What is BS EN 13523-8 – Metals’ resistance to salt spray about?  
Coil coating makes metal more durable and more corrosion-resistant than most other post painted metal.
BS EN 13523-8 is the 8th series of standards that specifies the test method of Resistance to salt spray (fog) in coil coated metals. 
BS EN 13523-8 specifies the procedures for determining the resistance to salt spray (fog) of an organic coating on a metallic substrate (coil coating). 
Who is BS EN 13523-8 - Metals’ resistance to salt spray for? 
BS EN 13523-8 on metals’ resistance to salt spray is useful for: 
- Coil coated metal industries 
- Metal coil product manufacturing companies 
- Metal coil transport companies  
- Quality management teams
Why should you use BS EN 13523-8 - Metals’ resistance to salt spray?  
Metals are coated with polyesters, polyurethanes, plastisols, polyvinylidene fluorides (PVDF), epoxies, backing coats, primers, and laminate films. Many layers of coating are applied to each product.
BS EN 13523-8 provides guidance on:
- Test panels
- Test conditions
- Exposure of test panels
- Evaluation
- Blistering
- Corrosion and/or delamination
BS EN 13523-8 helps you assess the salt spray resistance of coil coated metals so that end customers get a superior quality product.
What’s changed since the last update?  
- BS EN 13523-8:2017 supersedes BS EN 135238:2010. BS EN 13523-8:2017 includes some technical changes with respect to BS EN 135238:2010. These include: 
- Definitions for the following terms were implemented from EN ISO 4628-8: holiday, artificial defect, circular defect, scribe, corroded area, delaminated area 
- Definitions for edge and general surface were added 
- The term creep corrosion was changed to corrosion 
- Use of a hole punch for application of the hole was added 
- EN ISO 4628-8 was introduced for the inspection of delamination and corrosion around the scribe 
