SSPC PAINT STANDARD RECOMMENDATIONS

SSPC Paint System Categories

SSPC PAINT SYSTEM #
PS 1.09*
PS 1.10*
PS 1.12*
PS 1.13*
PS 4.02, 4.04
PS 9.01
PS 10.01
PS 10.02
PS 11.01
PS 12.01
PS 13.01*
PS 14.01*
PS 15.01, 15.02, 15.04*
PS 16.01
PS 18.01
PS 23.00
PS 24.0
PS 26.0
PS 27.0
PS 28.01
PS 28.02

DESCRIPTION
Three coat Oil Based Zinc Oxide
System
Four Coat Oil Based Zinc Oxide System
3-Coat Oil Based Zinc Chromate
System
1-Coat Oil Based Slow Drying
Maintenance System
4-Coat Vinyl System
Cold Applied Asphalt Mastic
Hot Applied Coal Tar Enamel
Cold-Applied Coal Tar Mastic
Black (or dark red) Coal Tar Epoxy
One Coat Zinc Rich Paint System
Epoxy Polyamide Paint System
Steel Joist Painting System
Chlorinated Rubber systems
Silicone Alkyd System for New Steel
3-Coat Latex Painting System
Latex Painting System for Industrial
and Marine
Aluminum Pigmented Epoxy Coating
System
Alkyd Coating System, Performance
Zinc Rich Polyurethane /Polyurea
3-Coat Moisture Cure Urethane

RECOMMENDATION

Notes

Consider
6-208/7-282/7-282

No direct offset
No direct offset

6-208 or KL4400/7-282 x2

No direct offset

6-204/7-282/7-282

KL4400
No offset
No offset
No recommendation
No recommendation
97-640
See Paint 20 offerings
See Paint 22 offerings
See Paint 15 offering
No recommendation
6-204 / 6-208 / 95-5000
90-724/90-724/90-374

Amercoat 78HB
Amercoat 78HB

1
1

Pitt Tech Plus system

Dimetcote 9H /Pitt Tech

Plus/Pitt Tech Plus

Tested for
performance

Amerlock 2AL

Amerlock 400AL

6-208/7-282/7-282
No recommendation
No recommendation

94-248 primer/7-line

*Discontinued standard
1- Generic equivalent, not fully tested for specific performance and/or compositional requirements

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SSPC PAINT #
Paint 5*
Paint 8*
Paint 9*
Paint 11*
Paint 12*
Paint 15

DESCRIPTION
Zinc Dust, Zinc oxide and Phenolic Varnish Paint
Aluminum Vinyl Paint
Vinyl Paint
Red Iron Oxide, Zinc Chromate, Raw Linseed Oil Alkyd Primer
Coal Tar Asphalt Mastic
Steel Joist Shop Primer

RECOMMENDATION
No offering
No offering
No offering
No offering
No offering
Amercoat 5108

Notes

Paint 16

Coal Tar Epoxy Polyamide

97-640 Coal Cat

Paint 17,18,19*
Paint 20
Paint 20

Chlorinated Rubber
Zinc Rich Primer Type 1B
Zinc Rich Primer Type 1C

Paint 20

Zinc Rich Primer Type II

Paint 21*
Paint 22*

Silicone Alkyd Type 1= High gloss

Epoxy Polyamide

No offering
Dimetcote 21-5
Dimetcote 9-series
Metalhide 2000
Amercoat 68HS
97-670
97-679
95-5000 Sil-Shield
Amercoat 385
PittGard DTR 97-145
Amercoat 370
90-712
90-812
90-374
90-1210
No direct offset
No direct offset
Polyclutch 97-687
Aquapon WB 98-46
Dimetcote 9 series
Metalhide 2000
Amercoat 68HS
97-670
Sigmaweld 199US
DSP-3

Paint 23

Latex primer for Steel

Paint 24

Latex Semigloss Exterior Topcoat

Paint 25 /25 BCS

Paint 26*
Paint 27
Paint 28
Paint 29

Zinc Oxide, Alkyd, Linseed Oil Primer

Slow Drying Linseed Oil Black Maintenance Primer
Basic Zinc Chromate Vinyl Butyrate Wash Primer
Water-Borne Epoxy Primer for Steel
Zinc Dust Sacrificial Primer, performance based

Paint 30

Weld Through Inorganic Zinc Primer

Consider
KL4400

6-204
1
Amercoat 78HB
(amine cured)

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
KL4400
KL4400
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

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DESCRIPTION

RECOMMENDATION

Paint 32
Paint 33
Paint 34
Paint 35*
Paint 36

Coal Tar Emulsion

Coal Tar Mastic, Cold Applied
Waterborne Epoxy Topcoat for Steel Surfaces
Medium Oil Alkyd Primer (air dry/low bake)
Two Component Weatherable Aliphatic Polyurethane

No direct offset
No offset
98-1
No offset
95-812
Amercoat 450H
Amershield

Paint 38
Paint 39

Single Pack Moisture Cured Urethane Topcoat

Two Component Aliphatic Polyrea Topcoat

No offset
No offset

Paint 40

Zinc Rich Moisture Cure Polyurethane Primer

Durethane MCZ
97-699

Paint 43

Moisture Cured Polyurethane Primer or Intermediate Coat,

MIOX Reinforced
Epoxy Polyamide/polyamidoamine Coating, Performance
based
Direct-to-Metal Aliphatic Polyurea Coatings

Paint 101
Paint 104

Aluminum Alkyd Paint, Leafing and Non-Leafing

White or Tinted Alkyd Paint

Paint 41
Paint 42

Notes

Consider
Champion 1106

16-551
6-208

Level 3
Level 3
Level 3

Automotive Division
ATX1100213

No offset
Amercoat 385

No offset
No offset
7-852

*Discontinued Specification
1- Generic equivalent. Not fully tested for specific performance and/or compositional requirements.

1
1

97-145
Automotive Division
ATX1100213
6-230