TOUPRET UK LTD
CAPITAL BUSINESS CENTRE
UNIT 19B
22 CARLTON ROAD
SOUTH CROYDON
GT LONDON CR2 0BS
Tel: 0208 916 2134
Fax: toupretuk@toupret.com
Suppliers of: Toupret flexible Fillers flexible fillers concrete fillers fine grade fillers Surface Treatment masonry repair fillers Interior skim coat
Toupret is a specialist manufacturer of professional fillers with over 80 years’ experience of making products for the Decorating and Building markets around the world. They have been established in the UK since 2005.
Toupret has a leadership position in the UK market for high performance fillers aimed at Professional Painters and Decorators and are growing quickly in the Building and Construction sector. Toupret is a very successful and growing brand across the UK.
Toupret offers a complete range of high-quality, performance filler products for background preparation in all types of renovation and refurbishment work. It’s membership of the BCF (British Coatings Federation) and The PDA (Painting & Decorating Association) ensures that Toupret is as the centre of training and product developments in the UK.
Toupret has a range of products designed for a variety of uses, including interior surfaces, exterior surfaces, wood surfaces, problem surfaces (including damp and flexible surfaces), spray filling, and jointing and skimming.
Toupret fillers are known for giving better results first time. Under normal conditions, substrates do not need to be primed before application and they do not flash or grin.
Toupret’s main range includes:
Toupret’s innovative new Joint, Skim & Fill system of products for the plasterboard jointing and skim-filling market. The range offers excellent finish quality and performance that saves time on the job and includes:
- Quick Dry products , ready for overpainting in three hours
- Jointing products that are CE approved and conform to BS EN 13963 for jointing materials for plasterboard
- Patch & Repair range for preparation work
A selection of powder and ready to use fillers. Toupret’s powder fillers are recognised for needing only one coat, under normal conditions, being easy to sand, not flashing or grinning, even without spot priming.
- Quick Dry Filler: for a rapid solution that can be overpainted in 3 hours
- Interior Filler: a premium quality filling, jointing and skimming filler. It has excellent adherence and coverage.
- Ready To Use Filler: A ready-mixed filler that’s easy to apply and sand, with no need to spot prime
- Renovation Skimcoat: A ready-to-use skimming filler that’s easy to sand, adheres to paintwork and requires no PVA
A wide range of exterior Fillers for all applications
- Masonry Repair Filler can be used to fill and repair without the need for formwork. It can also be used on damp substrates
- Rock Solid Repair Filler dries to a rock-hard finish on all exterior substrates
- Quick Fill is an exterior, ready-to-use, lightweight filler that needs just one coat and is ready to paint in one hour.
- A wide range of wood repair products from glazing putty to hardeners and fillers
- Available in a variety of sizes, as well as in ready mixed and plaster form, for easy use
- Anti-damp treatments for damp or wet substrates
- Flexible fillers for movement problems
- Penetrating hardener for soft substrates
- Ready to use, and easy to sand, interior spray fillers
- Self-smoothing, and ideal for large contracts (e.g. new builds)
- Can be applied with spray equipment or manually
Further technical information is available on the Toupret website or via the BPi download Library.
Toupret UK - How to get a flawless wood finish
Wood is a material that’s relied on for both structural and decorative work, and continues to be used extensively in both new builds and refurbishments. Structurally, it’s a very workable and strong material, making it ideal for flooring and roofing, for example. But it’s also appreciated for its natural aesthetic and adds real flourish and character to a property – the reason its used so visibly in interiors and exteriors, think skirting boards, architraves, doors and panelling (a look that’s particularly in at the moment). Getting it to look right, then, can really lift the appearance of a space, whether it’s painted, stained or varnished.
Whilst its rustic look is appreciated in certain settings, such as in the beams of a heritage property, wood can also be used for high impact finishes where it needs to be flawlessly smooth. Front doors are one such example where a high wood finish can make a real statement, particularly when overcoated with a high gloss paint. To achieve this look, the wood needs to be rid of any imperfections and the best way to do this is with a fine finishing filler.
How to do it
Mark Warneke, Toupret’s Technical Manager, outlines how to carry out the work with the help of Toupret Fine Finish Wood Filler, a product designed to create the ultimate finish to all interior and exterior wood.
“First, prepare the surface as you usually would, sanding back the wood and ensuring that it is hard, cohesive, clean, sound and dry. If the wood is damp, treat it with a product such as Toupret’s Wood Hardener, and use a wood repair filler, if needed, to fill any deeper cracks and gaps or to shape and repair any broken or damaged sections. Don’t worry about very small defects and pitting as these will be covered by the product anyway.
“Once dry, or if the wood is already in good condition, prime the surface with paint and let it dry.
“Next, with a filling knife (or blade for larger areas), apply Fine Finish Wood Filler to the surface and smooth it out across the wood so that you’re applying a layer no thicker than 1mm. 450g should cover 1m².”
Fine Finish Wood Filler is a fast-drying product and is compatible with all paints and coatings, meaning you can apply your desired topcoat just an hour later, and with a gloss paint, the effect once dry is a true mirror-finish.
What makes Fine Finish Wood Filler so suited to this type of work is not only that it is fast drying, and able to achieve a finish that looks like glass, but that it can be used both inside and out and is also flexible. And as wood is a living material that expands and contracts with changes in temperature, this means your finish is more resistant to cracking.
Toupret UK adds three new exterior fillers to its range
Toupret now offers the widest range of exterior fillers on the market with the addition of three new exterior surfaces products: Skimcoat Filler, Ready To Use Skimcoat Filler and Tough Multi-Filler. The updated collection now consists of six products designed for filling, repairing, formwork, and skimming jobs.
Skimcoat Filler is a huge timesaver, designed to solve the age-old problem of repairing damaged and rough exterior render as it can be smoothed over cracked and rough render, avoiding the need to knock back and reapply the render.
And Ready To Use Skimcoat Filler is a ready-mixed formula making it even easier to use. What's more, it's suitable for machine spraying as well as manual applications, making it ideal for an array of different jobs.
The third new product, Tough Multi-Filler, is a multipurpose product that can be used for repairing and localised skimming as well as filling. Reinforced with fibres, the new filler has excellent adhesion and is super tough yet easy to sand.
