Bona Frequently Asked Questions For Professionals

Professionals F.A.Q

Frequently Asked Questions for Professionals

Bona has a passion for Floors. Bona’s mission is to bring out the best in timber floors, with a full range of adhesives, sanding, finishing, maintenance and floor care products together with the best technical support available. Bona works closely with flooring contractors and has a market leading position within the Australian timber flooring industry.

We address some commonly asked questions for Contractors and Specifiers below. Should you have additional enquiries please contact us directly.

I'm an Architect, do you have specific info for Specifiers?

We understand how difficult and time consuming it can be to have to digest numerous datasheets for individual products to extract the key points to enable a specification to be written.  To make it a little easier we have prepared specification paragraphs which can be placed directly into a specification document with a minimum of changes required.  The paragraphs are designed to provide a basic framework for Bona product specification. Where product choices need to be made in relation to appearance or technical issues these are highlighted in blue.

View Architect specifier information.

Why use Bona water-based finishes?

There are two main reasons for contractors using Bona finishes.

Firstly, for the sake of your health and that of your employees. It is an undeniable fact that solvent-based polyurethane coatings pose severe health risks to flooring contractors, other trades on site, during and after the floor has been coated, and occupiers of the property. These coatings contain high levels of solvents, up to 80%, and chemicals such as Toluene Di-isocyanate, Formaldehyde, Xylene and Benzene. Suppliers of H & S equipment will only recommend the use of an independently supplied air system whenever solvent based finishes containing isocyanate are used because the dangers are such that it is not possible to be protected using a normal face mask.

Secondly, using water-based finishes will give you an advantage over competitors who only offer customers solvent products. In other words, you will win more quotes at a higher price. That’s because homeowners and other customers are willing to pay for the many benefits of Bona non-toxic finishes.

What finish to use for what application?

It’s a common perception that over specifying finishes extends the lifespan of a timber floor, but often it's simply not required for the intended use of the floor, as the finish only needs to provide the wear resistance for the task at hand. It only needs to do, what it has to do!

Bona Finishes Selection Guide" target="_blank">Bona Finishes Selection Guide

is a simple tool that allows you to correctly select the right finish for the right job from Bona's complete range, including primers, top-coats and specialised use finishes.

Solvent-based vs water-based finishes?

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