HRCSA Corrosion Mitigation Certification
HRCSA Application Elements
Application and Equipment Checklist for HRCSA.

HRCSA is a Maintenance Coating
HRCSA traditional applications:
- Flexible Steel Structures
- New contaminate free steel
- Prepared and contaminant-free Aged steel
- Prepared and contaminant-free A588 weathering steel (Corten Steel)
- Prepared and Oxide-free galvanized steel
- Aged stainless steel
Overcoating on
- Prepared and contaminant-free Polyurethane
- Prepared and contaminant -free Epoxies, Epoxy Mastics and coal tar epoxy,
- Prepared and contaminant-free Acrylic Latex
- Prepared and contaminant-free existing aged lead paints,
- Prepared and contaminant-free aged vinyl,
- Prepared and contaminant-free organic or inorganic zinc,
- Prepared and contaminant-free galvanizing and metallizing,
- Prepared and contaminant-free tightly adhered flash rust, black oxide layers ≤ 1/64"
- Guy Ropes for aerial crossings and towers.

Enclosures.
- Road or filter cloth used for paint chip/debris containment and collection on the ground or scaffolding
- Full containment for High Pressure Water Cleaning using flow-through tarps and a sealed platform with water collection in a sump (photo above)
- Collected Wash Water is filtered and recycled via: Flocculation tank to remove solids, 25-5-1 micron filtration system to remove heavy metals and micro particles
- Filtered used pressure wash water can be recycled for use and is often accepted by wastewater treatment facilities

Acceptable Surface Preparation Standards for HRCSA
All AMP, SSPC, NACE And ISO industry standard surface preparation methods including the below:
- SSPC SP-5,-10,-6,-7 – Dry Abrasive Blast
- SSPC WAB-5, -10, -6, -4 Wet Abrasive Blast (crushed glass, High pressure hot water washer, blast pot and drier system, oil free air compressor)
- SSPC SP12 WJ4 – High Pressure Water Cleaning Standard
- SSPC SP3 and SP11 – Power tool Cleaning Standard
- Field Methods for Extraction and Analysis of Soluble Salts), Manufacturers Acceptable Levels NVC 3, NVS 10, NVN 10 Test using a CSN Test Kit
- ASTM D4541 – Pull-Off Adhesion Test for Determining Suitability for Overcoating

Crevice Corrosion and PackRust
- If Abrasive Blasting tape off crevice corroded and pack rusted joints and connections during dry abrasive blasting to prevent pore clogging inside the stratafied pack rust build. Remove tape once finished.
- High Pressure Water flush with salt remover. Thoroughly flush out crevice corroded joints, bearings, and connections (SSPC SP12 WJ4) NVC3, NVS10, NVN10
- Blow Dry all crevice corroded and pack rusted joints and connections with 100 psi clean, dry, oil-free air.

High Pressure Water Cleaning [SSPC SP WJ4]
Surface preparation with high pressure water cleaning and soluble salt remover additive.
1. Flat surfaces: Sufficient pressure, volume, rotating tip stand-off distance to fully remove all undercutting and black oxide patches on the substrates flat surfaces.
Where black oxides patches remained after HPWC, mechanical hand cleaning used to complete it's removal.
Once removed, mitigate salts on worked on area.
2. Thoroughly flush connections for complete removal of corrosive contaminates, oil, dirt, loose rust, corrosive acids.
After flushing, clean, dry, oil free air used to remove any residual water inside the connection.
Post surface preparation visual inspection
Flat surfaces: No undercutting. No black oxide surface patches remaining on flat surfaces. Remaining coating sufficiently adherent to pass dull putty knife test.
Inside connections thoroughly flushed and dried.

HRCSA Material Application Chart
- Inject HRCSA Penetrant/Sealer under pressure until refusal [RDP460 HD DLX kit or equivalent (Penetrant sprayer)]
- Allow a dwell time of 5+ minutes, then brush out excess penetrant/sealer material
- Spray or brush in wet on wet a caulk or stripe coat of HRCSA Self-Priming topcoat over penetrant/sealer treated areas
- Ensure a minimum of 15 to 18 wet mils of HRCSA Self-Priming Topcoat in all Penetrant/Sealer treated areas
- Complete job with a full wet-on-wet spray finish on all areas to be coated to manufacturers specified DFT (table above).
Live Footage from the field
HRCSA Application Video
Easy as one, two, three.