Attachment_A_-_Painting_Specifications.docx

SECTION 099000 - PAINTING AND COATING

PART 1 - GENERAL

a. Wood, includes all wooden surfaces on the exterior of the building.

1.2 ACTION SUBMITTALS

A. Product Data: For each type of product. Include preparation requirements and application instructions.

B. Samples: For each type of paint system and each color and gloss of topcoat.

C. Product List: For each product indicated. Include printout of current Master Painters Institute (MPI) Standards (MPI Manual) Approved Products List for each product category specified, with the proposed product highlighted.

1. CO will designate items or areas required.

2. Final approval of color selections will be based on mockups.

3. Contractor shall test the concrete stain/sealer in an inconspicuous spot to ensure that the desired results will be achieved before full application

1.5 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS

A. Fire-Resistance-Rated Assemblies: For fire-resistance-rated assemblies, provide materials and construction identical to those tested in assembly indicated according to ASTM E 119 by an independent testing agency.

B. STC-Rated Assemblies: For STC-rated assemblies, provide materials and construction identical to those tested in assembly indicated according to ASTM E 90 and classified according to ASTM E 413 by an independent testing agency.

C. Low Emitting Materials: For ceiling and wall assemblies, provide materials and construction identical to those tested in assembly and complying with the testing and product requirements of the California Department of Health Services' "Standard Practice for the Testing of Volatile Organic Emissions from Various Sources Using Small-Scale Environmental Chambers."

PART 2 - PRODUCTS

1. Provide materials for use within each paint system that are compatible with one another and substrates indicated, under conditions of service and application as demonstrated by manufacturer, based on testing and field experience.

2. For each coat in a paint system, provide products recommended in writing by manufacturers of topcoat for use in paint system and on substrate indicated. B. Manufacturers:

1. Behr Process Corporation.

2. Sherwin-Williams Company (The).

3. Benjamin Moore & Co.

4. California Paints.

C. Colors: As selected by CO from manufacturer's full range.

D. Accessory Materials: Provide all primers, sealers, cleaning agents, cleaning cloths, sanding materials, and clean-up materials required to achieve the finishes specified whether specifically indicated or not; commercial quality.

E. Wood Staining

1. Wood Primers – Latex for Exterior Wood

PART 3 - EXECUTION

3.1 PAINTING

A. Examination

1. Examine substrates and conditions, with Applicator present, for compliance with requirements for maximum moisture content and other conditions affecting performance of the Work.

2. Maximum Moisture Content of Substrates: When measured with an electronic moisture meter as follows:

a. Wood: 15 percent.

3. Verify suitability of substrates, including surface conditions and compatibility with existing finishes and primers.

4. Proceed with coating application only after unsatisfactory conditions have been corrected.

a. Application of coating indicates acceptance of surfaces and conditions.

B. Preparation

1. Comply with manufacturer's written instructions and recommendations in "MPI Manual" applicable to substrates indicated.

2. Remove hardware, covers, plates, and similar items already in place that are removable and are not to be painted. If removal is impractical or impossible because of size or weight of item, provide surface-applied protection before surface preparation and painting.

a. After completing painting operations, use workers skilled in the trades involved to reinstall items that were removed. Remove surface-applied protection if any.

3. Clean substrates of substances that could impair bond of paints, including dust, dirt, oil, grease, and incompatible paints and encapsulants.

a. Coordination of shop-applied prime coats with topcoats is critical.

b. Remove incompatible primers and reprime substrate with compatible primers or apply tie coat as required to produce paint systems indicated.

C. Application

1. Paint exposed surfaces, new and existing, unless otherwise indicated.

2. Apply paints according to manufacturer's written instructions and to recommendations in "MPI Manual."

3. Apply paints to produce surface films without cloudiness, spotting, holidays, laps, brush marks, roller tracking, runs, sags, ropiness, or other surface imperfections. Cut in sharp lines and color breaks.

D. Cleaning and Protection

1. Protect adjacent areas against damage from paint application. Correct damage to adjacent areas by cleaning, repairing, replacing, and refinishing, as approved by CO, and leave in an undamaged condition.

2. Collect waste material that could constitute a fire hazard and remove daily from site.

E. Surfaces to be Finished

1. Do Not Paint or Finish the following items:

a. Items fully factory-finished unless specifically noted.

b. Items indicated to receive other finishes

c. Fire rating labels, equipment serial number and capacity labels.

d. Stainless Steel items.

e. Glass

f. Concealed pipes, ducts, and conduits.

3.2 EXTERIOR PAINTING SCHEDULE

A. Wood Substrates: Including wood siding, trim architectural woodwork, glued-laminated construction, exposed joists, exposed beams.

1. Latex System: Solid-Color Waterproofing Stain

a. Prime Coat: Primer, latex for exterior wood, MPI #6.

b. Topcoat: (2) coats, Latex, Exterior Solid-Color Stain.

END OF SECTION 099000

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