This specification covers a high grade, acrylic, water bound, emulsion type (latex) enamel. Type I is intended for use where the VOC shall not greater than 340 g/L and type II is intended for use where the VOC shall not greater than 250 g/L (see 1.2). Paints to this specification are intended for use over primed metal, particularly on smooth, exterior metal, such as ship exterior topside metalwork and equipments. It is intended to be highly weather resistant, and characterized by excellent color and gloss retention, good drying, freedom from after tack, and good flexibility. The enamel may be applied with brush, roller or spray. This enamel is not intended for painting ship interior bulkheads or overheads; it is not fire retardant.

Some additional intended uses of the enamel meeting this specification are for machinery, refinishing trucks and buses, passenger and freight cars, metal drums, metal signs, metal railing and fences, marine use above water, metal trim (exterior), metal sidings, metal doors and bucks, metal structures (exterior), and properly primed wood (exterior).