Resene primers, sealers and undercoats product range

Resene Acrylic Undercoat
general purpose undercoat - exterior/interior - waterborne
Environmental Choice approved
New Resene Acrylic Undercoat is an easy brushing, quick, hard drying undercoat with exceptional flow and sanding characteristics. While specifically designed for maximum benefit under waterborne enamels, such as Resene Enamacryl and Resene Lustacryl, Resene Acrylic Undercoat tinted to the correct colour is ideal for use under a wide range of waterborne and solventborne topcoats to improve the hiding of the paint system.

Resene Acrylic Undercoat gives all the hiding benefits associated with Resene Enamel Undercoat combined with the advantages of being waterborne, such as easy clean up in water, lower odour and therefore the desirability of using it with both acrylic and enamel topcoats. Suitable for interior and exterior use, it can be used in most paint systems as a substitute for Resene Enamel Undercoat.

Typical uses: All exterior and interior prepared surfaces, block and brickwork, cement plasters, cloth and woven wallcoverings, fibre and particle board, furniture, paperfaced plasterboard (GIB®, Gyprock®), repaint old work, timber (including Matai, Spotted Gum and Totara), wallboards, wallpaper.

Resene Aluminium Wood Primer
aluminium wood primer – exterior - solventborne
Resene Aluminium Wood Primer is a lead and extender free primer based on mixed oil and oil-modified alkyds. Its sole pigmentation is aluminium flake.

Typical uses: Resene Aluminium Wood Primer may be used in any area in which conventional wood primers are used. Typically, however, it is used in more difficult areas where surface preparation cannot be of a high standard; knots exist in the timber; or staining is a major problem. While it is not offered as a cure-all, its performance in these areas is often much better than conventional primers.

Resene AquaLAQ NGR Alkyd Primer Sealer
solventborne interior
Resene AquaLAQ NGR Alkyd Primer Sealer is a fast drying, solventborne primer sealer for MDF and wood with excellent adhesion and built in water and impact resistance. It is low odour and designed to seal off MDF board with minimal grain raising.

An alternative to Resene AquaLAQ Quick Dry waterborne sealer when a faster production time is required.

Typical uses: MDF, wood, cabinets, wooden blinds, furniture. Usually used by professional spray applicators.

Recommended as part of the Resene AquaLAQ system – find out more about Resene AquaLAQ.

Resene AquaLAQ Quick Dry Sealer
waterborne interior
Environmental Choice approved
Resene AquaLAQ Quick Dry Sealer is a unique waterborne sealer designed to seal off grain raising in MDF to provide a sound, flat, and high quality substrate ready to be topcoated. With minimal sanding required, you can enjoy lower labour costs. Enjoy low odour and low VOC with this product.

The clear sealer may also be used on timber and timber/paper veneers, which would normally be susceptible to moisture, to highlight their warmth and grain while providing a sealed substrate suitable for topcoating.

Typical uses: Primer/sealer for MDF board, various types of mass produced boards, most wood substrates. Usually used by professional spray applicators.

Recommended as part of the Resene AquaLAQ system – find out more about Resene AquaLAQ.

Resene Aquapel & Terracotta Sealer – waterborne
clear water repellent treatment for terracotta – exterior/interior - waterborne
Environmental Choice approved
Resene Aquapel & Terracotta Sealer is a clear water repellent treatment formulated to help control efflorescence and give a long-term waterbeading effect to deter water penetration. Use on its own or as a primer under waterborne coatings.

This product has changed names from Resene Terracotta Sealer.

Typical uses:Most porous building materials, terracotta and as a protective finish over Resene FX Faux Rust Effect.

Resene Broadwall Waterborne Wallboard Sealer
waterborne wallboard sealer – interior - waterborne
Environmental Choice approved
Resene Broadwall Waterborne Wallboard Sealer is a water reducible first coat for plasterboard walls and air-dry stoppings. Designed to minimise porosity and textural differences. VOC free.

Typical uses: Air-dry (polymer based) stoppings and finishing compounds, paperfaced plasterboard (GIB®, Gyprock®).

Resene Concrete Primer
concrete primer – exterior/interior - waterborne
Environmental Choice approved
Resene Concrete Primer is designed for cementitious surfaces, including all concrete, plaster and surfaces, such as fibre cement to make ready for topcoating. Provides long-term adhesion coupled with exceptional durability even when left uncoated for prolonged periods.

Typical uses: Brick and blockwork, cementitious surfaces, fibre cement, formed concrete, plaster, precast panels, tilt slab.

Resene ConcreteSeal 3 in 1
fast drying concrete primer/sealer – exterior/interior - solventborne
Resene ConcreteSeal 3 in 1 is a versatile fast drying primer/sealer for concrete that may also be used as a coloured dust coat for new and aged interior concrete floors.

Typical uses: Concrete, concrete floors, dust coat for interior concrete floors, tilt slab.

Resene Enamel Undercoat
general purpose undercoat - exterior/interior - solventborne
Resene Enamel Undercoat is a blend of special alkyd resins balanced with unique pigments. An easy brushing, quick, hard drying undercoat with exceptional flow and sanding properties.

Typical uses: All exterior and interior prepared surfaces, architraves, bathrooms, fibre and particle board, furniture, kitchens, laundries, paperfaced plasterboard (GIB®, Gyprock®), skirtings, suitably primed metals, timber doors, wallboards, weatherboards.

Resene Galvo One
galvanised steel primer - exterior - solventborne
Resene Galvo One is a single pack primer based on alkyd resins and special anti-corrosive pigments. Specially developed for direct application to new and weathered galvanised steel. Effectively welds itself to galvanised steel and stops zinc corrosion. Also suitable for use on Zincalume.

Typical uses: Downpipes, flashings, galvanised steel, gutters, long run and corrugated iron, roofs, zincalume.

