The purpose of Fertan is to provide you with all the benefits of shot blasting with no surface damage and no material loss. The advantage is that it can be achieved by just unscrewing the top of the container and working a brush or spray.
As there is no blasting the process is nuisance free and silent. You are able to observe and be sure that all the rust has been converted before applying opaque paint coats.
Laboratory tests and practical experience have proved this efficiency many hundreds of thousands of times across Europe and the rest of the world. The lab results are linked here laboratory testing and make interesting reading.
For details of how to use Fertan Rust Converter.
The technical details of how Fertan works are complex but are detailed in several of the patents and a representative one is available in the tabs across. As with all our products please contact us to discuss any specific queries and we will either answer them or, if we dont know the answer, well talk with our chemists who designed and made it.
Fertan is suitable for treating steel and iron surfaces, even if they have to be left for weeks or months prior to final painting. Rust is removed and prevented from re-forming for up to six months so delays in your painting schedule will not be a disaster. Fertan can be overcoated with oil or water based paints, epoxy, lacquer, wax.
Fertan is a complex, patented tannic acid, water based non toxic product. It offers exceptional protection against rust despite being environmentally friendly. Isocyanates and high volatiles are not necessary so we dont use them.
Fertan converts loose rust to powder that can be rinsed away leaving a converted stable and inert surface.
Fertan when kept in closed containers and reasonable conditions has an unlimited shelf life.