The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of the specific alloying elements in steel such as Cr, Ni and Cu, and surface roughness of substrate with two different FCS temperature zones in the CAL process on the phosphatability of the cold-rolled sheet used for the drum in order to improve the zinec phosphating property. Phosphatability is dependent of the surface oxide and roughness on the substrate and can be indirectly improved by increasing surface roughness of the steel sheet. Basically, in order to obtain the good phosphatability, the low concentration of the retained elements such as Cr, Ni and Cu among the steel alloy elements should be required. Phosphatability of substrate with high concentration instead of the retained elements and surface roughness, however, can be effectively improved instead of low FSC temperature.