ETS50
ETS50 Clear polyester (PE) primer / sanding sealer
Clear polyester primer for industrial lines, cured with EC1 peroxide hardener plus EA1 accelerator. Neither Technocolor nor its dealer has a page for it — it appears only in the official 'Solid-oak coffin finishing' schedule, where it is robot-sprayed (one manipulator, twin-intake airless) in two 250 g/m² coats over CIT stain, then sanded and top-coated with PTL500 gloss PU. Going by the recipe it is the production-line (high-pressure plural-component) counterpart of ETS20: heavy build, practically no shrink-back, closes the grain in two passes.
- closed-pore clear gloss finishing of solid oak (coffins) per the official schedule
- filler/sanding sealer under PTL500 gloss PU
- automatic lines / spray robots with twin-intake (plural-component) airless
Mix calculator
Ask about ETS50
Answers are based on the ETS50 data and the products it mixes with.
Mixing matrix
- EC1Hardener% by weight: 2 %schedule% by volume: 2 %recommended
Standard schedule recipe at 20 °C.
Schedule: ETS50 100 / EC1 2 / EA1 2 / S10 or S11 15, twin-intake airless.
- EA1Accelerator% by weight: 2 %schedule% by volume: 2 %recommended
Always together with the hardener; on a twin-intake rig the accelerator goes into the base and the hardener is drawn by the second intake.
NEVER combine EA1 and the peroxide hardener directly — violent reaction. Accelerator into the base first, stir, then hardener. The newer EA1* hardens faster but cuts pot life ~10–15 % (dealer).
- % by weight: 15 %schedule% by volume: 20 %recommended
S10 — fast, the standard PE-primer thinner; S11 — medium, for hot shops and large panels.
Thinner hardly affects PE cure — it only sets viscosity and flow.
- % by weight: 10–15 %recommended% by volume: 15–20 %recommended
Hand spraying (conventional/HVLP) when maximum build is wanted.
ETS20 analogue — not published for ETS50.
- EC2Hardener% by weight: 2 %recommended% by volume: 2 %recommended
When you have no twin-intake rig: single-pot premix for airless/airmix, hot shop, large batches.
EC2 is the slow hardener, extends mix pot life (catalog).
- EA1Accelerator% by weight: 1–1.5 %dealer% by volume: 1–1.5 %recommended
Hot shop 25–35 °C — to lengthen pot life.
- EC1Hardener% by weight: 2–3 %recommended% by volume: 2–3 %recommended
When cure must be faster (e.g. a cold shop below ~18 °C).
Pot life drops sharply.
| Role | Material | % by weight | % by volume | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardener | EC1 | 2 %schedule | 2 %recommended | Standard schedule recipe at 20 °C.Schedule: ETS50 100 / EC1 2 / EA1 2 / S10 or S11 15, twin-intake airless. |
| Accelerator | EA1 | 2 %schedule | 2 %recommended | Always together with the hardener; on a twin-intake rig the accelerator goes into the base and the hardener is drawn by the second intake.NEVER combine EA1 and the peroxide hardener directly — violent reaction. Accelerator into the base first, stir, then hardener. The newer EA1* hardens faster but cuts pot life ~10–15 % (dealer). |
| Thinner | S10 / S11 | 15 %schedule | 20 %recommended | S10 — fast, the standard PE-primer thinner; S11 — medium, for hot shops and large panels.Thinner hardly affects PE cure — it only sets viscosity and flow. |
| Thinner | S10 / S11 | 10–15 %recommended | 15–20 %recommended | Hand spraying (conventional/HVLP) when maximum build is wanted.ETS20 analogue — not published for ETS50. |
| Hardener | EC2 | 2 %recommended | 2 %recommended | When you have no twin-intake rig: single-pot premix for airless/airmix, hot shop, large batches.EC2 is the slow hardener, extends mix pot life (catalog). |
| Accelerator | EA1 | 1–1.5 %dealer | 1–1.5 %recommended | Hot shop 25–35 °C — to lengthen pot life. |
| Hardener | EC1 | 2–3 %recommended | 2–3 %recommended | When cure must be faster (e.g. a cold shop below ~18 °C).Pot life drops sharply. |
Percentages are per 100 parts of component A.
