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BGAS Level 2 3 Q A Monday To Friday PDF
BGAS Level 2 3 Q A Monday To Friday PDF
REVISION QUESTIONS
CORROSION
(Answer of question from course notes)
Q 01- Is the electrical circuit in a corrosion reaction AC or DC?
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Q07- Which gas is released at the cathode when the electrolyte is water?
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Hydrogen gas.
Steel.
Aluminium.
Q10- If steel and copper were in contact in electrolyte which would corrode?
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Steel.
25 - 100m.
Q14- Which of the two metals would corrode if steel and zinc were coupled?
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(Monday)
Marines environment.
Magnesium.
Positive Charge.
Cannot, because three factors needed for corrosion to occur, anodes, cathodes and electrolyte.
Millscale is combination of oxides layers on steel surface, formed together during rolling process
of steel at high temperature with approximate thickness 25 - 100m.
Because the nobility between steel and mill scale, mill scale more noble than steel and mill scale is
easily flack off if temperature applied and will lack of adhesion due to different expansion.
Q30- If corrosion occurs at anodic areas, why does steel corrode evenly all over the surface?
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CHAPTER 23
REVISION QUESTIONS
(Monday) Sht 2
SURFACE PREPARATION
(Answer of question from course note)
Q01- Which British standard would be used in determining the size of copper slag abrasive?
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BS 410.
Q02- Which British standard would be used in determining the size of metallic abrasives?
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BS 410.
Q03- Which regulations prohibit the use of sand for blasting steel?
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COSHH regulation
To remove contamination for better adhesion between a paint and the substrate.
Lamination or crack, appear to be a longitudinal crack, which one lip curling back.
A small surface lamination which stand upright like a needle after blasting.
Q08- Name two other terms that could be used for anchor pattern?
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Q09- What are the main advantages of using Testex papers for measuring profiles?
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Degree of cleanliness.
Q11- What are the main factors governing the grade of a blast finish?
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Dependant on the time spent on the area and velocity of the particles.
Q12- Can the grade of a blast finish be determined by using the surface comparators to BS7079 Pt C3?
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40 - 115m.
Q14- What profile range can be measured using course grade Testex?
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Q15- What are the two theories of adhesion?
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Molecular Attraction negatively charge particle attracted to positively areas and vise versa
(analogy magnet )
Molecular Interference Because the surface is rough and uneven the paint wets and lock into the
profile (analogy Velcro/physical).
25.4m.
Q18- Give three different names for the cross section of a blast.
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450 mph.
Q20- What is the most common cause of flash rusting on a blasted substrate?
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Moisture.
20 30 % Grit to 70 80 % Shot.
To create more uniform profile which Grit cut a profile and a Shot will control peak to through
height.
Steel Shot.
Surface Profile, Needle Gauge, Dial Micrometer and Replica Tape and Surface Comparator.
Q26- In what situation would it better to use steel grit in preference to copper slag abrasives?
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Q27- If crack or laminations are found on a substrate after blasting what step should be taken?
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Q28- Using comparators to ISO 8503, what are the three main profile assessments?
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Q29- what are the other two assessments when the above three are not appropriate?
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SURFACE PREPARATION
(Tuesday)
Q04- Name the gauge used for measuring pressure at the blast nozzle?
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Long production run, Can control quality, more safety, efficient use of abrasive.
Impossible.
Q08- Could you tell the difference between rust grades A and B blasted to Sa3?
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No different.
Q09- Could you tell the difference between rust grades C and D blasted to Sa3?
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220mph.
Burnishing is a result of over brushing, smooth and shiny areas which does not provide good
adhesion.
Q13- What would be the equivalent to St2 in the Sa grade?
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SA 1
7pH
Q17- Name two typical areas where needle guns might be used?
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Q23- Name two areas on a structure where flam cleaning cannot be done?
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Q24- Which three basic operations are performed during flame cleaning?
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Q28- Two alloy are use to render wire brushes spark free, what are they?
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Q33- If an operator was blasting with a nozzle pressure of 80 psi. What would be his approximate
efficiency?
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70% production.
Xylene.
Q38- What is the main disadvantage of high pressure jetting compared to other systems?
