Levellers & Fillers
Terraco offers a comprehensive range of skimming and surface preparation products. They are available in two forms:
- Ready-mix - under the market leading Handycoat® brand
- Dry-mix - under Handymix™ brand
The ready-mixed products are available as either Low VOC or as Ultra Low VOC products. Ultra Low VOC products are marked with the EcoLife symbol. Read more on EcoLife.
These skimming products are adapted to meet the varying requirements of plastering and painting contractors, as each type of product has been formulated with different performance properties.
Handycoat® – Skimming and Jointing Compounds (Ready-mix)
Gypsum based plaster board is today one of the dominant construction materials for light weight structures in homes and commercial premises. Handycoat products are ideally suited as a gypsum board jointing compound and as a skimcoat on walls and ceilings. Handycoat Lite is the light weight version of the original Handycoat® products - 30% lighter!
Handycoat products are highly versatile and are used by plasterers and painters for patching hairline cracks, repairing damage to plaster and paint work, filling nail holes in wood work, for making good around door and window architraves and for filling along the top of skirting boards – to name but a few popular usage areas. Handycoat products are easy to sand and are designed to reduce the amount of dust suspended in the air.
Handymix™ – Skimcoats (Dry-mix)
These skimcoat and repair compounds are used for filling fine cracks and surface defects in lightweight concrete, fairfaced dense concrete, blockwork and brickwork. They are suitable for both interior and exterior surfaces providing a hard, smooth water-resistant finish.
For more information on where to use these products please refer to the Quick Guide under Product Information.
For any further technical assistance, please contact your nearest Terraco representative or for more product specific and technical data information, please refer to your regional website.
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Handycoat Interior
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Handycoat Interior is a ready- to- use filler and board jointing compound for most building surfaces, including sand/ cement render and gypsum board. It gives a high quality, even surface for painting. Handycoat Interior is specially manufactured for the painter to repair and touch up surfaces, both old and new, prior to painting.
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Handycoat Exterior
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Handycoat Exterior is a ready to use filler for use on all common building surfaces, including timber. It gives a high quality, even surface for painting. Handycoat Exterior is specifically manufactured for the painter to repair and touch up exterior and interior surfaces, both new and old, prior to painting. It is designed for filling joints, hairline cracks etc. by hand application. Unlike conventional fillers, Handycoat Exterior has elastic properties, does not flake off, is permanent and retains its adhesion.
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Terramix
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Terramix is formulated for plastering and repair of cast in-situ concrete,lightweight concrete, fairfaced dense concrete, blockwork andbrickwork. It can be used on exterior and interior surfaces to give ahard, smooth, water resistant finish which is suitable for painting andwall papering. Terramix can be hand or spray applied. When sprayinga TERRACO 3/75 spray unit is recommended. Terramix is bothhydraulically and organically bound guaranteeing good adhesion tothe substrate. Due to its composition and the use of precisely graded fillers, a smooth, high quality surface isobtained on walls and ceilings. It is ideally suited for application as basecoat in the TERRACO spray plasteringsystem. Terramix is available in three grades, Coarse, Standard and Fine, and in two colours, grey and white.
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Maximix Interior
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Maximix is a filler for use on all common building surfaces, such as in-situ concrete, lightweight concrete, blockwork, brickwork, plaster…It can be used on exterior and interior surfaces to give a hard, smooth, water resistant finish which is suitable for painting and wall papering.
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Handycoat DP
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Handycoat DP is a dry powder non hydraulic filler for use as a skim coat and jointing compound for gypsum
boards. It gives a high quality, even surface for painting. Handycoat DP is specially manufactured for the
painter to repair and touch up interior surface, both old and new, prior to painting. Handycoat DP fills joints and
hairline cracks etc. Unlike conventional fillers Handycoat DP has plastic properties, does not flake off, is
permanent and retains its adhesion.
