Apollo Cover Coat Emulsion

Price range: KSh 1,000.00 through KSh 4,200.00

Specially formulated to optimize your final wall finish, Apollo Cover Coat Emulsion provides excellent coverage and vital sealing properties for both interior and exterior surfaces. It delivers a flat matt finish, boasts superior adhesion for your decorative top coats, and significantly enhances the final visual depth and appearance of your paint job.

Ideal For | Undercoating and decorating softboards, gypsum, hardboard, cement plaster, stone, and building blocks.

SKU:texture coat-2 Category:Exterior paints

Description

Premium Base Performance: The Perfect Foundation for Top Coat Success

Apollo Paints Cover Coat Emulsion is engineered to solve a common painting challenge: uneven surface absorption and poor top coat color payoff. This emulsion offers exceptional whiteness and blocking opacity, locking down porous substrates to create a perfectly uniform, highly adhesive foundation. Whether you are prepping tricky interior gypsum boards or raw exterior masonry blocks, this formula seals the surface tightly to ensure your final finishing paint looks richer, lasts longer, and requires fewer coats.

Performance Highlights

🎨 Brilliant Whiteness & Hiding Capability: Mask existing dark colors and uneven surface patches effortlessly due to its high-opacity formulation.

🔒 Professional Sealing Properties: Functions as a barrier that seals porous substrates, preventing the substrate from unevenly sucking in moisture from your expensive top coats.

💥 Anchored Adhesion: Formulated specifically to form a high-grip surface layer, providing outstanding mechanical adhesion to subsequent top coat emulsions.

✨ Elevates Top Coat Appearance: By creating an unblemished, uniformly matte canvas, it ensures your premium finishing paints achieve their true intended color depth and flawless luster.

🌱 Eco-Minded & Low VOC: Specially formulated to maintain a Volatile Organic Compound level under 30 gm/l, promoting cleaner indoor air quality during your build or renovation project.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION

Finish | Matt
Spread Rate / Coverage | 12.5 – 14 m²/l (depending on surface texture and porosity)
Drying Time | Touch Dry: 20 – 30 Mins | Surface Dry: 4 Hours
Recoating Time | 4 Hours
Application Method | Brush, Roller, or Conventional Mechanical Spray
Thinning Guide | Up to 20% by volume with clean water if applied by brush or roller. Adjust with more water for sprayable viscosity.
VOC Content | Ultra-Low Eco-Rating: < 30 gm/l
Color Range | Available in White and light colors. Special custom colors available on request.
Pack Sizes | 1 Ltr | 4 Ltrs | 10 Ltrs | 20 Ltrs
Equipment Cleanup | Clean all equipment thoroughly with water. Spray equipment should receive a final rinse with Apollo Paints White Spirit to entirely prevent rusting.

APPLICATION GUIDE

Surface Preparation: All target areas must be completely clean, dry, and thoroughly free from dust, grease, oil, loose debris, or contaminants. Fill all localized cracks and defects using an appropriate filler followed by a recommended primer.
Pro-Tip for Plastered Walls: For a perfectly smooth, uniform final finish, skim the wall surface with Apollo Paints Skim Coat finishing plaster before applying your undercoat.
New Surfaces: Apply one uniform coat of Apollo Universal Undercoat and allow to dry completely for 4 hours. Follow with two topcoats of your recommended Apollo finishing range of emulsion paint.
Previously Painted Surfaces: Remove all loose, flaking, or peeling old paint coatings. Sand down the surface smoothly and wipe away all dust. Apply one base coat of Apollo Universal Undercoat, let dry for 4 hours, and apply two coats of your chosen Apollo finishing paint.
Metal Surfaces: Suitable for properly prepared ferrous metal surfaces that have been structurally primed with an appropriate anti-corrosive metal primer. Note: Not recommended for direct application to galvanized steel, aluminum, or non-ferrous metals without a specialized primer.
Painter Guidelines: Always stir thoroughly before and during usage. Use high-quality brushes, attempt to paint in one uniform motion, and always execute a pre-test on a small inconspicuous area first.

HEALTH AND SAFETY

Environmental Constraints: Do not apply this product if ambient temperatures fall below 10°C. Protect the container from freezing and always store it at ambient conditions in well-ventilated spaces far from fire or ignition sources.
Ventilation: Maintain active, high-volume air ventilation inside the workspace during both the application and the drying phases.
Personal Protection: Ensure the use of appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) during application. Avoid skin and eye contact. In case of accidental contact, wash immediately with plenty of clean water and seek professional medical advice if symptoms persist. Do not inhale or inject; move immediately to fresh air if inhalation occurs.
Fungal & Mould Care: In high-humidity spaces, use a bio-wash solution to remove existing surface fungus growth, fungal spores, or mould before applying the coating system.
Disposal & Care: Keep out of reach of children. Dispose of paint waste in strict accordance with local County regulations. Completely dry, empty containers may be given to scrap dealers for recycling purposes. Refer to the product MSDS for comprehensive health and safety data.