Resene Galvo-Prime
galvanised steel primer - exterior - waterborne
Resene Galvo-Prime is a water reducible primer that matches its solvent reducible analogues even in marine exposures.

Typical uses: All exterior galvanised steel, non-ferrous metals, roofs, zincalume.

Resene GP Metal Primer
general purpose metal primer – exterior/interior - solventborne
Resene GP Metal Primer is an all-purpose high build primer for metals. Based on a non saponifiable resin and a blend of anti-corrosive pigments. Specially developed for priming a range of new and weathered metals.

Typical uses: Aluminium, galvanising, repaints, steel, zincalume.

Resene HydraBlock
waterborne - epoxy barrier
Resene HydraBlock is a transparent two pack low VOC waterborne epoxy barrier coating for application to cementitious surfaces subject to hydrostatic pressure. It has excellent adhesion and is tolerant of application over damp surfaces. Controls rising damp and efflorescence.

Typical uses: Masonry – walls, in-situ concrete – walls/floors and plastered walls.

Resene Membrane Primer (previously known as Membrane Roofing Primer)
exterior/interior - waterborne
Environmental Choice approved
Resene Membrane Primer is a specially formulated pre-treatment to upgrade adhesion, both wet and dry, to rubber membrane sheeting materials.

Typical uses: Asphalt tennis courts, bituminous substrates, EPDM and butyl rubber membrane sheeting.

Resene Pre-Coated Steel Primer
exterior - solventborne
Resene Pre-Coated Steel Primer is a single pack adhesion primer for application to new factory coated roofing and cladding to ready it for topcoating with Resene waterborne paints. Can also be used as an anti-corrosive primer for new or weathered Zincalume and galvanising where a solventborne cool primer is required to maximise heat reflection when topcoating with Resene CoolColours.

Typical uses: Factory coated steel cladding/roofing such as COLORBOND®, COLORCOTE®, COLORSTEEL®, and other pre-coated steel, horizontal and vertical applications, including roofs, walls and fences.

Resene Quick Dry
waterborne primer undercoat - exterior/interior - waterborne
Environmental Choice approved
Resene Quick Dry Waterborne Primer Undercoat provides long-term flexibility over unstable substrates coupled with exceptional durability even when left uncoated for prolonged periods. The latest formulation has enhanced flow and sanding characteristics for maximum benefit under waterborne enamels, such as Resene Enamacryl and Resene Lustacryl.

Typical uses: Architraves, block and brickwork, cement plaster, cloth and woven wallcoverings, particle board, repaint old work, timber (including Matai, Spotted Gum and Totara), wallboards, wallpaper.

Resene Sureseal
penetrating pigmented sealer - exterior/interior - solventborne
Resene Sureseal is a pigmented, solventborne, alkali-resistant, penetrating sealer with the ability to penetrate and bond old decaying surfaces and make them suitable for painting. This lower odour formulation acts as a surface conditioner that also reduces bleeding of water stains and dries without the unwanted and strong solvent odours associated with traditional solventborne products.

Typical uses: Brickwork, chalky and powdery surfaces, concrete tiles, fibre cement, fibrous plaster, paperfaced plasterboard (GIB®, Gyprock®), plaster – gypsum and solid, plaster glass, stucco, timber.

Resene Vinyl Wallpaper Sealer
vinyl wallpaper sealer – interior - solventborne
Those familiar with painting over wallpaper will shudder at the mention of plasticiser. Painting directly over vinyl wallpaper can cause the plasticiser hidden in the vinyl wallpaper to migrate through to the topcoats affecting the cure of the coating and leaving a sticky surface.

To alleviate this problem many simply removed the wallpaper, expending much time and energy in the process, before coating the surface in paint. While this resolves the sticky surface issue, it is a resource intensive option and not for the fainthearted.

Recognising the need for a quick and easy method of coating vinyl wallpaper, Resene Vinyl Wallpaper Sealer is designed to be applied direct to the vinyl wallpaper, sealing in the plasticiser leaving the surface ready for finishing with the desired topcoats.

Those wishing to take advantage of the texture of the existing wallpaper can safely seal the vinyl wallpaper with Resene Vinyl Wallpaper Sealer and follow this in the desired topcoats leaving a freshly coated surface with the texture of the original wallpaper.

Typical uses: Wallpaper.

Resene Waterborne Smooth Surface Sealer
adhesion primer - exterior/interior - waterborne
Resene Waterborne Smooth Surface Sealer has been tailored to be a waterborne 'adhesive primer' over a series of surfaces usually considered difficult to coat or in need of expensive pre-treatment. Fast drying, easy application and wide compatibility with topcoats are added features of this product.

Typical uses: As a pre-treatment on aluminium, baked enamels, copper and its alloys, glass and ceramics, laminated surfaces, melamine, most glazed surfaces, old varnished surfaces.

Resene Wintergrade Quick Dry
low temperature curing waterborne primer undercoat – exterior/interior - waterborne
Environmental Choice approved
Resene Wintergrade Quick Dry waterborne primer undercoat is designed to cure at  low temperatures down to 3°C. It provides long term flexibility over unstable substrates coupled with exceptional durability even when left uncoated for prolonged periods.

Typical uses: Architraves, block and brickwork, cement plaster, HDF and MDF, cloth and woven wallcoverings, fibre and particle board, repaint old work, timber (including Matai, Spotted Gum, Totara), wallboards, wallpaper.

Resene Wood Primer
general purpose wood primer - exterior - solventborne
Resene Wood Primer is based on an oil-modified alkyd resin blended with pigments to give ease of application and good penetration to substrates. Flexible and produces the ideal surface for subsequent paint finishes.

Typical uses: Doors, outdoor furniture, timber, weatherboards, window frames.