Achieve long-lasting coating performance with Elcometer’s advanced salt contamination test kits. Designed to detect harmful soluble salts—such as chlorides, sulfates, and nitrates—these kits are essential tools for professionals in industrial painting, marine maintenance, pipeline rehabilitation, and surface preparation.
Contaminants left on a surface before coating can severely impact adhesion and lead to early coating failure, driving up maintenance costs and downtime. Elcometer’s kits make it easy to assess surface cleanliness accurately, ensuring every coating application is built on a solid, clean foundation.
With reliable, repeatable results that comply with international standards, these test kits help you stay compliant, reduce costly rework, and deliver high-quality coatings that last. Ideal for use on steel, concrete, and other critical substrates.
This kit comes complete with everything you need to comply with ISO 8502-6, ISO 8502-9, The Bresle Method. The Elcometer 135B is a self-adhesive rubber film patch with a sealed compartment used for taking samples of soluble salts.
The Elcometer 138 Bresle Kit includes the Elcometer 138 conductivity meter. The cartridge type sensor can be easily replaced when necessary and displays conductivity in a range of units including: S/cm, S/m, ppm and % salinity.
The Elcometer 138 Bresle Salt Kit with the NEW Elcometer 135C Bresle Test Patches. This kit comes complete with everything you need to comply with ISO 8502-6, ISO 8502-9, The Bresle Method. The Elcometer 135C is a self-adhesive rubber film patch with a sealed compartment used for taking samples of soluble salts.
The Elcometer 138 Bresle Kit includes the Elcometer 138 Conductivity Meter. The cartridge type sensor can be easily replaced when necessary and displays conductivity in a range of units including: S/cm, S/m, ppm and % salinity.
Chloride salts left on the surface before the first coat is applied can result in the coating system being forced off the surface by corrosion or blistering before the full life of the coating has been reached.
To ensure that the chloride has been removed it is essential that the surface is tested before the coating is applied.
Elcometer 134S test method: a latex sleeve is filled with a Chlor*Rid extract solution and stuck to the test surface where the solution is worked against the surface to extract the salts. The titration tube is inserted and the results can be recorded.
Chlorides deposited on a surface by contaminated abrasives during blasting can cause a coating to fail prematurely.
Contamination can build up, particularly if the blast media is recycled several times. Using the Elcometer 134A Chloride Ion Test for abrasives in the field will accurately identify contamination and prevent costly surface-related failures.
Results are recorded in parts per million (ppm) requiring no complicated calculations. Elcometer 134A test is designed to use a ratio of 1:1 for easy conversation to µg/cm².
If the chloride levels in the wash water are too high, this will promote premature corrosion, shortening the life of both steel and concrete structures.
Used to monitor recycled water to establish effectiveness of salt removal, this test is ideal when mixing concrete and when washing steel.
Designed to accurately, measure surface chloride, sulphate and nitrate ions in minutes, the Elcometer 134 CSN Salt kit offers a single kit solution for testing in the field.
All the components of the Elcometer CSN Test Kits are pre-measured and pre-dosed for trouble free testing.
Results are recorded in parts per million (ppm) requiring no complicated calculations. Elcometer 134 CSN tests are all designed to use a ratio of 1:1 for easy conversation to µg/cm².
We are pleased to announce the launch the new Elcometer 130 SSP Soluble Salt Profiler.
The Elcometer 130 SSP provides fast and accurate measurement of the level and density of soluble salts on surfaces – and can provide Bresle equivalent values.
The multi-point measurement electrode not only provides four Bresle equivalent readings in just over two minutes – over four times faster than other Bresle equivalent test methods, but the user can also view a comprehensive salt distribution profile map – providing a more accurate indication of the amount of soluble salts on the test surface.
Key Features:
Bresle equivalent ISO 8502-9 test method; click here to view the full test method, results and conclusion on how the Elcometer 130 SSP compares to the Bresle Method
Automatic temperature compensation; the temperature of the wet filter paper is measured when placed on the measurement electrode and the reading adjusted accordingly – ensuring accuracy in all climatic conditions
Calibration offset; ensures accurate and repeatable readings by setting a filter paper and water offset on the gauge and adjusting the reading accordingly
Calibration verification; the accuracy of the gauge can be verified by the user and the verification date recorded in the gauge memory for use in reports
We are pleased to announce the launch the new Elcometer 130 SSP Soluble Salt Profiler.
The Elcometer 130 SSP provides fast and accurate measurement of the level and density of soluble salts on surfaces – and can provide Bresle equivalent values.
The multi-point measurement electrode not only provides four Bresle equivalent readings in just over two minutes – over four times faster than other Bresle equivalent test methods, but the user can also view a comprehensive salt distribution profile map – providing a more accurate indication of the amount of soluble salts on the test surface.
Key Features:
Bresle equivalent ISO 8502-9 test method; click here to view the full test method, results and conclusion on how the Elcometer 130 SSP compares to the Bresle Method
Automatic temperature compensation; the temperature of the wet filter paper is measured when placed on the measurement electrode and the reading adjusted accordingly – ensuring accuracy in all climatic conditions
Calibration offset; ensures accurate and repeatable readings by setting a filter paper and water offset on the gauge and adjusting the reading accordingly
Calibration verification; the accuracy of the gauge can be verified by the user and the verification date recorded in the gauge memory for use in reports