Painting list Part -1

1. Blast Grades
2. Rust Grades
3. Why is surface preparation necessary? (Why and how are surfaces prepared)
4. Factors which accelerate corrosion Ans : Moisture,air
5. Tests for contaminants (Millscale, salts, dust, moisture)
6. Hand & Power Tool Grades
7. Name 5 rust inhibitive pigments and their colours
8. Binder Properties ( List 6 Binders)
9. Calculations (WFT / DFT / VS% / Volume / Density)
10. Blasting Safety (List the Blasting Equipment required for site cleaning project)
11. Identification of Abrasives
12. Definitions: CORROSION / ADHESION / ELECTROLYTE / FLASHPOINT /
VISCOSITY / COMPLIANT / OLEORESINOUS / DEW POINT / RELATIVE HUMIDITY /
COSHH / HASAWA
13. Natural Oils / Natural Resins (Name them?)
14. Drying Mechanisms (& Chemical Curing Agents)
15. Solutions & Dispersions
16. Advantages / Disadvantages of Water Borne
17. Paint Systems (PA10 Spa 1e) Function of primer/midcoat/finish
18. Name three paint additives and their function
19. Explain CPVC (film properties as a result of high & low)
20. Explain the Barrier/Passivation/Sacrificial Principles
21. Describe Convertible/Non-Convertible & Reversible/Non-Reversible
22. Description of Thermosetting & Thermoplastic
23. Use and acceptance criteria of a Whirling Hygrometer
24. What is a stripe coat / masking out / tie coat
25. Describe how to measure viscosity (flow cup no. 4)
26. Degree of dispersion / Fineness of grind
27. How is Flash point determined?
28. Description of Paint Mill (pearl, bead or sand mill)
29. Why different surfaces require different paint systems
30. Holiday detection
31. Advantages/Disadvantages Airless & Conventional spray
32. Health & Safety, Drager bellows and drager tube
33. List 8 contractor malpractices
34. Opacity, Pfund Cryptometer, Hiding power charts and applicator
35. Gloss is affected by, and measured with?
36. Prohesion testing, tropical boxes, water soak test, temperature cycling
37. Adhesion Testing (V cut, cross hatch, Dolly test, HATE)
38. Surface contamination tests, explain one
39. Binder-solvent combinations (strong and least)
40. Rate of evaporation, solvent power
41. Name four additives
42. Name rust inhibitive pigments and their colour
43. Functions of primers, midcoat and topcoats;
44. Flexibility test, conical mandrell (how to use it)
45. Hot duty services (Blast grade Sa 3 & preferred system: TSA)
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46. Uses and limitations of Etch Primers (new galvanised / aluminium) where do we
apply, ( and where do we apply PVB)
47. Spa 6a Non-ferrous system (Blast Grade Sa 1; Paint system Water Borne Acrylic)
48. Damp surfaces system (Spa 4a; moisture curing polyurethane)
49. SPA 1e: (preferred systems)
50. Paint faults (describe 6)
51. Feathering, masking, and stripe coating
52. BS 410 (what is it?)
53. Causes of drop in air pressure between compressor and nozzle
54. Isocyanates, Amines & Amides (curing agents)
55. Cohesive failure
56. Explain conventional, electrostatic, and airless spray
57. Quality plans, Quality Assurance and Controls.