DESCRIPTION: BOYSEN® Red Oxide Primer #310 is a rust inhibiting primer for steel and iron surfaces. It is particularly good for metal shops who deliver metal products coated with a shop primer to protect them from rust corrosion until such time as they are finished with desired topcoat.

PRINCIPAL USES: As a primer for exterior and interior steel.

PRACTICAL COVERAGE: 25 – 30 square meter /4 liters /coat

DRY FILM THICKNESS: 1.5 mils/coat

SURFACE DRY: Two hours

DRY THROUGH: 5-6 hours

OVERCOATING INTERVAL: 8 hours to overnight

THINNING: Use BOYSEN® Paint Thinner #0340 if necessary

APPLICATION: By brush, roller or conventional spray

PACKAGING: 16-liter, 4-liter and 1-liter can

SURFACE PREPARATION:

Wipe the metal surface with rag soaked in paint thinner to remove dust, dirt, grease, oil, wax  and other foreign matter. For new G.I. sheets, etch the surface by applying 10% BOYSEN® Metal Etching Solution #71 (dilute 1 part of B-71 to 9 parts water).

If repainting, wire brush or scrape rusted metals and apply BOYSEN® Metal Etching Solution #71 to remove all rust. Let it stay for 10-15 minutes. Be sure to wash off surface thoroughly with water, letting it dry before applying paint. Prime immediately after drying.