Timber rot in Plymouth: substrate condition
Substrate condition and what it will and will not accept in Plymouth. If a previous coating is flaking, keep a sample — it tells us what was used before.
If a previous coating is flaking, keep a sample — it tells us what was used before.
Any finish is only as sound as what sits under it. Chalked, powdery or previously over-painted surfaces have to be brought back to something stable before anything new is applied, and that assessment is a physical one — scraping, taping and testing rather than looking.
Timber rot Plymouth: substrate condition
We test it rather than assume it. Adhesion checks on the actual surface, in the actual condition, are part of the survey.
substrate condition decision path for Timber rot in Plymouth
A simple adhesion check tells you a great deal: press tape firmly onto a prepared patch and pull it away sharply. Whatever comes off with the tape was never going to hold a new coating either.
Substrate condition and what it will and will not accept in Plymouth
Any finish is only as sound as what sits under it. Chalked, powdery or previously over-painted surfaces have to be brought back to something stable before anything new is applied, and that assessment is a physical one — scraping, taping and testing rather than looking.
A simple adhesion check tells you a great deal: press tape firmly onto a prepared patch and pull it away sharply. Whatever comes off with the tape was never going to hold a new coating either.
Where the substrate cannot be stabilised, the honest recommendation is to stop and change approach. Applying a good product over a failing layer buys a season and wastes the money.
Timber rot Plymouth: substrate condition
Where the substrate cannot be stabilised, the honest recommendation is to stop and change approach. Applying a good product over a failing layer buys a season and wastes the money.
Timber rot Plymouth: substrate condition
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- We test it rather than assume it. Adhesion checks on the actual surface, in the actual condition, are part of the survey.
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