Chlorides will be summarized with respect to occurence, electrolytic confinement of chlorides on pitted steel, action at the steel/paint interface, and removal. Processes which will be discussed for removal are 1) blast cleaning, 2) blast cleaning enhanced with electrode reversal and nocturnal humidity, 3) water spray and water jetting procedures.
KEY WORDS: chlorides, contamination, corrosion, electrode, electrode-reverse, electrolyte, electrolytic-confinement, humidity, nocturnal-humidity, osmosis, osmotic pressure, pits, soluble-salts, steel surface, sulfates, water-jetting.