Use and Care Manual

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Preplan for drip cloths, wind conditions, and temperatures- Apply Product
while stirring- or stir and pour off amount needed in a tray or small
container. Keep lid tightly closed, especially on buckets ( Children may fall
head first in half filled bucket and drown). Safety First - Wear eye
protection, gloves, and old clothes. Protect your hair. Product is difficult to
remove when dry. Apply in good weather. Freeze-proof when dry. May be
slippery when wet. Keep young children and pets away while applying.
✓ Any Wood will turn gray in color in Sun exposure. Apply semi-color water-
based stain, then seal it, unless a driftwood color is desired. Then paint as
usual. The Tricopolymer is a great and inexpensive primer-saving $$$.
✓ Seal renovation of wall cavities, bath tear-outs, flood damaged areas and
subfloors prior to cover-up.
✓ Seal New Homes during the ‘One-side complete” stage for optimum
benefits.
✓ Multi-Family structures as well as single-family homes experience water
accidents many times during their lifespan, protect your investment.
Flood-Zone areas, coastal zones, and low-lying river zone structures
greatly benefit from being sealed against water incidents.
✓ Renovation? Seal all surfaces after tear-out that will be “covered up” later.
✓ Cover any area you don’t wish to have sealant adhere to, especially in wind
conditions, dripping areas, tape off edges to other materials. Review your
site before starting project, take in account if a spill accident occurs and
how to quickly clean the area using wet towels or mop and bucket backups.
✓ The Directions contain information, MSDS sites, suggestive uses, and
more.
About Coverage- Rough or weathered boards require more sealant due to more
surface area to coat- why? Cracks and grain openings on board surfaces actually
increase area volume sometimes as much as 15 times depending on age of board
surface.
Beading of water- This is only temporary, surface tension is obtained during fresh
surface coating, after a short while, dirt, soot, dust and fine particles “break the
surface tension of the water drop” and cause water to “relax”, so to speak.
Common old-style toxic water-proofers fade with dissipation and require
recoating each year. Coating over with paint later when the wood is older?
Repainting becomes impossible due to added waxes and solvents in the solvent’s
formula becoming imbedded in the wood core. These resist any future coating
desired, and lead to paint failures in short time. Environmentally friendly? We
think not. Water-proofers that use solvents- Wonder why they smell bad? Never
last? VOCs are upwards of 45% in some products. If a product can kill fish, why
use it?