Characteristics
- Solids
- 90–96 % part Arecommended
- Viscosity
- ~12 ± 2 s on an 8 mm cup (ВЗ-8), part A srecommended
- Density
- 1.1–1.2 g/cm³recommended
- Gloss
- not applicable (sanded primer)recommended
- Pot life
- ≈20 min (EC1 2 % + EA1 2 % at 20 °C); longer with EC2 / reduced EA1 h/min as statedrecommended
- Drying · Dust-free
- 20–40 minrecommended
- Drying · Touch-dry
- 40 minrecommended
- Drying · Recoat wet-on-gel (min)
- 30–40 minschedule
- Drying · Sand or stack
- 8–12 hschedule
- Drying · Full cure
- 24–48 hrecommended
- Drying · Conditions
- 20 °C (schedule)
- Hardness
- highrecommended
- Lightfastness
- PE may shift the colour of an underlying staincatalog
- Chemical resistance
- excellent physical-chemical resistance (PE family statement)catalog
- Elasticity
- low — hard/brittle in thick buildsrecommended
- Shrinkage
- practically no shrink-back over time (PE family)catalog
- Thixotropy
- norecommended
- Cure mechanism
- Chemical cure: peroxide hardener (EC1) + metal-salt accelerator (EA1); styrene reactive diluent, near-100 % solidscatalog
Application
Airless
- Equipment
- automatic spraying, booth with one manipulator (robot), airless with 2 intakes (plural-component)schedule
- Nozzle
- 0.28–0.33 mmrecommended
- Pressure · fluid
- 100–150 barrecommended
- Spray viscosity
- 25–40 s DIN4 / VZ-4recommended
- Consumption
- 250 g/m²schedule
- Wet film
- 210–230 µmrecommended
- Coats
- 2 coatsschedule
- Flash-off
- 30–40 minschedule
- Recoat
- 2nd ETS50 coat after 30–40 min at 20 °C (wet-on-gel, no sanding); PTL500 topcoat only after 8–12 h + sandingschedule
- Sanding between coats
- none between the two ETS50 coats; after 8–12 h sand P360, P400 (air sanders) before topcoatschedule
This is the schedule's method. The twin-intake rig keeps base+EA1 and EC1 hardener apart until the gun, so nothing gels in the hose. On a single-pot airless use EC2 and flush immediately after.
Airmix (air-assisted airless)
- Nozzle
- 0.28–0.33 mmrecommended
- Pressure · fluid
- 20–80 barrecommended
- Pressure · air
- 1–2 barofficial
- Consumption
- 250 g/m²schedule
- Coats
- 2 coatsschedule
As with airless — plural-component rig or EC2.
Conventional spray
- Nozzle
- 1.8–2.2 (typ. 2) mmrecommended
- Pressure · air
- 3–4 barrecommended
- Spray viscosity
- 25–35 s DIN4 / VZ-4recommended
- Consumption
- 200–250 g/m²recommended
- Coats
- 2 coatsschedule
- Flash-off
- 30–40 minschedule
Mix only what you can spray in 15–20 min — it gels in the cup. Flush the gun with S10/S13 straight away.
HVLP
- Nozzle
- 1.8–2.2 (typ. 2) mmrecommended
- Pressure · air
- 2–2.5 barrecommended
- Spray viscosity
- 22–30 s DIN4 / VZ-4recommended
- Consumption
- 200–250 g/m²recommended
- Coats
- 2 coatsschedule
- Flash-off
- 30–40 minschedule
No brush/roller — PE gels too fast and traps bubbles.
