SURFACE PREPARATION STANDARDS CROSS REFERENCE
SSPC
NACE
ISO 8501-1
BSI BS 7079
Solvent Cleaning
SSPC-SP-1
Hand Tool Cleaning
SSPC-SP-2
St 2 or St 3
Identical toI
SO St (2 or 3)
Power Tool Cleaning
SSPC-SP-3
St 2 or St 3
Identical to
ISO St (2 or 3)
Flame Cleaning
SSPC-SP-4
F1
Identical to
ISO F1
White Metal Blast
Cleaning
SSPC-SP-5
NACE No. 1
Sa 3
Identical to
ISO Sa 3
Commercial Blast
Cleaning
g
SSPC-SP-6
NACE No. 3
Sa 2
Identical to
ISO Sa 2
Brush-Off Blast
Cleaning
SSPC-SP-7
NACE No. 4
Sa 1
Identical to
ISO Sa 1
Pickling
SSPC-SP-8
Near-White Blast
Cleaning
SSPC-SP-10
NACE No. 2
Sa 2 1/2
Identical to
ISO Sa 2 1/2
Power Tool Cleaning
to Bate Metal
SSPC-SP-11
Water Blast
SSPC-SP-12
NACE No. 5
Surface Preperation of
Concrete
SSPC-SP-13
NACE No. 6
Industrial Blast
Cleaning
SSPC-SP-14
NACE No. 8
Comercial Grade
Power Tool Cleaning
SSPC-SP-15
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