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Bona Intense
Bona Intense is a water-based primer for untreated wooden floors producing a medium rich wood colouration. Bona Intense has a long open time and excellent flow for sustaining an even wood colouration. Being based on a pure polyurethane dispersion it is strong and easy to abrade. Bona Intense should be used to coat timber species with a high tannin content, i.e. Blackbutt, to minimise tannin bleed.
waterborne-1k 1K EC1RPLUS GREENGUARD DIBt EC2 EN 71-3 Toy Safe Fire: EN 13501-1
Compatible with all Bona finishes Enhances the natural timber colouration Excellent abrasion properties Reduces potential for edge-bonding
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Overview
Product name Bona Intense Family Intense System role primer Chemistry waterborne-1k [TDS p.1] Components 1K Suitable substrates blackbutt, tallowwood, jarrah, brushbox, hardwood-generic Room / building types residential-general, public-commercial Commercial grade — Suitable outdoors No Suitable for stairs — Not recommended for use as final treatment Overcoatable with Bona Traffic HD, Bona Traffic HD Raw, Bona Mega EVO, Bona Traffic GO
Application
Coats required 11 x Intense + finish system [TDS p.1] Coverage (m²/L per coat) 8.0–10.0 m2/L per coat [TDS p.1] [TDS p.1-2] Mixing ratio — Pot life — Recoat time 1–2 h [TDS p.1] Light-use time — Full-use time — Full cure — Cover with carpet after — Temperature range 18–25 C minimum use: 13°C [TDS p.1] [TDS p.1-2] Humidity range 30–60 % RH [TDS p.1] [TDS p.1-2] Applicators applicator-bar, roller [TDS p.1] [TDS p.1-2] Sanding grit between coats 120 grit final sand Dilution If required, dilute with Bona Retarder (4%) for longer open time. (See separate datasheet). Cleaning Wipe tools free from residual material. Clean with a minimum of water. Remove dried material with acetone. Storage / transport temp 5–30 C
Compliance and certifications
VOC compliance schemes EC1RPLUS, GREENGUARD, DIBt, EC2 [TDS p.1] [TDS p.1-2] Fire (AS 9239 / EN 13501-1) Tested to EN 13501-1 (AS 9239.1 equivalent; class not stated in TDS) [TDS p.1-2] EN 71-3 toy safety Yes PFAS-free — Hazard classification (SDS) Unclassified [TDS p.1]
Sustainability and test certificates
Scheme Reference Document
GREENGUARD
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EMICODE EC1RPLUS
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DIBt safe building product
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Documents
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The following fields were not yet located in published Bona documents at build time; they render as — on the spec tables above:
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