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High pressure water blasting up to 30000psi, High pressure water plus abrasive injection, and low
pressure water plus abrasive injection and Water Blasting.
Q40- What would be typical temperature and concentration of sulfuric Acid in the pickling process?
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After Pickling Process complete, immerse the steel substrate into a bath of phosphoric/Chromic
acid, 2 % solution at 80C for approximately one to two minute with iron filling (0.5%) and after
that rinse in clean water and check for Ph values. Value should be at the range of 4.5 till 7pH.
Q42- What would be maximum pressure for high pressure water jetting?
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30000 Psi.
Q43- What are the disadvantages of wet blasting over dry blasting?
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Q45- What would be considered to be advantage of wet blasting over dry blasting?
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Spark free, environmentally friendly, remove hygroscopic salt, and reduce dust.
To forms rust inhibitive layers, which passivate the surface and increase the adhesion properties and
also extremely resistant to cathodic disbondment.
Yes
Q49- How many photographs of blast cleaning standards are shown in BS 7079Pt A?
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14 photos, 2 for rust grade A and 4 photos for each rust grade B, C and D.
Q50- Do the plates shown in BS 7079 PtA related to grit blasting or shot blasting.
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Powder paint.
Ketones / Acetone.
High resistance to mould growth, Non-flammable, Resistance to chemical attack, Non toxic and
easy maintenance.
Q04- What are the three main disadvantages of Chlorinated Rubber paint?
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Low resistance to some solvent, low temperature tolerance (65C maximum) and spray application
resulted in cobwebs
White Spirits.
Xylene. Chlorine.
Q07- Would it be good practice to apply Chlorinated Rubber over Alkyd resin?
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No, CR contain with strong solvent and Alkyd contain with weak solvent, if CR applied over
Alkyd its will result a lifting.
Inert particles with excellent light scattering properties in order to give covering power, opacity and
colour.
Binder is the main constituent of the paint; other terms are Carrier, Film former, non volatile.
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Yes, weak solvent binder over strong solvent binder not creates any paint fault. I.e. lifting.
Not acceptable, strong solvent over weak solvent will spoil the paint system. I.e. lifting.
Q14- Would it be acceptable practice to apply Phenolic Resin over Chlorinated Rubber?
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Acceptable, weak solvent binder over strong solvent binder not creates any paint fault. I.e. lifting.
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Q15- Would it be acceptable practice to apply Epoxy over linseed oil base?
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Acceptable, weak solvent binder over strong solvent binder not creates any paint fault. I.e. lifting.
Not acceptable, strong solvent binder over weak solvent binder will spoilt the paint system. I.e.
lifting.
Q17- Would it be acceptable practice to apply Epoxy Resin over Alkyd Resin?
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No
Very brittle, fast dry and can not mixed with water.
Forms thick impermeable layer of high electrical resistance, applied over primer coat, to prevent
from water passing into the film and leaching out the inhibitive pigmentation.
Causing a chemical reaction between the paint constituent and the substrate.
By sacrificial coating.
Ease application, adhesion to substrate, abrasion resistance, chemical resistance, cohesive strength
and ability to resist the passage of water.
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Linseed oil, castor oil, olive oil, tung oil, Soya oil and palm oil.
Q30- Name two pigments likely to be used for high temperature service.
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(Wednesday)
Q01- By what name would you call the basic unit of a polymer?
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Poly means many and Mers means single units, can be single atom or molecule.
Inert particle with excellent scattering properties in order to give covering power, opacity and
colour,( Coloring pigment)
Q08- Briefly describe the difference between saturated and unsaturated when referring to oils or
polymers.
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Saturated oil will not solidify by polymerisation to form a film and unsaturated oil will combine
with oxygen.
Linseed oil, tung oil. Semi drying oil and Non drying oil.
Q12- If Titanium Dioxide was used in paint, what would be the colour?
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White colour.
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Kaolin, china clay, calcium plumbhate, magnesium silicate and aluminium silicate. (4.12)
Q16- If pigment was added way below the CPVC, how would it affect the film?
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A film have a good gloss properties but poor covering power and have tendency to blister or low
cohesive strength.
Q19- If carbon was used as a pigment what would be the paint colour?
