Paint Guides

National Graffio Decor is a water-based quartz texture applied by trowel for a grooved finish. Coverage, film thickness, drying, primers and topcoats from National’s data sheet.

The three floor systems in National Paints’ specifier: National Guard epoxy coating, solvent-free epoxy, and heavy-duty epoxy screed of 2 to 10 mm, coat by coat.

Every wood system in National Paints’ specifier: alkyd enamel for doors and frames, synthetic varnish, wood stain, NC lacquer and Nationalthane clear, coat by coat.

National Paints’ textured finishes compared: Tex Heavy, Tex W.O.M.C., Swiss Sandtex, Fine Tex and Mini Tex, plus Nutex spray texture and Graffio Decor, with the primer system for each.

The wall systems National Paints specifies for bathrooms and kitchens: Wall Rock epoxy, Nationaltile, Acrylic Rock, Eco and alkyd, with every coat from the specifier.

How National Paints specifies painting galvanised and non-ferrous metal: wash primer, zinc chromate primer, undercoat and enamel, with film thickness for each coat.

National Paints’ three structural steel systems from its specifier: five- and six-coat alkyd systems to BS 5493, and a 300 to 350 micron epoxy system, with every coat listed.

Nationalthane is National Paints’ two-pack polyurethane topcoat for tile-effect walls, steel, GRP and wood. Mixing ratio, pot life, drying, coverage and the system under it.

National PVA Primer White for Masonry: a water-based penetrating primer for plaster, concrete and texture systems. Coverage, drying, thinning and the systems it goes under.

The right National Paints thinner and thinning percentage for emulsions, primers, Acrylic Rock, road marking, aluminium paint and Nationalthane, taken from each product’s data sheet.