Acrylic floor paint: the subtleties of choice

When choosing a material for finishing a wooden floor, most often the choice stops on acrylic paints, which have both advantages and disadvantages. How to choose the right acrylic paint, you will learn from this article.

Acrylic paint has another name, common among professional painters - acrylate mixture. It consists of resin, water and special pigments that give it a particular color, since initially it is always white. It can be used to paint any surface, including walls and ceilings, and not just wooden floors.

When working with acrylic paints paint roller is most often used, so the application takes place in an even layer.Many began to use special sprayers, through which the work goes much faster, and the paint is distributed even more evenly than in the case of a roller.

When choosing an acrylic paint, you should focus on its features, which may not suit everyone. One of the main advantages of this substance is almost no toxic odor. The paint is fire-resistant, wear-resistant and creates a sufficiently elastic coating, due to which the floor is resistant to thermal deformations.

Another advantage is easy operation and quick application. A huge number of manufacturers offer a wide variety of colors, so everyone can choose a palette to your liking.

Of the minuses, first of all, you need to note the high price for this product. Also, this type is very quickly consumed due to certain properties of the wooden floor, which absorbs most of the funds.Most paints, regardless of the manufacturer, have a low resistance to abrasion, that is, it will gradually fade, but for the sake of fairness, it should be noted that this will occur evenly over the entire floor surface.

Another property is a minus for beginners, but at the same time a big plus for professionals.

When choosing an acrylic paint, you should pay attention not only to the advantages and disadvantages, but also to some other details. To apply one layer, you will need to spend 100-150 grams per 1 m2 of surface. To wear resistance was higher, it is recommended to apply it in two layers.

To reduce paint consumption, you can go no small trick: It should be slightly diluted with water or a special solvent. The quality of this does not change, only very slightly pale color.

When buying an acrylate mixture, first of all,to be guided by a type of the painted surface. Many people buy this product to cover the floor in a garage or other room with a concrete floor. As a rule, paints for concrete coatings are cheaper compared to paints for wooden floors, and their quality is quite high.

To purchase an acrylate mixture for woodwork, one should proceed from the type of wood flooring. The fact is that wood has the ability to absorb a certain amount of paint that penetrates into microcracks and thus increase the durability of the color coating.

Prices for acrylate blends vary by country of manufacture. For example, domestic mixes cost 130-160 rubles per liter, but to acquire foreign funds of famous brands, you will have to fork out 1000-1300 rubles for one liter can.

Quite a large number of brands, both foreign and domestic, produce acrylic paints. But lately there has been a certain rating of brands that have taken the first positions in this niche. Here are some of them:

• Tikkurila - it is a Finnish brand that produces building covers and other means necessary for the repair;
• ACE Paint Division - An American company, which is part of one of the largest corporations and is engaged in the production of durable paint and varnish products for any coatings. The best among their products are the Royal Acrylate Mixtures;
• Company Dulux produces a wear-resistant tool for the manufacture of which uses a personal patented technology called "diamond frame";

• Derufa is one of the domestic companies that manufactures aesthetic and durable paint coatings.
• Company Lacra is also Russian. It is engaged in the production of varnishes, enamels, primers, antiseptic compositions and many other means of repair. Under this brand are sold and many dry mixes, such as cement, putty, gypsum plaster, tile adhesive.
• Firm Aquastrong produces wear-resistant acrylic paint with high resistance to water and alkali resistance. Their products are inert to the effects of salt solutions, oils and gasoline.

The network has a lot of reviews about acrylic paints, and not only from the painters, but also from ordinary users who had time to familiarize themselves with this product. Most of them are positive. Users most often distinguish the following characteristics:

• High wear resistance and long service life, which varies from five to ten years. This item for the most part concerns well-known manufacturers of quality products that have a corresponding price.
• A variety of colors, among which you can find absolutely any color to taste. The width of the palette is achieved with the help of ready-made compositions or by adding dyes to the base paint. As is known, initially all acrylate mixtures are white, and the color is obtained by mixing it with a special pigment. Thanks to this technology, you can get absolutely any color.
• A durable acrylic polymer layer provides a high degree of protection against moisture and provides fire resistance of the coating.

• Professionals distinguish among the advantages and fast drying speed, which facilitates their work.
• The complete absence of odor is one of the main advantages of acrylic paints. Many manufacturers specifically indicate this feature on the labels as additional advertising and attracting customers to their product, but in fact this is a natural property of all mixtures.
• The ease of operation of acrylic paints pleases most consumers. They can be applied and roller, and brush, and spray, depending on convenience.
• If necessary, it can be diluted slightly with water or a special mixture, which saves money.

Of the negative qualities most often emit the high cost of foreign compounds. Unfortunately, domestic goods so far cannot compete in quality with European brands. Many consumers, having not correctly calculated the right amount of the mixture for wooden floors, complained about the high consumption, because of which the costs grew.

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