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A black colour.
Q20
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Ease of application, adhesion to substrate, abrasion resistance, chemical resistance and cohesive
strength.
Q22- which of the common extenders could not be used in white and pestle?
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Slate flavor.
Q23- How could the film be affected if pigment was added above the CPVC?
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All particle are not wetted, the paint film would be porous, low in cohesive strength and adhesion.
Zinc phosphate.
Q26- If chromium was used as a pigment, what colour would the paint be?
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Q28- Two metals are commonly used as galvanic pigmentation, name them.
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For oxidizing oil and resin which are added during paint manufacturing.
Castor oil and coconut oil. Alkyd resins and non drying oil.
The resulting liquids I.e. salts mix with water will result salty water. Water and sugar are solution.
Convertible/Non Reversible.
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Q44- In a coating, which dries by solvent evaporation, what type of polymerization occurs.
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Chlorinated Rubber, Vinyls, Acrylic and fall into Linear Polymer categories.
The Hegman Grind Gauge which used to measure degree of dispersion of paint.
Q46- Which generic type of paint dry by solvent evaporation followed by oxidation.
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The periods of time after mixing which the paint must be used.
Dispersion.
The length of time after mixing which the paint should stand before used to allow polymerization/
wetting of paint.
Thermosetting means the material will cure with the application of heat. And Thermoplastic means
materials soften with the application of heat.
Q57- Two other terms relate to induction period, what are they?
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a)Epoxy
Alkyd
b) Phenolic
f) Cellulose
c) Vinyl
g) Urethane
d) Chlorinated Rubber,
h) Silicon
e)
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Endothermic reaction, taking in heat, the paint container will cold and forming condensation.
Q64- What is the term used for paints needing temperatures in excess of 65c to cure?
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Q65- What would be a typical induction period for Chlorinated rubber paint?
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These are Thixotropes added to paint keep solid particulate constituents in depression within the
paints.
Coconut oil And Caster oil / Alkyd and Non drying oil.
By oxidizing.
The amount of water vapor in the air expressed as a percentage of the amount of water vapor which
could be in the air at that same temperature.
Q73- When using a whirling hygrometer which bulb should be read first and why?
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Always wet bulb first and immediately, when rotation stops wet bulb start rise in temperature.
Q74- At what speed should be thermometer bulb pass through the air?
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At a speed of 4meter/second.
Q75- What should be used when wetting the wick on whirling hygrometer?
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Distilled water.
Q77- When the air temperature rises does the airs capacity to hold water increase or decrease?
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Decrease.
Q78- What is the stated criterion for accept, prior to calculation, on a whirling hygrometer?
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Q79- Name two pieces of equipment used for taking steel temperature?
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Q80- Is it possible for wet bulb temperature to be higher than the dry bulb?
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PAINT TESTING
(Thursday)
Q01- Define viscosity.
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Fluids resistance to flow, where the liquids with a high viscosity is one which a high resistance to
flow and it would not run easily, a low viscosity is fluids runs very easily.
Q06- When using a flow cup which unit of viscosity would be used?
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To find out the addition of thinner. Comparing the sample taken from the operator at the point of
application and the sample from the paint manufacture technical data sheet.
Temperature would affect the drying and curing of paint under test.
Q12- What is the main difference between the rotathinner and Krebs Stomer?
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Rotothinner giving dynamic viscosity and Krebs Stomer giving kinematics viscosity.
Ans- Clean and dry the cup, put on the triangular stand and make it parallel using spirit bubble leveling
on the lid of cup, open a cup, place a finger at a nozzle under a cup, fill a cup with a paint under test
and clean out any accesses if paint by ruler, standby with stop watch, at the time we remove our
finger from nozzle immediately at the same time press start button at stop watch and look at the first
brake of paint which drop from nozzle under cup and stop the stop watch. The reading should be
Second/20C0.5.
Q14- Give another name for a Fineness of grind gauge.
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Its used to measure the degree of dispersion of paint, Paint is added to the deepest point of the scale
and drawn to totally fill the groove by a special scraper bar, then check the 3mm band where
aggregates through the surface of paint.
