Key Features:
- Traditional Composition: Le Tonkinois Marine Varnish is crafted using a traditional process that combines pure linseed oil and Chinese wood oil, resulting in a natural, solvent-free varnish.
- Exceptional Durability: This varnish offers high resistance to UV rays, weather conditions, and abrasion, ensuring long-lasting protection for wood and metal surfaces.
- Versatile Application: Suitable for both interior and exterior woodwork, floors, degreased metals, and boats.
- Glossy Finish: Provides a bright glossy appearance; for a matte or satin finish, Le Tonkinois Gelomat can be added to the final coat.
Technical Specifications:
- Coverage: Approximately 20 square meters per liter per coat.
- Drying Time: Dust dry in 2 hours; hard dry in 8 hours; recoat after 24 hours or longer.
- Application Methods: Can be applied using a brush, cloth, roller, or spray.
- Thinners: Thinning is not necessary for brush application of all coats. For better penetration, the primer can be thinned with a maximum of 10% white spirit.
- Brush Cleaner: White spirit.
- Number of Coats: 2 or 3 for indoors; 4 for outdoors; 5 for boats (minimum). Lightly sandpaper the surface between coats. More coats will provide longer-lasting protection.
- Odor: Low, with no respiratory irritants, making it safe to use anywhere.
- Fire Retardant: M2 classified (not easily flammable).
- Dry Extract: 60% ± 2% (AFNOR T30003 Family class 2c).
- Specific Gravity: 0.9.
- Viscosity: Approximately 3 poises.
- Electrical Resistance: Very good.
- Storage Life: Unopened containers have excellent storage life; opened containers can last several years if stored without air.
- Special Features: No brush marks; they disappear within 30 minutes of application. Ideal for interior or exterior woodwork. Excellent waterproofing. High resistance to temperature changes and weather conditions, including seawater environments. Good resistance to UV, abrasion, and knocks. Excellent covering power, easy to apply, and brush marks flow out. High resistance to acids, alkalis, caustic soda, gases, etc. Withstands boiling water, hot plates, and cups.
Materials:
- Composition: Linseed oil (40%) and synthetic resin (long alkyd ester oil) (60%).
Dimensions:
- Available Sizes: 0.25L, 0.5L, 1L, and 2.5L containers.
Compatibility Information:
- Suitable Surfaces: Compatible with all types of wood, including exotic woods, and degreased metals.
