Coating is the materials that are use to coat (cover) the surface of substrate such as metal, wood andconcrate to protect from the effect of the environment, and it can also be used as decorative purposes. Coating applied on the surface is mainly aimed at protecting against corrosion and it can be in the from of metallic or non metallic coating materials. The system of the organic coating such as paint are widely used and easy to apply, relatively is inexpensive and recoatable. This paper will describe the fuction and the ability of the coating especially paint to protect the corrosion attact. Iing Musalam-LIPI
