Surface condition
Photographic representation of RE rust scales
Use has been made of the European Scale of Degree of Rusting for anticorrosive paints as a guide to the surface condition of the paint system to be maintained. The scale provides a series of photographs which show breakdown of paint coatings aligning with the following %:
The nomenclature in this guide aligns to that standard.
| Re 1 | 0.05% |  |
| Re 2 | 0.5% | |
| Re 3 | 1% | |
| Re 4 | 3% |  |
| Re 5 | 8% | |
| Re 6 | 15/20% |  |
| Re 7 | 40/50% | |
| Re 8 | 75/85% | |
| Re 9 | 95% |