Specifications include, but are not limited to: A. Contractor shall provide all materials, equipment, tools, consumables, labor, cleanup, waste and debris disposal, and supervision necessary to complete within the defined schedule and specifications the maintenance painting of the facilities listed. Maintenance painting shall consist of the following: 1. Paint shall be applied to all previously field painted surfaces on the interior and exterior of the buildings as defined in the specific scopes of work. 2. Properly prepare surfaces to ensure a strong bond over existing painted surfaces. Preparation is the key to a strong bond and every effort is to be made to ensure the new paints adhere to all existing surfaces on the interior and exterior of the facilities. The preparation of existing surfaces is the most important step in the process and every effort shall be made by the Contractor to ensure the proper adhesion of the new paint coatings. Those surfaces that are handled by daily student and staff traffic are especially difficult due to hand oils left on these surfaces. Contractor shall be responsible to redo any surfaces were adhesion fails by removing failed paint film and properly preparing surface and applying new paint to the Owner’s satisfaction. 3. Finish paint materials: Exterior: All exterior surfaces shall be painted with High Performance Acrylic finishes that have high color retention and high durability. Due to the required thirty-day cure of the acrylic products the painting of handrails, columns, and high use doors shall consist of products that have the fastest cure time for the application. a. Exterior High-Performance Enamel: Factory-Formulated full gloss/semi-gloss enamel for exterior application with high color retention. • Sherwin-Williams: Sher-Kem™ High Gloss Metal Finishing Enamel: Applied at a dry film thickness of not less than 1 to 2.0 mils per coat. Best applied by spray application. This product is given as an alternative to acrylic in areas of high traffic due to faster cure time. • Sherwin-Williams: Steel Master 9500 30% Silicon Alkyd Enamel B56-300 series, applied at a dry film thickness of not less than 2-3 mils per coat. This product is given as an alternative for the acrylic in areas of high traffic due to faster cure time. This product is formulated for easy brush application. • Sherwin-Williams: Sher-Cryl™ High Performance Acrylic: B66-300 series Gloss or B66-350 series Semi-Gloss. Applied at a dry film thickness of not less than 2.5-4 mils per coat. To be used on exterior areas assuring the thirty-day cure time. • Owner approved equal by a listed approved Manufacturer...
