scope:

This guide discusses the technique called "stripe coating" or "striping" as a way of providing extra corrosion protection measures on edges, outside corners, crevices, bolt heads, welds, and other irregular steel geometries, including optional techniques that can be used to improve coating performance. It is not intended to provide all-encompassing guidance but rather offer options when preparing a project specification. The engineer should evaluate and address details on a project-specific basis.

Appendix A contains recommendations and sample language to assist the specification writer in addressing corrosion protection of edges, crevices, and irregular steel geometries, and Appendix B contains representative photographs of configurations or geometries that may benefit from stripe coating.

Units of Measure:

This guide makes use of both the ASTM⁽¹⁾ SI 10, "American National Standard for Metric Practice" International System Units (SI) units and U.S. Customary units. The measurements are not exact equivalents; therefore each system must be used independently of the other, without combining in any way. This guide uses SI units with the U.S. Customary conversions shown in parentheses.

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