Description
Our Wood Floor Primer Undercoat is a high-quality, white spirit-based primer designed specifically for use on wooden floors. This versatile primer offers a strong protective base coat, enhancing the adhesion of topcoats while providing essential protection against wear, moisture, and damage. Ideal for both indoor and outdoor wooden floor applications, it helps ensure long-lasting, smooth finishes by improving surface preparation.
About This Item
- ADHESION PROMOTER: Provides an excellent base for topcoats.
- OVERCOATING EXISTING PAINT: Ideal for use over existing paint, providing a smooth, even base and uniform colour ready for top coat.
- DRYING TIME: Touch dry in 2-4 hours, overcoat in 12-24 hours.
- COVERAGE: Approximately 8 square metres per litre. This does not account for the method of application, absorption of substrate or wastage.
- APPLICATION: Apply by brush or solvent-resistant medium pile rollers. This can aslo be sprayed.
- THINNERS: T0001 White Spirit.
- SHELF LIFE: 12 months.
Proudly manufactured in England by B.C. Paints Ltd. Please note that images and product titles are for advertising purposes only; tins are supplied in BC Paints logo cans or plain white cans for 0.5, 1, 2.5 and occasionally 5 litre sizes.
Application
Before starting, have your PPE ready, as our paint is oil-based and will not wash off easily with soap and water.
Ensure you have good ventilation to allow vapour to escape; ventilation is also necessary to maintain drying times. Without air movement, the coating won’t dry properly.
Be sure to stir the paint well before use.
Ensuring that the wood is completely dry before painting is crucial for a successful paint job. Moisture trapped in the wood can lead to a variety of issues, including poor adhesion of the paint, bubbling, and ultimately flaking away over time.
Painting bare Wood:
Step 1 - Clean and Prep: Ensure the substrate is dry and clean of any dirt, oil or grease. If there is any moisture in the wood, it can cause delamination and lead to a loss of adhesion.
Step 2 -First Coat: Apply one coat of this undercoat.
Step 3 - Top coat: 12-24 hours after applying the first coat, you can apply the first coat of your top coat.
Two coats of topcoat are recommended for optimal coverage.
Mixing
Always stir any paint well before use, as our coatings are heavily pigmented and separation can easily occur. You may experience colour float; for example, a green paint can appear blue before mixing. This is one of the reasons why mixing your paint before use is essential.
- Use a mixer on a slow-running drill or a palette knife on smaller cans to mix the paint. An egg whisk, screwdriver, or small stick that doesn’t reach the bottom of the can is insufficient for proper mixing.
- Mixing should take place for 3-5 minutes.
- If you are adding thinners; they will need to be added once stirred.
Paint mixers are available to purchase. Click here to buy one.
Spraying
Ensure you have the correct RPE, to protect against atomised particles that are being generated when spraying.
If applying with a pot gun:
Use a 1:8 to 2:0 tip setup and thin by 10% if required. More thinners may be added to achieve good atomisation and improve the flow of the paint, resulting in a better finish.
Air-assisted or Airless system:
Use an 11-13 thou tip (no thinners are usually required). If thinning is necessary, use around 10%. Set air and paint pressures until good atomisation is achieved and fingering (lines in the spray) have blended in.
Prime Colors
Grey, Red Oxide, White
Size
5 Litre, 2.5 Litre, 1 Litre
