KENCANA SQUARE

PAINTING
SECTION BCS-060
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1.0

GENERAL

1.1

DESCRIPTION
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1.2

1.3

WORKS INCLUDED
.1

The external surfaces of all machinery, apparatus, equipment, pipes

fittings, and services including supports, hangers and brackets installed in
the works shall be spray painted.

.2

All sheetmetal control cabinets, motor controllers and switchboard

enclosures and similar shall be spray painted internally and externally.

.3

All pipes, headers, support racks, conduits, trunkings and cable trays.

.4

Painting at site is to be sprayed via a compressed air system.

SUBMITTALS
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1.4

Works of this Section shall conform to the requirements of the Contract

Documents.

Submit the product data of the paints proposed to be used for the works:
.1

Name of paint manufacturer.

.2

Brand name and reference number for each coat of paint to be

used.

.3

Manufacturers data sheet for each coat, including technical

description and formulation of paint, and the colour of each
coat.

.4

Proposals concerning place of application and detailed method of

application of each coat, including information on equipment to
be used.

QUALITY ASSURANCE
.1

Except as modified by governing codes and by the Contract Documents,

comply with the latest applicable provisions and latest recommendations
of the following:
.1

BS 5492

Primers

.2

BS 1710 &
BS 4800

Piping Identification

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2.0

PRODUCTS

2.1

GENERAL

2.2

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Provide painting to all surfaces which shall be properly prepared, prime

coated and undercoated and then finished with two finishing coats. Each
coating (including priming, undercoating and the first finishing coat) shall
be allowed to dry for 24 hours and shall be rubbed down and stopped
before the next coat is applied. Painting shall not be done in unsuitable
weather.

.2

Painters Plant and Equipment: All painters plant, tools, gear, steps,
trestles, scaffolding, dust covers, masking etc. shall be provided as for the
completion of the work and for the protection of the finished work.

.3

Masking and Protection: Finished surfaces adjacent to work being painted

shall be masked wherever this is necessary to avoid defacement.

.4

Any walls, beams, columns, floors and other elements or equipment

which are not to be painted shall be protected to avoid defacement.

PAINT MATERIALS
.1

All paint and other preparations shall be best quality, non-poisonous,

lead-free prepared synthetic products of approved brand, confirming to
the relevant British Standard, brought onto the site readymixed in the
manufacturers sealed containers and used to the manufacturers
specification.

.2
primed, undercoated and finish coated with approved heat-resisting paint
suitable for the temperatures to be encountered.
.3

2.3

Primers and paints shall contain corrosion-inhibiting pigments, adhere

firmly to the substrate and form suitable bases for the succeeding coats in
the protective paint system.

PRIME COATING
.1

All surfaces shall be thoroughly dry, cleaned down, free from weld
splatter, burrs, dust, rust, cement and grease and prepared in a proper
manner all to the satisfaction of the Employers Representative.

.2

Metal surfaces shall be thoroughly wire-brushed to remove loose rust and

scale. Castings shall be either ground smooth or alternatively filled
with approved filling compound and then rubbed to a smooth finish.

.3

Steel plate or sheet and all rolled steel sections including brackets and
supports not specified to be galvanized, shall be given an application of
cold phosphating compound before being prime coated with red zinc
chromate primer.

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2.4

.4

Mild steel pipes and conduits delivered to the site unpainted shall be
prime coated as before specified for steel plate.

.5

All galvanized or zinc sprayed steel surfaces and all non-ferrous surfaces
shall be given an application of PVB/Zinc chromate self-etching primer or
similar before being prime coated as specified above.

.6

Machinery, apparatus, equipment and fittings delivered to the site already

prime or finish painted shall be thoroughly cleaned down.

.7

Damaged or unsatisfactory painting shall be made good at the Works

Package Contractors expense.

FINISHES
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.2

General
.1

Each finishing coat shall be of a different shade in selected

colour and shall be either gloss or matt finish as specified
herein. The final coat shall be left smooth, even and free from
visible brush marks and other defects.

.2

For surfaces which shall o

coat shall be high grade alkyd enamel.

Piping, Conduits, Trunkings and Cable Trays

.1

.3

Supports, Hangers and Brackets

.1

.4

All supports, hangers and brackets, where associated piping or

ductwork is to be painted to gloss finish of colour black.

Machinery and Equipment

.1

.5

Piping, conduits, trunkings and cable trays shall be painted to a

gloss finish on colour or colours to conform with BS 1710 and
BS 4800 for the purpose of identification.

Machinery,
apparatus, equipment and fittings
( including
equipment delivered to site already painted ) shall be painted to
gloss
finish in colour
as approved by the Employers
Representative.

