IS 140 : 2015

What this standard covers

This standard prescribes requirements and methods of sampling and test for the material commercially known as ready mixed paint, petrol resisting, air-drying, for exterior painting of containers, colour as required. 1.1.1 The material is used for the exterior protection of containers for petrol, mineral oils and lubricants. The material is such that on air-drying it gives a film which can...

Scope, quoted from IS 140 : 2015. Read the full standard

Requirements and tests, as the standard names them

• 5.1 Composition
• 5.2 Suitability for Thinning
• 5.3 Lead Restriction
• 7.2 Preparation of Test Samples
• 7.2.1 Drying Time and Durability Test
• 7.3 Criteria for Conformity
• 8.2 Quality of Reagents

Sub-clause names as printed under the headings “REQUIREMENTS”, “SAMPLING”, “TEST METHODS” in IS 140 : 2015. Values and limits are deliberately not reproduced here — read them in the standard itself.

How the standard is organised

• 4 CLASSES
• 5 REQUIREMENTS
• 6 PACKING AND MARKING
• 7 SAMPLING
• 8 TEST METHODS

Edition history (per the BIS registry)

• IS 140 : 2015 — current edition

Where this standard is used on NirmanDost

Listed by product makers

1 product in the NirmanDost catalogue names this standard on its spec sheet — S-BT MR HL Threaded stud. That is the maker’s own claim, copied as printed; we have not tested these products against the standard, and a spec sheet can cite the wrong code.