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BONA SPORTIVE SYSTEM
MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE
FOR MANY GAMES TO COME
F L O O R S
WE HELP SPORTS FLOORS HAVE A
LONG AND SUCCESSFUL CAREER
A COMPLETE SYSTEM FOR LONG-LASTING
With Bona Sportive System this is a problem of the past.
WOODEN SPORTS FLOORS
When a sports floor is installed and finished – or reno-
Not many normal wooden floors see badminton training
vated – with the complete Bona Sportive System, the
in the morning, gymnastics in the afternoon and dance
floor will provide outstanding performance.
classes in the evening. But that’s all in a normal day in
And since the floor is maintained by the Bona Sportive
the life of a wooden sports floor. And that’s why we now
System, the floor will go on providing its high perform-
present the Bona Sportive System, a complete pro-
ance for much longer.
gramme of products and services for the installation,
maintenance and renovation of wooden sports floors.
To install or renovate a wooden sports floor can be a
costly affair, but in return the floor is expected to give a
long lifetime’s service. And the longer that lifetime is, the
wiser your investment. Bona Sportive System is designed to ensure the longest possible lifetime for all
sports floors.
After a sports floor is installed, the floor can usually handle everything its owner subjects it to. But dirt, sweat
and body fat can build up on the surface, even if there is
a daily cleaning routine. This gradually reduces the floor’s
performance and makes the floor slippery. Since the
process is gradual, it often goes unnoticed until the poor
performance becomes all too obvious.
With Bona Sportive System, a sports floor provides optimal performance year after year, extending the time before renovation becomes
necessary, ensuring the sports floor is both easier to maintain and
more profitable for the owner.
SPECIFICATION
FIND THE RIGHT SPORTS FLOOR SOLUTION WITH
BONA SPORTIVE SYSTEM
It is not a simple task to make the final specifications for
Answering these kinds of questions will allow for the de-
a new wooden sports floor. There are plenty of things to
sign of the sports floor specification, the most important
consider and the options are many. For instance:
decision of the whole process. With Bona Sportive System, the specification of a wooden sports floor becomes
• What kinds of sports are being practiced on the floor?
a lot easier, whether you’re a flooring contractor, floor
• How many hours per day will the floor be used?
owner or a dedicated specifier. We also work closely with
• Will there be additional non-sport activities on the floor,
leading sports floor suppliers, in order to make it easier
(such as school dances, markets, parties, fairs etc)?
for you to make the right choice from the start. Please
• What sort of line marking is needed?
read more about specifications and installations in the in-
• Is it likely that only indoor shoes will be used?
stallation folder.
• Is there some sort of matting system to prevent dirt
being brought into the facilities?
• What kind of cleaning and maintenance routine is
required?
Bona Sportive System is a total
solution for wooden sports floors
– from start to finish!
INSTALLATION
Bona Sportive Finish
Bona Sportive Paint
Bona Sportive Finish
Bona Sportive Primer
Bona Sanding Machines
SPORTS FLOOR PERFORMANCE
FROM TOP TO BOTTOM
As a sports floor places some very special demands on
Bona Sportive Primer
finishes and paints, Bona Sportive System is designed as
Sports floors are big floors. And since they are designed
a fully interacting system, the perfect choice for installing
to flex and move over the whole surface, great stress is
a new sports floor. Bona sportive system works well with
placed on the primer. Bona Sportive Primer is based on
UV-finished floors; indeed we supply many of these floors
the same formula as Bona Sportive Finish, and gives
with UV-finishes. But Bona Sportive System works just
great adhesion to both Bona Sportive Finish and Bona
as well for a new unfinished sports floor. When it comes
Sportive Paint. It also gives the surface a reassuring sense
to abrasives and sanding machines, these products are
of strength and enhances the natural beauty of the wood.
not part of Bona Sportive System. For best results, however, we recommend using sanding machines and abra-
Bona Sportive Paint
sives from Bona’s professional product line.
Bona Sportive Paint is a single component paint that
comes in all standard sports floor colours. It gives great
Lifetime Support
adhesion both beneath, and in between layers of Bona
All products in Bona Sportive System are part of our Life-
Sportive Finish, and dries quickly.
time Support programme, meaning that we fully stand
behind the function of our products for the floors whole
Bona Sportive Finish
lifetime, as long as they’re pre-finished with Bona UV-
The finish on a sports floor has to endure a great deal of
coating or started with Bonas products from bare wood.
stress. Bona Sportive Finish is a 2-component water-
For every country in the world, we provide products tai-
borne finish with sufficient protection for demanding
lored to the market and corresponding easy-to follow
sports activities and the right degree of shine for both
maintenance instructions. Wherever you are, our world-
sports and multi-purpose floors. Bona Sportive Finish
wide organisation is available to support you.
gives great adhesion and just the right slip resistance.
