Owatrol PRIMAFLOOR, Primer For New Unfinished And Stripped Wooden Floors Clear 10 litre Pail

Product Description

PRIMAFLOOR® is a single pack polyurethane acrylic primer for all new and unfinished or stripped wooden floors. Available in Clear and 6 colours PRIMAFLOOR® strengthens the durability and performance of all waterborne varnishes both single and two pack, thereby ensuring optimum performance of the finish coat. Odourless, quick drying, light fast and non-yellowing, PRIMAFLOOR® also prevents tannin bleed and avoids gluing of the wood strips and joints by the finish. PRIMAFLOOR® colours can be intermixed or added to the finishing product to achieve the desired look. PRIMAFLOOR® is recommended for all soft and hardwood floors including exotic hardwoods, parquet flooring, veneered flooring and staircases.

Properties

• Polyurethane acrylic primer – Evens out the woods porosity.
• Strengthens adhesion of the finish, ensuring optimum performance.
• Prevents gluing of sides and joints by the finish – Allows floor boards to expand and contract.
• Ready to use. Quick drying. Odourless.
• Range of 6 colours plus Clear.
• Light fast – Colours do not fade. Clear – Non yellowing.
• Colours can be inter-mixed to achieve the desired look.
• Prevents tannin bleed and staining of the finish from woods rich in tannins and natural oils.
• Compatible with all types of waterborne floor varnish (1 pk and 2 pk).
• Colours can be mixed with OlÉofloor®*, Xylin* and VEGAFLOOR®*.

Surface Preparation

General directions

• Surfaces must be dry, clean, free of dirt, grease and other surface contamination including previous coatings.
• PRIMALOOR® can only be applied to bare wood surfaces. ALL other finishes MUST be completely and thoroughly removed.
• Always clean meticulously with a vacuum cleaner after each sanding, including any dust traps (skirting, radiators, pipes, window sills, etc).
• Sand wooden floor using appropriate system and abrasive grades, depending on condition of surface and wood species. Use an edge sander for edges, a mechanical hand sander, chisel or scraper for corners.
• Cracks of 2 mm wide or less should be filled with LIANFLOOR®* and sanding resumed with 80 or 100 grit paper depending on the last grit used.
• Finish with finishing grade up to grit No. 120 or 150 depending on the wood species and thickness of wear layer. If required treat new or old bare wood with TMU 84* to protect against fungal attack and blue stain prior to applying PRIMAFLOOR®.

Sanding grades (change only one sanding grade at a time)

Coarse grades: 24, 30, 36

Medium grades: 40, 50, 60

Finishing grades: 80, 100, 120, 150

New Wood Surfaces

• Degrease surface with denatured alcohol, acetone or similar solvent based product.
• Prepare and sand surface as instructed in “General Directions” above.

Previously treated surfaces (oiled or polished)

• Previously oiled or polished surfaces should be dry stripped with CDKP® 90*.
• After stripping degrease surface with with denatured alcohol, acetone, white (mineral) spirit or similar solvent based product.
• Prepare and sand surface as instructed in “General Directions” above.

Previously coated surfaces (varnish, paint, stain)

• Remove existing finish by sanding or stripping with CDKP® 90*.
• After stripping degrease surface with with denatured alcohol, acetone, white (mineral) spirit or similar solvent based product.
• Prepare and sand surface as instructed in “General Directions” above.

Application

• Facing the light and starting opposite the door so as to work towards it. Apply an even and generous coat of PRIMAFLOOR® ensuring a uniform level of timber saturation to avoid colour variation. Always maintain a wet edge to avoid overlaps.
• Start with a brush at the edges, then do the remaining surface working in areas of 2m by 2m.
• Allow to dry for 2 hours depending on the ambient conditions.
• For exotic hardwoods or woods high in tannins a 2nd coat of PRIMAFLOOR® may be applied. This provides a greater seal against tannin staining and bleed.
• To accentuate a colour a 2nd coat may be applied 2-8 hours after the 1st coat.

Technical Data

• Finish: Matt.
• Vehicle Type: Acrylic resins.
• Solvent Type: Water.
• Viscosity: Fluid.
• Specific Gravity (at 20°C): 1.02 ± 2.
• Physical State: Liquid.
• Solid Content: 18% ± 2.
• pH: 8.5 ± 0.5.
• Flash point: Non-flammable.
• Shelf Life: 1 year in its original unopened container.
• Container Size: 1 L, 2.5 L, 10 L. (Colours only available in 1L size).
• Colour: Colourless, Antique White, Antique Grey, Walnut, Medium Oak, Mahogany, Ebony
• Note: The milky appearance of PRIMAFLOOR® Colourless disappears as the product dries.
• Drying (data at + 20°C and 50% relative humidity):

  – Dry: 2 hours.

  – Re-coat with PRIMAFLOOR®: 1-8 hours.

  – Re-coat with finish: 2-12 hours.

• VOC: EU limit value for this product (cat. A/i): 140 g/l (2010). This product contains max 51 g/l VOC.