Practical spreading rates will vary from quoted theoretical figures depending on substrate porosity, surface roughness, overspray losses, application methods and environmental conditions (e.g. wind).

Do not apply paint if Relative Humidity is above 85% or temperature is within 3°C of Dew Point.
Do not apply if the surface temperature is greater than 30°C or below 10°C, or likely to fall below 10°C during the application or drying period.
Dry times apply to a single coat at recommended spread rate and at 25°C and 50% Relative Humidity Protect from dew, rain and frost for 48 hours when apply at the recommended spread rate.
Allow longer times under cool, moist, or still conditions and or when applied at high film builds.
Avoid application in hot, windy conditions or on hot surfaces.

Application techniques should be adjusted to achieve the recommended DFT and finishing standard.
When using Bright Reds, Oranges, Blues and Yellows or where very light colours are applied over highly contrasting colours an extra coat maybe required.
To avoid "Picture Framing" of texture topcoats "wet on wet" cutting in & coating technique is recommended or apply multiple coats thinning the first coat.

SURFACTANT LEACHING FROM EXTERIOR WATER-BASED COATINGS
Occasionally clear or white spots/streaks are seen on a newly painted surface within the first few weeks after application. They usually appear after light rain or overnight dew and generally located in sheltered areas or areas with limited sun exposure. Under normal conditions surfactant contained in the tinted paint colour is slowly leached to the surface and washed away by rain leaving no trace and is a normal part of drying of any exterior water-based paint.
Under certain atmospheric conditions and these surfactants leach or migrate to the paint surface, is concentrated forms and leaves clear or white deposits upon drying. These conditions include cool or humid weather or painting cold substrate and in most cases these marks on the wall surfaces are more noticeable on dark colours, such as browns or dark greens, etc. The clear/white surfactants that have migrated to the wall surface areas will cause no down grading nor performance changes or long term durability concerns of the paint films integrity and unfortunately have become an appearance issue instead. They easily removed from the paint film within a week or so of their appearance by washing with warm water & commercial grade detergent or via Nifti or Spray'n'Wipe followed by rinsing with fresh clean water.
Under severe conditions they may reappear once or twice until all the surfactant has been removed. It will be less noticeable each time, and can be removed in the same manner as before.

At Commencement of coating system application to the substrate it shall be deemed that the Applicator has certified that the surface which it is to be applied to is fit to receive the specified coating(s) system. When the Applicator is preparing the site sample for approval he should advise the Project Superintendent if the substrate condition is not of sufficient standard to produce the specified finish.

Where possible avoid dark colours - these will give raise to much higher surface temperature that may cause addition thermal stress and cooling demand to the building envelope and/ or require extra engineering considerations (greater building costs).

The coastal area is considered a marine environment and as such salt potentially can shorten the life of the coating systems. Care needs to be taken to wash down all areas twice. Once to remove surface contaminants, and raise salts to the surface and then secondly to remove these salts. Due to the locality, weather conditions and lag time between applications of the coating system it may require the need to wash again, between coats.

This Data Sheet is to be read in conjunction with a full DULUX system specification.
A DULUX warranty can be provided on request, when a full AcraTex system is applied by a DULUX AcraTex trained applicator, according to specification, & at the specified spreading rates, & to the surface preparation details described in the DULUX AcraTex Specification Manual. The dynamics of the substrate is outside the control of Dulux and as such joint deformation or cracking is excluded from warranty terms. Refer warranty document for full terms and conditions.

• Salt: Resists salt spray.
• Heat Resistance: Up to 90C (dry).
• Water: Low water transmission - Weather resistant
• Solvent: Resists alcohol and aliphatic hydrocarbons. Sensitive to other strong solvents.
• Abrasion: Good resistance to abrasion.
• Acid: Slightly softening with dilute acids.
• Alkali: New Cement / Concrete surfaces should be allowed to cure for 28 days to stabalise alkalinity