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Identification & Functionality
- Product Type
- Type
- Epoxide/Epoxy
- Technologies
Features & Benefits
- Ready-to-Use Product Features
- Features
- Excellent resistance to corrosion and chemicals
- Low viscosity
- Self leveling
- Surface tolerant
- Good flexibility
- Easy to apply by roller, brush or spray
Applications & Uses
- Applications
- Application Area
- Typical Uses
- Marine applications
- Above/below water hull areas
- Fabrication shops
- Refineries
- Pulp and paper mills
- Chemical plants
- Power plants
- Tank exteriors
- Offshore platforms
- Water&Wastewater treatment plants
- Ballast tanks
- Fuel tanks
- Bilges
- Decks
- Superstructures
- Structural steel and equipment
- Multipurpose holding primer to prevent flash rust
- Film Thickness
- Epoxytec A1 Primecoat™ can be a single coat or a multiple coat system.
- Epoxytec A1 Primecoat™ can be applied onto a surface at 6 mils (minimum) - 12 mils (maximum) per coat DFT.
- For a total coating thickness exceeding 12 mils, multiple coats are necessary.
- Theoretical Coverage
- Epoxytec A1 Primecoat™ has a small percentage of solvents.
- Therefore, the theoretical coverage properties between wet film thickness (WFT) and dry film thickness (DFT) are the different.
- One-hundred and thirty (130) square feet per gallon at 10 mils thick DFT.
- Actual coverage will depend on surface conditions, irregularities, and surface profile.
- Application Method
- Brush, roller, spray.
Equipment Options:
- Brush: Good quality 4” wide brush with short hair bristles.
- Roller: 1/8” – 1/4” mohair
- Conventional Spray: DeVilbiss MBC-510 gun; E Tip and 704 Air Cap; 1/2” ID material hose; double regulated pressure tank with oil and moisture separator.
- Airless spray - Graco 30:1 ratio pump with large surge chamber; Reverse- A-Clean tip with .019” to .023” orifice.
- Thinning
- Epoxytec does not advise thinning Epoxytec A1 Primecoat™.
- Pinholing due to solvent addition could be a result.
- Surface Preparation
- The success of any coating application is directly proportional to the completeness of the substrate preparation and the care the application crew puts into the application.
- Surface must be clean and sound.
- Remove all dust, contaminants, grease, curing compounds, loose rust, impregnation, waxes, foreign particles, and disintegrated materials from the surface, in order to achieve a clean and profiled surface.
- Before preparing steel, please inspect and remove oil, grease, or other contaminants - “Solvent Cleaning” (SSPC-SP1) may be required.
- Ideally, abrasive blasting or other approved mechanical methods are recommended in order to achieve a clean surface with a minimum profile of 1.5 - 3 mils
Properties
- Component A
- Component B
- Technical Data
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Mix Ratio by Volume | 4.0 | — | — |
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Mix Ratio by Volume | 1.0 | — | — |
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Finish | Semi Gloss | — | — |
| Solvent (VOC) by Volume | 20.0 | % | ASTM D3960 |
| Solvent (VOC) by Weight | 14.0 | % | ASTM D3960 |
| Solids by Volume | 80.0 | % | ASTM D2697 |
| Solids by Weight | 86.0 | % | ASTM D2697 |
| Weight Per Gallon | 10.5 | lbs. | — |
| Flash Point | 70.0 | °F | ASTM D3278 |
| Adhesion Strength (Steel) | 1100.0 | psi | ASTM D4541 |
| Operational Temperature | 45 - 110 | °F | — |
| Dry Time (77°F) | 6.0 | hours | — |
| Complete Cure (Exposed, Service, 77°F) | 48.0 | hours | — |
| Recoat Time (77°F) | min. 6 | hours | — |
Packaging & Availability
- Packaging & Color
- 5 Gallon Kit (pails) Item# MP1R-G5-R (red) Item# MP1R-G5-O (olive)
- 1 Gallon Kit (pails) Item# MP1R-G1-R (red) Item# MP1R-G1-O (olive)
Storage & Handling
- Pot Life (25°C, 200g Mass)
- 3 hours
- Storage & Handling
- Shelf life: 24 months, sealed.
- Storage: Store in a dry area away from direct sunlight.
- The material should be stored between 60ºF and 80ºF.