Switchboards And Motor Controllers

.1

All sheetmetal control cabinets, motor controllers, switchboard and

distribution board enclosures and similar shall be painted inside
and outside to a oven baked, epoxy powder coated as approved
by the Employers Representative. For details of painting
requirement, refer to the specification section or Switchboards and
Motor Controllers.

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Bolted Joints
.1

3.0

Where it is impracticable to apply the full specified protective

system to bolted joints in the same manner as other items of
steelwork then:
.1

Shop-bolted joints shall be assembled immediately after

application of the first undercoat of the paint system to the
previously blast cleaned and primed parent and joint
materials, with the remainder of the paint system being
applied to the assemble joints as for other steelwork.

.2

The full paint system shall be applied to contact surfaces

(except for fasteners) for site-bolted joints before the joints
are made.

.3

Bolts, nuts and washers, except those metal coated or

manufactured from stainless steel, shall be cleaned and
primed prior to fitting and tightening and shall then be
painted with the full paint system applicable to gates.
Metal coated bolts, nuts and washers shall be painted as
specified after tightening. Paint on external faces of
bolts, nuts and washers which is damaged during
tightening shall be repaired.

EXECUTION
.1

APPLICATION OF PAINT
.1

All painting shall be carried out by skilled and experienced painters

under constant supervision by competent staff.

.2

Paint shall be supplied from the paint store to the painters

ready for application, with no adjustment of formulation
permitted. Any addition of thinners shall be made in the
store under the supervision of the Engineers Representative
and only to the extent permitted by the paint manufacturer, as
detailed on the appropriate manufacturers paint data sheet, for
the particular method and conditions of
application
concerned.

.3

No paint shall be applied to any surface unless the surface has

been prepared, cleaned and wire brushed to remove loose rust
and scales in accordance with this Specification. Neither shall
any paint be applied when the relative humidity rises above 90%.
The surface to which the paint is to be applied shall be dry and
unlikely to be subject to rain, or to condensation of moisture to
such an extent during the paint drying or curing time as to
have a harmful effect on the subsequent appearance
or
satisfactory protective behavior of the paint.

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.4

Application of paint shall be by Air pressure spraying with portable

compressor.

.5

After each coat is dry, it shall be cleaned as necessary and to

the satisfaction of the Engineer before application of any
subsequent coat of paint.

.6

As soon as the first undercoat applied over the main primer

coat on steelwork has dried, an extra stripe coat of the same
undercoat paint but of a contrasting shade shall be applied by
brush to edges, corners, crevices, re-entrants, welds and
exposed parts of any bolts or rivets.

.7

The second undercoat of paint shall be applied within 24 hours of

the application of the first undercoat; the time intervals between
subsequent coats shall be agreed with the Employers
Representative, depending on the fabrication and erection
procedures and conditions and the recommendations of the
paint manufacturer.

.8

Records shall be kept of each coat of paint applied within any paint
system on a surface or item, together with the identifying shade of
the paint coat.

.9

If steelwork in a partly-painted state is left exposed, particularly in

an atmosphere where chemical pollution is possible, for a length
of time considered significant in the circumstances by the
Engineer, the surface of the coated steelwork shall be checked
for harmful sulphates or chlorides before completing the painting.
Any such harmful contaminants shall be removed by approved
means prior to the surface being washed down withan approved
detergent solution, rinsed with clean fresh water and allowed to dry
before painting is continued. Care shall be taken to wash off any
zinc atmospheric corrosion products from the surface or primed
steel before overcoating. The washing and rinsing of any coat hall
be such as to leave no harmful residues on the surface before
overcoating.

.10

All
paint films shall be free of embedded foreign
metallic
particles. Surfaces to which paint is to be applied shall form a
suitable base for the paint and, if a previous paint coat, shall be a
continuous pore-free , sound and undamaged paint film.

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PAINT TRIALS
.1

Carry out paint application procedure trials, at the site with the
equipment and labour to be used in the works. Supply suitable
cleaned steel for steelwork paint trials, including plates of 0.5
square metre minimum area and typical steel pipe section of
1.5 metres minimum length, and sufficient paint for the trials.
Demonstrate his ability to apply each coat of paint of a
designated paint system in accordance with the Specification
and the paint manufacturers data sheet.

.2

Painting shall not be permitted until the Engineer confirms in

writing that he is satisfied with the paints proposed with the
results of the completed paint application procedure trials.

.3

Any adjustment to the proposed paint formulation shown to be

required by the trials ( other than an increase in the amount of
thinners ) must be agreed with the Engineer and made at the
paint manufacturers works before the final stage of an
acceptable paint application procedure trial and before the
delivery of the first batch of paint for the works.

PIPING IDENTIFICATION
.1

Provide colour-coated bands for all piping systems as per BS 1710

and BS 4800.

END OF SECTION BCS-060