Why You Should Use An Epoxy Primer?

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Deciding whether to use epoxy floor primer is a topic that has been overlooked by many businesses that invest in premium floor coatings. In fact, most people do not know that floor primers exist or are not needed and that they are an additional expense.

The installation of a new floor requires a number of carefully considered procedures. Preparing the floor, being the first, is the most important and floor primer is equally important, saving not only your time and effort but also money.
BENEFITS OF AN EPOXY FLOOR PRIMER
There are several benefits to applying an epoxy floor primer before coating your flooring:
Epoxy primers are thinner, they provide better adhesion as they provide better bonding as they penetrate the concrete substrate.
Primers offer good chemical bonding when using a thick epoxy primers base coat. This leads to a longer-lasting and more durable concrete floor coating.
Removal of air bubbles and pinholes created by coming out of concrete
Ability to achieve high dry film thickness and coating uniformity without getting wet in concrete.
Effective for providing moisture ...
... resistance for concrete flooring with moisture problems.
Primers create a strong waterproof barrier for concrete flooring that usually picks up any paint except the effective damp proof membrane (DPM) and peels off the surface.
Most epoxy primers are moisture tolerant and work best when applied to concrete that is clean or completely dry from acid digging.
Some primers are specifically formulated as oil blocking primers. These solvent-based primers are designed to cover concrete that is contaminated with oil and cannot be completely cleaned.
CHOOSING THE CORRECT FLOOR PRIMER
Professional primers are formulated to penetrate deep into the pores of the substrate to achieve excellent mechanical bonding. Their adhesion is often higher than the topcoat due to the inclusion of adhesion promoters. Furthermore, expert primers are formulated to withstand all types of conditions from increasingly moist, oily surfaces, dust, volatile layers as well as many different surfaces from concrete to ceramic and metal, marble. Due to its ability to penetrate commercially formulated primers, surface bonding is usually low but provides excellent chemical bonding with subsequent topcoats or screeds.

Primers are also designed to seal surfaces from concrete leaks, where the air will rise and be expelled from the concrete. This can be due to a number of reasons, including an increase in temperature or changes in humidity. Increasingly damp, bad, or non-existent DPM (damp proof screen) Rising water table and/or filling the immediate emergency area with water can cause major floor problems. It is recommended to use a specially formulated primer to resist the water pressure below and to completely avoid the possibility of increasing moisture.

Due to their low viscosity and thin-film build, the primer gets wetter on the surface and this helps to seal the entire surface area and especially the small voids and divots on each concrete floor. For this reason, it is less likely to push on air and if this happens, the bubble will pop and the resin, being thin, will return to normal and refill the ‘hole’ caused by the bubble.
DO I ALWAYS HAVE TO USE A PRIMER?
In cases where the surface is properly prepared and the surface is healthy (and you do not have oil and other unwanted ingredients such as moisture etc.), you have a better chance of coating failure.

However, with all the benefits of using an epoxy floor primer, it is preferable to guarantee the best adhesion, long-term investment and durable flooring.

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