BS 6150:1991

Committees responsible
Foreword
Code of practice
Section 1. General
1 Scope
2 Definitions
3 Use of the code
Section 2. Design, specification and organization
4 Introduction
5 Design considerations
6 Environmental considerations
7 Documentation
8 Organization of work
9 Health and safety
10 Records
11 Off-site work
12 Protection of components on site
13 Workforce and supervision
14 Inspection requirements
15 Materials sampling and testing
Section 3. Materials
16 Introduction
17 Functions of coatings
18 Constituents of coatings
19 General properties of coatings
20 Components of coating systems
21 Types of coatings
22 Ancillary materials
Section 4. Substrates and coating systems
23 Introduction
24 Selection of coating systems
25 Wood
26 Plywood
27 Iron and steel
28 Non-ferrous metals and metallic coatings
29 Plaster, external rendering, concrete (including
    lightweight and autoclaved aerated blocks), brick
    and stone: general considerations
30 Plaster
31 External renderings
32 Concrete
33 Brick and stone
34 Precast concrete blocks
35 Cement-based sheets, boards and components
36 Fibre building board, wood chipboard and
    plasterboard
37 Paper and wallcoverings
38 Plastics
39 Glass and inorganic glazed surfaces
40 Bituminous surfaces and materials
41 Special conditions and requirements
Section 5. Application and practice
42 Introduction
43 General
44 Conditions of application
45 Craft procedures and practices
46 Application methods
47 Inspection, sampling and testing
Section 6. Maintenance
48 Introduction
49 General
50 Factors affecting decisions on maintenance
51 Selection of coating systems for maintenance
52 Organization of maintenance work
53 Preparation of painted surfaces
54 Application
Appendices
A Health and safety
B Paint colours
C Bibliography
Tables
1 Primers for wood
2 Primers for metal
3 Miscellaneous primers
4 Undercoats
5 General pigmented finishes
6 Finishes for wood
7 Bituminous and tar-based coatings
8 Specialist coatings
9 Questions relating to the selection of coating
    systems
10 Environment categories and selection of coating
    systems
11 Paint systems for wood, internal and external
    situations (excluding hardwood surfaces not usually
    painted)
12 Natural finish systems for wood, external and
    internal situations
13 Paint systems for iron and steel except heated
    surfaces
14 Site pretreatment and priming of non-ferrous metals
    and stainless steel
15 Paint systems for plaster, concrete, brick, block
    and stone, internal situations
16 Paint systems for renderings, concrete, brick, block
    and stone, external situations
17 Site priming of fibre building board, wood chipboard
    and plasterboard
18 Defects in paintwork and remedial treatment
Index

Recommendations for good practice in the initial and maintenance painting of buildings. Certain processes are excluded: particular requirements of listed or historic buildings, preservative treatments for structural timber, coatings for fire protection, certain specialist decorative processes, and limewash and distemper coatings.