Process and compatibility
- Substrate preparation
- Sand solid oak by hand/air sander with abrasive belt P150, P180; dust off; stain with CIT 80–100 g/m², dry 5–10 min at 20 °Cschedule
- Sanding
- After 8–12 h at 20 °C: P360, P400 with air sanders before the clear PTL500 topcoatschedule
- Temperature and humidity
- 18–25 °C, RH ≤ 75 %; schedule drying chamber at 20 °Crecommended
- Don'ts
- never put EA1 and the peroxide hardener together directly — add each to the base in turn
- don't premix more than you can spray in ~20 min; on single-pot airless use EC2 only
- don't leave mixed material in gun or hose — flush at once
- don't sand before 8 h at 20 °C — paper clogs
- don't go over a stain without a test panel — PE can shift the stain colour
- no brush or roller
Storage
- Shelf life
- not published (typically 6–12 months)recommended
- Storage temperature
- 5–25 °Crecommended
- Packaging
- not published (industrial — expect 20–25 kg)recommended
Safety: Contains styrene — toxic and flammable. Spray in an extracted booth with an A2 organic-vapour respirator, gloves and goggles. EC1 peroxide is an oxidiser: store apart from EA1 accelerator, never let them touch each other, rags or metal swarf.
Used in finishing systems
Mixed into
Sources
Value tags: “official”, “dealer”, “catalog”, “schedule” are Technocolor data; “workshop” is from our own datasheets; “recommended” is our engineering estimate (hover to see the reasoning).
- official finishing schedule 'Отделка гробов (ПЭ, прозрачная, глянцевая)': P150/P180 → CIT 80–100 g/m² → ETS50 100 / EC1 2 / EA1 2 / S10,S11 15, 250 g/m², auto-spray one manipulator, airless with 2 intakes, 30–40 min @20 °C → 2nd coat same → 8–12 h → P360/P400 → PTL500 + C200 70 + S80 40, 150 g/m²
- dealer search — no ETS50 result (checked 2026-10-04); PE primers listed: ETS20, EPS20, EPS22
- analogue ETS20 official page: EC1/EC2 2/2 %, EA1 2/2 %, S10/S11 10–15 % wt / 15–20 % vol, 200–250 g/m²
- analogue ETS20 dealer: solids 92±1 %, 12±2 s VZ-8, pot life 20 min / 1.5 h, touch 40 min, sand 12 h; thinner table lists S13 10–15 % wt / 15–20 % vol; EC1→3 % (+EA1→3 %) for speed, EA1→1–1.5 % for longer pot life
- 2019 catalog: PE cure (peroxide + cobalt salt, styrene, solids ~100 %), drawbacks (toxicity, limited pot life, may change stain colour); ETS20 ~92 %, S10/S11 5–15 %; no ETS50
- EC1 dealer: hot-weather EA1 1–1.5 %
- EA1* pot life −10–15 %, EC2 for medium/high-pressure systems
- methods: airless ≤200 bar ideal for primers on flat parts; airmix ≤20 bar + 1–2 bar air
Not covered by the sources
- no official t-color.ru page, no dealer listing (t-colormarket.ru search 'ETS50' returns nothing; woodonline.ru, lakokraska31.ru, ndom31.ru also nothing), not in the 2019, 2022 or 2025-26 catalogs — possibly discontinued or an industrial/OEM-only code
- no TDS/SDS found (web search budget exhausted; re-checked 2026-10-05: dealer search still returns nothing; no PDF among local sources mentions ETS50)
- solids, viscosity, density, pot life, dust-free/touch/full cure not published — all derived from ETS20 analogue
- schedule ratio 100/2/2/15 does not say weight or volume
- whether EC2 is approved for ETS50 is not stated
- gloss/hardness/elasticity/lightfastness values not published
- colour/transparency not stated explicitly — inferred 'clear' from the clear-gloss schedule over CIT stain
- packaging and shelf life unknown
- relationship to ETS20 (replacement? industrial version?) unconfirmed
- product name/transparency are inferred from the code pattern + schedule, not printed for ETS50