| international’ ACI 515.1R-79 (Reapproved 1985) A Guide for the Use of Waterproofing, Dampproofing, Protective, and Decorative Barrier Systems for Concrete Reported by ACI Committee 515 , american concrete institute P.O. BOX 9094 FARMINGTON HILLS, MI 48333Seventh Printing, September 1998 Surface Barrier Systems Most ACI Standards and committee reports ate gathered together in the annually revised ACI Manual of Concrete Practice. The several volumes are arranged to group related material together and may be purchased individually or in sets. The ACI Manual of Concrete Practice is also available on CD-ROM. ACI Committees prepare standards and reports in the general areas of materials and properties of concrete, construction practices and inspection, pavements and slabs, struc- tural design and analysis, structural specifica- tions, and special products and processes. ‘A complete catalog of all ACI publications is available without charge. American Concrete Institute P.O. 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Kubanick ‘The revising committee is listed at the end of the document. ‘This Guide updates and expands the scope of the ‘committee report “Guide for the Protection of Con- crete Against Chemical Attack by Means of Coatings and Other orrosion Resistant Materials,” which ap- peared in the December 1966 ACI Jounwat. The pre- vious Guide has been revised and is found in Chapter 6 of this Guide entitled “Protective Barrier Systems.” In addition, there are new chapters on “Waterproofing Barrier Systems,” ““Dampproofing Barrier Systems,” and “Decorative Barrier Systems.” A separate chapter on conditioning and surface preparation of concrete is included because itis rele- vant to all the other chapters. This Guide is not to be referenced as a complete unit. ‘Keywords shrsie blasting: aid veeunent (concrete rsstancs; a ‘stn’ apolar chemical otek: chemical cleaning: eating, concrete Sic conarstas: dtorgents emulsifying agent, epoxy ret nha, furan eins; lac Ser: inspection: yt salen tex ber metas (nae) pints penoleresinm panes, ples, nds payee ‘esos polyurethane rerns: protective caus opis eles silts ‘Rif Suracansfenpese teste vapors waterproobing Foreword ACI Committee 515 was urganized in 1936 and pub lished a report “Guide for the Protection of Concrete ‘Against Chemical Attack by Means of Coatings and Other Corrosion Resistant Materials,” in the De- = ACI Commitee Reports, Guides, Standard Fraction. nd Commen ‘aves ate intended for gidance im designing, lansing, eet, Sringpetingconrrcton, sd in preparing pecans, Refer. Shee fo these documents sll ot be mado in tho Pec Doc ‘sits i ems found in thes documents se dese tb par of they shouldbe incorporated del int the Dorothy M. Lawrence Stella L. Marusin Charles J. Parise Charles O. Pratt Andrew Rossi, Jr. Donald L. Schlegel Lawrence E. Schwietz cember 1966 ACI jour'at. William H. Kuenning was chairman when this Guide was published. Albert M. Levy was chairman from 1974 to 1977 when some of the information, found in the chapters on “Water- proofing Barrier Systems” and “Dampproofing Bar- rier Systems,” was developed. CONTENTS Chapter 1—Introduction, page 515.1R-2 1—General discussion 1.2—The systems concept for bariers 113—Barser performance dificult to define 14—Beonomie factors for barter selection 15—Inspection during application 1.6 Safety requirements Chapter 2—Barvier systems: types and performance requirements, page 515.1R-3 24—Defiiions of tain systems 22—When seaterproofing is used 2.3 When dampprocing is used 2.4 When protective borer systems ar used 25—Susceptbilty of concrete to attack by chemicals 2.6-—When decorative pointing barrier systems are used Chapter 3—Concrete conditioning and surface preparation, page 515.1R-12 3.1—Goneral requirements 3.2—Repal of surface defects topping or rerouting of water urlace preparation Tapp e 100, erica Coc neal A sight reserved ec SSE ct omcton aus many orm ob ay aes ‘Se making of apne yey pot pros oby sn laconic or mechan ite. prtod of writes ov or ov coding for sound or ial Traduca for vein any alge ete sym oF ein ‘ln perso a ang canned om the copy propio sis.aRA