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When the new owners undertook the task of transforming Passion Café into Buttercup Café, they carefully considered all elements, including the floor. Situated in Kimbolton Road, Feilding, this café is a local favourite. But with all those feet traipsing in and out, the floor is subject to significant wear and tear.

The dated vanished floors were high gloss and extensively yellowed as solventborne clear finishes tend to do. Keen to make the most of the timber flooring but in a more natural looking way, the previous coating was completely sanded off before the entire floor was coated with Resene Qristal ClearFloor 2K, a durable waterborne flooring finish, much lower in VOCs and odour than traditional solventborne finishes. Resene Qristal ClearFloor 2K is a satin finish that looks natural while imparting a hardwearing floor finish so that it can withstand the foot traffic, dropped dishes and spilt food and beverages.

Now the café is humming along the owners are enjoying the hardness of the floor and the ease of cleaning that comes with it and customers are showing their appreciation with their compliments on how good it looks.

Architect: Simon Clarkson, Clarkson Architects
Interior Designer: Liz Mark Design
Painting Contractor: Helping Hands
Resene: BJ Searancke, Manawatu Trade Representative
Resene: Wanganui ColorShop
From the Resene News – issue 3/2011