MIL-DTL-15090 Enamel, Equipment, Light Gray \(Navy Formula No.111\)This specification covers a 250-gram per liter \(maximum\) \(2.08 pounds per gallon [maximum]\) volatile organic content \(VOC\) complying paint. The paint is a light gray equipment enamel \(Navy Formula Number 111\) for shipboard use as a topcoat on equipment, machinery, furniture and electrical equipment, such as switchboard installations. This product may be used wherever VOC air pollution regulations apply. The light gray equipment enamel covered by this specification is an air dry, solvent base coating for use in all interior dry areas including applications covered by reactor plant painting schedules. This product is supplied in a single can and used as supplied without thinning.

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MIL-DTL-15090E

6.10 Suggested packaging. Suggested packaging requirements are contained in table IX and table X.

TABLE IX. Suggested packing and packaging.

Packaging

Recommended requirements for direct Government acquisitions

The paints covered by this specification should be purchased by volume. The unit of

Unit of procurement

procurement should be in multiples of 1 U.S. liquid gallon or 1 L at 60EF (15.5EC).

The paint should be furnished in cans of appropriate volume such as 3.78L (1-gallon)

Containers

or multiples thereof.

b. Friction plug containers should be in accordance with PPP-C-96, Type V, Class 2.

Interior coatings should be as specified therein. Exterior coatings, including side

seam stripping, should be as specified therein for plan B. Wire handles as specified

therein, should be provided for the 1-gallon container. Closure of the properly filled

and sealed cans should be as specified in the appendix thereto.

c. Pails should be to PPP-P-704.

d. All containers should comply with the requirements of the Uniform Freight

Classifications (UFC), the National Motor Freight Classification (NMFC), and the

applicable requirements of the Code of Federal Regulations 49CFR, Department of

Transportation (DOT).

Intermediate

a. Paints should be packaged in intermediate containers.

containers

b. Intermediate containers should be close-fitting corrugated fiberboard boxes in

accordance with UFC, NMFC and 49CFR requirements. Fiberboard used in the

construction of interior (unit and intermediate) and exterior containers, including

interior packaging forms, should conform to the best commercial practice. Such

classes should be domestic fire-retardant or weather resistant fire-retardant as

specified.

Commercial

a. Commercial packaging should be to ASTM D3951.

packaging

b. All containers should comply with the requirements of the Uniform Freight

Classifications (UFC), the National Motor Freight Classification (NMFC), and the

applicable requirements of the Code of Federal Regulations 49CFR, Department of

Transportation (DOT).

Packing

Packing should be specified as follows:

a. Overseas delivery (Level A) packing. Intermediate containers of paint should be

packed in close-fitting wood boxes conforming to the best commercial practice.

Box closure and strapping should be as specified in the applicable box specification

or the appendix thereto except that strapping should be flat and the finish B.

b. Domestic delivery (Level B) packing. Level B packing should be as for level A,

except that boxes should be domestic type or class and the strapping should be finish

A or B.

c. Commercial packing. The paint, in the specified unit and intermediate containers

should, as applicable, be packed in multiples of like sizes in accordance with UFC,

NMFC, and 49CFR requirements.

Intermediate containers should be palletized in accordance with the best commercial

Palletization

practice. Only one size unit or intermediate container should be placed on a pallet.