Q17- Briefly describe how to do the volatile, non volatile test to BS3900 Pt B2
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10.1 page
Q18- Name the equipment used to determine the flash point of a solvent?
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Able Cup.
Density=Wt Volume
Relative Density Cup, Specific Gravity Cup, Weight per liter Cup, Weight per gallon Cup and
Pyknometer.
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Kinematics Viscosity.
Conical Mandrels.
Q28- For what reason would the Koenig Albert Apparatus be used?
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Q29- For which two reasons could a density cup be used on site?
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Determine correct mixing ratio and correct percentage of thinner added into a paint.
Humidity Cabinet, Salt Spray Cabinet, Water Soak Test, Temperature Cycling and prohesion test.
Q33- How would the density be affected if solvent was added to paint?
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100cc.
Water absorption.
Subject to constant cycle temperature from hot to cold and hot again.
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Q40- What stage of the BK test would be recorded as the drying time?
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Black and white fused plate, Through Type and Hiding Power Chart and
micrometer adjustable
film applicator.
Q42- What affects the opacity of a paint film.
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Q44- Give one reason why an inspector is would use a PIG gauge?
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To control thickness during application which give a confidence that after paint dry the thickness
still in the range of dry film thickness a per spec requirement and control a paint consumption.
Q47- What is the reason for taking WFT immediately after application?
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Q48- Where could an inspector find information to determine if a 2 pack paint was mixed in the correct
proportions, using a density cup?
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Glossmeter.
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Degree of dispersion, particle size, resin type, solvent type and pigment volume concentration.
Q56- In a primer / mid coat what would be the expected degree of grind?
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40m.
10 - 20m.
Q58- What percent reading would be expected when measuring gloss on a glass panel?
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Almost 100%.
Q60- If an aggregate size of 35m was present in a paint of 30 m DFT what would be likely result when
using a gloss meter?
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Light would be deflected and the gloss percentage reading would be lower.
Q63- Inter coat adhesion and primer to substrate adhesion are two adhesion fault name the third?
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Sodium Chlorides.
Q66- What criterion is used when assessing a Cathodic Disbondment test panel?
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After V-Cut the paint must not exposed the substrate. I.e. F.B.E 5mm only after 28 day.
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Q73- What voltage would be used on a 250 um thick paint using a sponge type pinhole detector?
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Setting at 9volts.
Q74- What voltage would be used on a 450 um thick coating wiyh a sponge type pinhole detector?
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Q75- When using wet sponge, what other liquid is added to the water?
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Q76- In wet sponge holiday testing what function does the additive perform?
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To allow immediate penetration of the water and providing a very low resistance circuit back to the
control box.
Q80- Other than the wet sponge, which other equipment could be used to determine the presence of
pinholes / holidays?
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Q64- Name five documents, which a painting inspector might need on a contract?
Q67- Some binders can be modified to use water as solvent, name four.
Q11- which three non-ferrous substrates are painted for anti corrosion purposes?
AnsQ12- According to PA 10 in which situations would T wash be used?
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Q13- How many coats of primer are specified on surface at 100 149 C.?
AnsQ14- Give preferential order of coating system for surfaces 150 340 C.
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Q16- List four items needing masking off prior to blasting and painting.
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Q19- What differences are there in new and maintenance painting specifications for substrates bolw 100
C.?
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Q20- Toxic coatings need special considerations for removal from substrates, name two methods which
comply.
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Q29- What would be the specified surface preparation and coating system for Aluminium cladding?
AnsQ30- What would be the procedure for removal of algae and mould?
AnsQ31- What would be the procedure for degreasing prior to surface preparation?
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Q32- What would be the procedure for degreasing after to surface preparation?
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Q39- When measuring DFTs over galvanizing what allowance are made?
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Q40- What id the first firsts coat applied to galvanized substrates and why?
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Q45- What would be substrate reaction when T wash is applied to a newly galvanized substrate?
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Q46- Which two materials are specified for use on damp surfaces?
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Q47- What is the maximum times lapse from surface preparation to coating?
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Q48- Which is the most common pigment used in high temperature service?
AnsQ49- What would be the result of over thick application of zinc silicate?
AnsQ50- According to PA 10, is roller application permissible?
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