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If you are painting a bare concrete floor, it is essential that the surface is prepared to prevent the paint peeling. New concrete often has a weak dusty layer of cement deposits which would have risen to the surface as the concrete dried. Old bare concrete will have loose cement and grit embedded in the surface. Etching the floor addresses both these problems. If it is not done, the paint will just stick to the loose surface material and will break away with the weak deposits on the underside of the paint as the floor is put into use.
Most paints rely on a degree of penetration into bare concrete and etching will help open up hard, smooth concrete (not power floated, please see Watco Powerfloat Primer), to allow the paint to penetrate and key. Dirt, dust and light oil is also removed by etching. Following etching the concrete will be ‘brighter and whiter’ and look like it is ready for painting.
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Watco Basics Acid Etcher is only available with the shipping and delivery timescales listed below - please do not contact our Customer Support Team with enquiries about alternative or earlier shipping and delivery times.
Saturdays and Sundays, as well as Bank Holidays, are not classed as working days.
Orders placed after the cut-off for this product will not be processed for earliest dispatch until 9am the next working day.
All delivery costs below are excluding VAT
*All estimates are based on theoretical consumption rates for a single coat and do not take into account any substrate deviations or wastage
An epoxy resin primer that allows smooth concrete to be painted without mechanical preparation. For priming power floated, very smooth or non-porous concrete floors which are prone to rejecting paint.
Ready for overcoating in 12 hours
Rapid version available, ready for overcoating in 4-6 hours
Unique formula prevents paint peeling...