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Tikkurila Fontecryl 10, a water-borne, one-component fast-drying acrylic based paint, which contains active anti-corrosive pigments.Used as a primer for interior and exterior steel surfaces Overcoatable with a wide range of products, also with solvent-borne products Not suitable for immersion or constant humidity For industrial and...
£93.54 (incl. VAT)
£77.95 (ex. VAT)
Tikkurila Fontecryl 25 is a water-borne, one-component fast-drying acrylic based paint, which contains active anti-corrosive pigments. Suitable for product painting in metal industry and painting stations. Recommended especially as a single coat paint system for steel structures indoors and outdoors. Not suitable for immersion or constant...
Tikkurila Tematar TFA is a two component, modified epoxy paint. Suitable for steel, zinc and concrete surfaces exposed to abrasion and/or chemical stress, especially for underground and underwater structures.Recommended for sludge and sewage tanks, pontoons, ship ballast tanks, fuel oil and crude oil tanks, and other underground or...
£301.24 (incl. VAT)
£251.03 (ex. VAT)
Sherwin-Williams Macropoxy 646 - Aluminium is a versatile high performance polyamide cured epoxy designed to fulfil the needs of both new construction and maintenance painting. Please note: Aluminium is made to order with an extended lead time of 14 days and a minimum order quantity of 200L Also readily available in 400+ colours,...
£153.98 (incl. VAT)
£128.32 (ex. VAT)
Temafloor Rostex Super Akva Metal Primer completes the waterborne coating system for treating metal sheeted roofs and other metal surfaces from the bottom to the top. After priming with Rostex Super Akva use waterborne Panssari Akva Roof Paint or Luja Finishing Paint in interior use as a topcoat. Examples of use includes metal-sheeted roofs,...
£22.02 (incl. VAT)
£18.35 (ex. VAT)
Rostex Super Metal Primer is suitable for priming steel, zinc-coated steel and non-slip aluminum surfaces subject to heavier stress than usual, when the adhesion of normal alkyd primers will not be sufficient or would take too long to dry. Also suitable for copper, brass, stainless steel, pural, polyester, acryl, and obsolete PVC-coated steel...
£32.89 (incl. VAT)
£27.41 (ex. VAT)
Temacoat SPA MIO, a two component, polyamide-cured epoxy paint, pigmented with aluminium, micaceous iron oxide and zinc phosphate.Good adhesion to steel, zinc and aluminium surfaces Used as a primer or as an intermediate coat in epoxy and polyurethane systems exposed to severe climatic conditions, abrasion, splashes and chemical dust...
£554.98 (incl. VAT)
£462.48 (ex. VAT)
Temabond WG300, a two-component, low temperature curing modified epoxy paint.Forms a tight coat with good chemical and abrasion resistance Good adhesion also to wire-brushed steel Recommended for repairing of damages caused by transport or installation and for repainting and touch-up painting of earlier painted surfaces Can also be...
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Rust-Oleum 569/580 Quick Drying Metal Primer is a single pack quick drying metal primer for bare and lightly rusted metal. It should be used on new, blasted or slightly rusted steel surfaces. Depending on the exposure conditions, it can be recoated with a variety of Rust-Oleum Systems assuring the appropriate protection.For Professional...
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Rust-Oleum 1080 High Build Metal Primer is for extra protection of bare or blasted metal, offers maximum durability under severely corrosive conditions. It assures appropriate protection under light industrial exposure conditions, if applied on a Rust-Oleum metal primer followed by Rust-Oleum 7500 Alkythane.Protects up to C4 corrosion...
£138.34 (incl. VAT)
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International Intershield 300HS is a high-solids, abrasion resistant, aluminium pure epoxy coating providing excellent long term anti-corrosive protection and low temperature capability.High solids version of International Intershield 300 A universal primer which can be applied directly to mechanically prepared shop primer or suitably...
£794.51 (incl. VAT)
£662.09 (ex. VAT)
Tikkurila Temacoat EP Primer, a two component epoxy primer containing zinc phosphate, with excellent adhesion to steel and zinc surfaces.Can be used as a primer or an intermediate coat on epoxy and epoxy-polyurethane systems Rapidly recoatable For industrial and professional use onlyMore Information Delivery Info
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Rawlins Paints stock over 150 metal primers and undercoats, for any scaled project or environment – no matter how extreme the weather conditions are for external application. These range from Rust-Oleum’s CombiPrimer products for smaller surface areas, to Jotun’s Penguard, Pilot and Barrier ranges for larger surface areas in less hospitable environments – such as offshore areas. With many factors determining which primer will be best suit requirements, these may include one or more of the following:
Each product page will contain at least one datasheet documenting touch-dry times, surface preparation requirements, storage and application cleaning advice, and when the primer can have additional product coatings applied. Incorrectly applied coatings on-top of the primer/undercoat can drastically jeopardise its protective, rust-inhibiting, chemically resistant properties – so always follow application guidelines in the datasheets.
Rawlins Paints’ blog features many articles detailing how rust-inhibiting primers work, full system installations from primers to topcoats, product recommendations for specialist or unusual environments, as well as topics including how to paint on or over stainless steel.
Metal primers may not always be required on a project, but will always remain a recommendation to improve surface and substrate protection, as well as extend the lifespan of the topcoat or full system installation.
A metal primer’s primary job is to stop the metal from getting wet, or coming into direct contact with any form of moisture, damp or humidity. Whilst some metals contain anti-corrosive materials (such as the addition of zinc – which oxidises first, before the metal substrate does), without using a primer as an added precaution, over time the paint system will age and may decay or begin to deteriorate. When this happens, oxidation will begin, and can quickly lead to rust forming on the surface. Flaking and peeling paint on a surface is most commonly caused from a primer not being used. Stripping back topcoats from metal that has begun to peel can be a large and expensive task – colours may fade on larger surface areas over time, and simply treating and recoating smaller areas is not a ‘colour matching’ option.
Please note that not all metal primers are rust-inhibiting. Some provide other forms of surface protection and topcoat/system installation preparation. Red oxide primers are rust-inhibitive and should be used on ferrous metals to prevent rust and substrate surface oxidisation.
