PVC-u Repair Products

	0000 Wire wool Very fine grade wire wool for cleaning or preparing bare substrates.
	2 Component Filler An extremely hard filler for larger repairs or for where corners or edges have been broken. This product has excellent adhesion qualities, which combined with its’ hardness makes it particularly helpful for areas of severe use such as worktops or flooring at an entrance. It is available in white, transparent or wood colour and can be tinted with the high opacity Colourfix touch-up paints to give a good base to be working from.
	Acrylic lacquer clear An exterior quality lacquer particularly useful for the window industry. Can be used to seal in repairs on wood profiles or as an extra protective coating over the acrylic pigmented lacquer. Available in gloss,satin,matt or dead matt. Please note that satin is the most common sheen level for window finishes.
	Acrylic lacquer pigmented An exterior quality pigmented lacquer extensively used in the window and door industry, but useful in any exterior application. Standard colours include Red, Green and Blue for doors and 12 different whites to match any European standard profile. Please check the colour needed for white profiles from the list provided. Special colours supplied subject to a minimum order quantity of 60 x 400ml tins.
	Brass Brush Brush with stiffer inner to aid cleaning away of excess waxes and will put a little bit of texture back into Hardwax when it is considered useful. (Woodgrain window profiles a good example)
	Cabinet scraper Traditional tool used extensively by French polishers, this tool is used to remove either very small slithers of Hardwax or, bent inwardly, large amounts of Hardwax and is a very useful aid in the creation of the grain marking.
	Cellulose thinners Can be used to thin out the paints in the Paintbox and Colourfix touch-ups. Also useful as a cleaner for the special applicator if wax has been left to harden on, brushes and sometimes surfaces. (Care not to soften too much)
	Colourfix touch-up A range of touch-up paints, highly opaque which can be used in the same way as the paints in the Retouch paint box, but also may be added to the two-pack filler to create a useful base colour when working on bigger areas of repair. Available in single colours or as a set of wood colours. Can be colour matched at an additional cost.
	Dulling powder Used to bring down a sheen level that is too high or remove very fine scratches in lacquer. Very helpful if the edge of the repair lacquer is visible in light reflection.
	Felt Pads A felt block with an abrasive lining attached to give control whilst removing excess wax or paint.
	Fineline Pens These are pens containing highly opaque lacquers used mainly in the window industry for colouring mitre joints during manufacture. On site they can be more useful than lacquer pens because the tip is finer so it is possible to recreate grain marks on the woodgrain foils. Colours available specifically for the window industry are 402 Base Mahogany; 1342 Mahogany Grain; 1185 Oak/Cherry; Rosewood and of course white. On the woodfinishing side, because of their narrower tip, they can actually be used in pairs to re-create grain patterns on any substrate and, because of the high opacity of the lacquer, can be used to cover over darker marks.
	Gas Heating Iron Essential tool for melting the Hardwax forming the basis of most repairs. It is imperative to have a tool which will melt Hardwax without over-heating it as this will cause the colour to change (Burning) and will also affect the viscosity of the melted wax (Will become too runny to keep enough wax on the blade to fill the hole). The heating Iron runs on normal butane gas (not supplied on delivery due to regulations regarding postage). Tips can be bought separately if they become blocked with wax or other workshop debris. To prevent this please do not stand the iron on its end and/or wipe excess wax off regularly before it has time to run in and block the air passageway.
	Hardwax The beginning of most repairs, Hardwaxes are melted using a special heating tool to create a colour close enough to that of the substrate that will be a sound base from which to work with the other products to complete a repair. Hardwax can be used for quite large holes or scratches due to it’s durability but should normally be used in conjunction with Softwax on woodgrain finishes. There are 69 colours in this range with regular additions. Colour matching can be done at an additional cost.
	Lacquer Pens These are pens containing highly opaque lacquers used extensively in the window industry for colouring in the mitre joints on window frames and on site for speedy repairs where mistakes are made whilst fitting. There are special colours for the window industry which are 402 Base mahogany; 1342 Mahogany grain; 1185 Oak/Cherry; Rosewood and of course White. In the woodfinishing side they can be used to colour the edge of a laminate panel or for touching-up small areas. Available as single colours or a box of 12. See also Fineline pens.
	Paint palette Palette used to blend waxes or paints on. Also used for mixing the 2 component filler onto.
	Softwax Used for small repairs or ‘pinholing’, Softwax can be blended without the need for heat if necessary. It is normally used in conjunction with Hardwax to create grain marks in laminates; foils; MFC’s; PVCu, or solid wood. There are 65 colours in this range with regular additions. Colour matching can be done at an additional cost.
	Special Applicator A very useful tool used to remove excess hard wax easily whilst providing a level surface with which to begin grain patterning. Also contains 2 abrasive patches to aid cleaning. Used also to apply Softwax as grain markings to small dents made in Hardwax.
	Window kit The complete kit for window and conservatory frame repairs. The kit contains the correct colours in waxes for all the woodgrain foils and a white lacquer of your choice dependant on which profile is to be repaired. This kit would suit window/conservatory fitting teams and on site repairers as well as being useful in a workshop environment as some marks occur on the profile before manufacture. This could save the considerable expense of replacing parts of frames.