Earth Shield® Solvent-based Waterstop Primer has been discontinued due to increased regulations concerning the V.O.C. (volatile organic content) of the solvent within. We replaced the product with a water-based adhesive primer that actually works better, but costs significantly more money (approximately three times the cost). We know this price increase will be difficult for our customers to bear, as it was for us as well as a raw material, but we assure you we have done everything possible to keep the product affordable as possible. We believe the pricing will still be competitive with other manufacturer’s formulations of water-based primer. Functionally, the product is a big improvement over the solvent-based product it replaced, as it is an adhesive as well as a surface prep (the old primer was just a tacky surface prep). This new primer can be used in both vertical and horizontal applications; whereas, the old could only be used horizontally. Our sincere apologies on this massive price increase, but the Clean Air Act made us discontinue the old, solvent-based (and cheap) primer, and switch to the eco-friendly (and expensive) water-based primer.
