying the appropriate inspection requirements. It indicates the inspection requirements that may be employed for each of four service environments including mild, moderate, severe, and immersion (see Table 1).

1.2 In order to aid the user in determining when to specify inspection requirements, a relationship between the consequence of failure and the suggested level of inspection is demonstrated (see Fig. 1).

1.3 It is not the intent of this guide to address the selection of protective coating systems, to specify surface preparation and application requirements, or to be a referenced document in a specification.

 
2. Referenced Documents

D5162-24

Standard Practice for Discontinuity (Holiday) Testing of Nonconductive Protective Coating on Metallic Substrates

D5402-19(2024)

Standard Practice for Assessing the Solvent Resistance of Organic Coatings Using Solvent Rubs

E337-15(2023)

Standard Test Method for Measuring Humidity with a Psychrometer (the Measurement of Wet- and Dry-Bulb Temperatures)

D2583-25

Standard Test Method for Indentation Hardness of Rigid Plastics by Means of a Barcol Impressor

D2240-15(2021)

Standard Test Method for Rubber Property—Durometer Hardness

D3363-22

Standard Test Method for Film Hardness by Pencil Test

D3276-21

Standard Guide for Painting Inspectors (Metal Substrates)

D1400-00

Standard Test Method for Nondestructive Measurement of Dry Film Thickness of Nonconductive Coatings Applied to a Nonferrous Metal Base (Withdrawn 2006)

D1186-01

Standard Test Methods for Nondestructive Measurement of Dry Film Thickness of Nonmagnetic Coatings Applied to a Ferrous Base (Withdrawn 2006)

D4285-24

Standard Practice for Indicating Oil or Water in Compressed Air

D4414-25

Standard Practice for Measurement of Wet Film Thickness by Notch Gages

D4417-21

Standard Test Methods for Field Measurement of Surface Profile of Blast Cleaned Steel

D4752-20(2024)

Standard Practice for Measuring MEK Resistance of Ethyl Silicate (Inorganic) Zinc-Rich Primers by Solvent Rub

D4940-25

Standard Test Method for Conductimetric Analysis of Water Soluble Ionic Contamination of Blast Cleaning Abrasives