Ultra Floor explains why substrate priming gets the most out of flooring
25 July 2011
Martin Cummins from Ultra Floor explains why priming substrate is beneficial and sometimes essential and why it should be part of the flooring process.
It may be an easy statement for a flooring company to make, but as manufacturers of flooring substrate primers, Ultra Floors' Martin Cummins explains that not priming can actually cause flooring failure and asks, apart from not priming being bad practice, "why take the risk?" Priming not only reduces the porosity of the floor but also increases adhesion, thus correct priming between materials helps prevent failure by reaction.
The simple process of using an appropriate primer will minimise issues and result in a smoother, stronger compound, with a finish suitable for the thinnest of floor coverings.
Don’t add extra water to get a better flow, simply prime first.
Don’t leave a surface that requires rubbing down the next day; take the need to rub away by priming first.
Get the best handling out of your compound; keep the moisture in by priming first, enabling spiked rollers to do their job properly.
All flooring manufacturers recommend the use of primers so it must be the right thing to do as they can’t all be wrong. Floor covering manufacturing has progressed through the years and subfloor preparation is required to keep pace with this.
Think of all the time and effort that goes into mixing, applying and levelling with the smoothing compounds followed by the time and skill in bonding the variety of floor coverings in all sorts of designs and under so many restrictions. Then consider all of it going ‘pear-shaped’ because the short, easy stage of priming was not included (often with the best of intentions to reduce m2 cost for the client) - it must be added. Who remembers this when the job needs to be re-done!?
In summary, it really is a crime not to prime. Priming reduces the risk of failure dramatically, a fact which no flooring contractor should ignore.
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