Dulux Trade
Primers Technical Information
Wood Products
| Place of application - Interior & Exterior Wood Surfaces | |||||||
| Hardwoods | Softwoods | Resinous Woods | Creosote / Bitumen Coated Woods | Creosote / Bitumen Coated Woods | Recoatable | Water / Solvent-based | |
| Quick Drying Wood Primer Undercoat | yes | yes | 2-4 hours | Water-based | |||
| Wood Primer | yes | yes | 16-24 hours | Solvent-based | |||
| Aluminium Wood Primer | yes | yes | 16-24 hours | Solvent-based | |||
| Quick Drying MDF Primer Undercoat | yes | 2 hours | Water-based | ||||
| All Purpose Primer | yes | yes | 6 hours | Solvent-based | |||
Metal Products
| Place of application - Interior & Exterior Metal Surfaces | ||||||||||||
| Iron | Steel | Other Non-Ferrous Metals | Galvanised Steel | Other Galvanised Metals | Recoatable | Water / Solvent-based | ||||||
| Weathered but Clean | New | Weathered but Clean | New | Weathered but Clean | New | Weathered | New | Weathered | New | |||
| Mordant Solution | yes | yes | Within 48 hours | Water-based | ||||||||
| Metalshield Quick Drying Metal Primer | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | 4-6 hours | Water-based | ||||
| Metalshield Zinc Phosphate Primer | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | 3 hours | Solvent-based | ||||
| Metal Primer | yes | yes | yes | yes | 6-10 hours | Solvent-based | ||||||
| All Purpose Primer | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | 6 hours | Solvent-based |
Walls and Ceiling Products
| Place of application - Interior Wall and Ceiling Surfaces | |||||||||
| Plaster | Limewash | Distemper | Masonry | Problem surfaces e.g. ceramic tiles |
Recoatable | Water / Solvent-based | |||
| New & bare | Painted & Cracked | Textured - aged & unpainted | |||||||
| Alkali Resisting Primer | yes | yes | 16-24 hours | Solvent-based | |||||
| All Purpose Primer | yes | yes | 6 hours | Solvent-based | |||||
| Primer Sealer | yes | yes | yes | yes | 16-24 hours | Solvent-based | |||
| Stain Block Plus | yes | yes | yes | yes | 6-12 hours | Water-based | |||
| Ultra Grip Primer | yes | 16 hours | Water-based | ||||||
| Super Grip Primer | yes | 4-6 hours | Water-based | ||||||
