This document specifies procedures for the sampling of paints
and varnishes, including coating powders, and raw materials used in
their manufacture. Such products include liquids and materials
which, without undergoing chemical modification, are capable of
being liquefied when heated up, and powdered, granulated and pasty
materials. Samples can be taken from containers, for example cans,
drums, tanks, tank wagons or ships' tanks, as well as from barrels,
sacks, big-bags, silos or silo wagons or conveyor belts.
This document does not deal with the sample preparation for
testing or reduction of the samples thus taken, which is dealt with
in ISO 1513.