Attention Flooring Contractors:
Finishing a Floor has Never Been Easier or Safer

StepGuard is an important breakthrough in floor finishes. Homeowners love it because it is safe and durable. Contractors love it because it is so much easier to work with than other floor finishes. They both love it because it is better for the environment.

Self-Catalizing

Most water-based polyurathanes must be catalized by mixing in a second, often toxic product that is added to the polyurathane just prior to application to complete the formulation of the floor finish. The catalyst is usually a toxic agent such as azeradine or isocyanide and must be handled with extreme caution and never touched or inhaled directly.

StepGuard eliminates the need to work with toxic catalysts. Instead, StepGuard has a self-catalyzing system already in the container. Nothing needs to be added to the formula. The contractor has only to gently agitate the container to activate our self-catalyzing system and it's ready to use.

Shelf Life

Other floor finishes have to be used within a few hours of being catalized. They soon solidify and can no longer be used, leading to waste and higher expense. Smaller jobs become especially wasteful projects, because the entire container must be catalized, and the polyurathane either used immediately or thrown away. The contractor either absorbs the cost of this waste or passes it on to the homeowner, but in either event, no one wins.

StepGuard can be resealed and used again and again. No matter how large or small the project at hand, there will be no wasted polyurathane. Simply reseal the container, and the StepGuard inside is ready to be used another day. In fact, the shelf life of a resealed container of StepGuard is months long.

Self-Sealing

Other floor finishes requre the extra step of applying a sealer coat to the floor. These sealers often raise the grain of the wood, creating a rough, textured finish where a smooth, perfect one is desired. Now that problem is solved.

StepGuard eliminates the need to apply a seperate wood sealer to the floor. Not only does this save a whole step, but it saves the contractor time and money. It eliminates the confusion of using multiple products in multiple steps. Everything you need to seal and finish a wood floor is in one bottle. If used as directed, it won't raise the wood grain the way other products will. With StepGuard your floors stay smooth.

Lower Toxicity

For the last 20 years the Environmental Protection Agency has been advocating a transition away from solvent-based coatings. In other industries, such as paint, there have been mandated requirements to move quickly toward water-based technology.

Envirocoat embraces water-based technologies as the best choice for field-applied coating systems. In practice this means the contractor who uses StepGuard is handling a product which is safer than solvent-based coatings. The lack of that "toxic odor" tells the story - and our product data sheet offers the details. StepGuard meet a higher environmental standard.

Quicker Drying Time

Nothing drains a contractor's productivity more than the "one-coat-a-day" syndrome. Floor finishes that require 8-12 hours of drying time also keep a home in disarray much longer than is necessary. No one benefits from the delay.

SteGuard dries in half the time. Contractors can make multiple applications in a single day, which increases their productivity and gets the project to the finish line faster. Everybody wins.

Heat Stable & Freeze/Thaw Stable

Floor finishes tend to have a long shelf life... unless they are stored in less than optimal conditions. Subject them to even brief periods of heat or cold, and they will give you all sorts of problems during application and drying. Storage conditions are critically important, which leads to higher warehousing and transporting costs.

StepGuard eliminates storage challenges.  Heat, freezing and thawing won't affect its performance. If your warehouse varies in temperature throughout the year, don't worry about StepGuard's shelf life. If you need to store it in your van, no problem, whether it's December is Alaska or July in Florida. If used as directed, StepGuard is stable for up to 20 cycles with no loss of performance.