MAINTENANCE
TOP PERFORMANCE DOESN’T COME BY ITSELF
We cannot stress enough how important maintenance is
Bona Sportive Cleaner Plus
for the performance of a sports floor. The performance of
Even with daily cleaning, however, most sports floors will
all sports floors will deteriorate over time, but you can
need the occasional extra cleaning to remove the build-
extend the floor’s lifetime significantly if you maintain the
up of sweat and body fat that degrades the performance
floor properly. Even if most floors are cleaned on a weekly
of the floor. Bona Sportive Cleaner Plus is also great for
or even daily basis, the wrong sort of cleaner or detergent
cleaning black heel marks and removing scuffmarks.
When a floor is installed or renovated with Bona Sportive
System, it’s important that it’s maintained in accordance
EXCELLENT
is often used, and this may do more harm than good.
Bona Sportive products. In the brochure, you’ll also find
a lot of additional information on how to keep the floor in
POOR
with the brochure “Maintenance Guidelines”, and with
A floor maintained with
Bona Sportive System
will keep its performance over time
Bona Sportive Cleaner
For the daily cleaning routine, the cleaner needs to be
EXCELLENT
top shape.
not to damage the finish, even after many years of
daily cleaning.
POOR
strong enough to keep the floor clean, yet mild enough
A floor that’s maintained incorrectly will
gradually lose its
performance
RENOVATION
EVENTUALLY EVERY FLOOR WILL NEED A MAJOR RENOVATION...
...BUT THE LATER YOU CAN DO IT, THE BETTER
When the floor requires a total renovation, the procedure
A floor that is finished and maintained using the Bona
is as follows: sand down to bare wood, finish with primer
Sportive System will have a longer lifetime than other
and finish, then paint lines and finally apply additional
sports floors. But a sports floor may need additional
layers of finish. By using the complete Bona Sportive
maintenance work, besides cleaning, to postpone a
System, you get a guaranteed excellent result, the
costly total renovation. There may be a need for new line
proper maintenance products and maintenance guide-
painting. Or the floor may need a new top layer of finish.
lines and support.
and that, in turn, means minimal loss of income for the
floor owner. Bona Sportive system assures good adhesion, if the floor is previously finished and maintained with
Bona products. If you’re not sure about the previous
finish, adhesion should be tested before finishing.
Ordinary floor
bance. This means minimal downtime for the sports hall,
Bona Sportive System floor
jobs, and we guarantee a quick job with minimal distur-
Time before renovation
The Bona Sportive System can take care of all these
A Bona Sportive Floor
will keep its performance and have a
longer lifetime if it is
maintained properly
Slip resistance needs to be just
right. Too much can lead to
injuries, too little will cause
athletes to slip.
A sports floor is designed to
move and flex with the
athlete’s motions. This places
great demands on the finish.
MAXIMUM
PERFORMANCE FOR
OPTIMAL RESULTS
SPORTS FLOORS ARE ESSENTIAL SPORTS
EQUIPMENT
The floor is often as important for the athlete’s performance as his/her own equipment. So why should you not
have the same high demands on the floor as you have,
for instance, on tennis rackets, shoes and balls?
SPORTS FLOOR DEMANDS ACCORDING
TO DIN 18032
• Slip resistance
• Ball-bounce
• Shock absorption
• Friction
• Standard deformation
• Rolling load
A sports floor has to perform in many ways. It has to absorb shocks in order to minimise the risk for injury. But it
can’t be too soft, as it then becomes tiring for the athletes. The floor’s friction is possibly the most important
factor. Too little friction increases the risk of slipping, while
too much friction increases the risk of injuries. This requires a surface with the correct friction properties. Bona
Sportive System not only lives up to all the demands of a
professional sports floor, but often surpasses them. And a
Bona Sportive System floor allows for these properties to
be retained for longer, if it has been maintained properly.
A longer lifetime means
lower total cost
Less downtime thanks to long
lasting, waterborne finishes
BONA SPORTIVE SYSTEM IS NOT
A COST – IT’S AN INVESTMENT
A SOUND INVESTMENT FOR A LOWER TOTAL
LIFECYCLE COST
One of the biggest advantages with Bona Sportive
System is the long-term cost of ownership. Installing or
renovating a sports floor is a major investment, and, with
Bona Sportive System, your initial investment will pay off
over the years.
The reasons for this are many: Bona Sportive System
makes sports floors last longer, and the performance will
be maintained at the same high level over the years.
This high performance is an important competitive factor
for any sports facility. The floor will also be used more,
due to there being less renovation and repairs. Multiply
these advantages with a typical life length of more than
25 years, and the slightly higher initial cost will be
returned, often many times over.
BONA SPORTIVE SYSTEM
– TRIED AND TESTED
BY THE BEST
Volleyball and basketball floor in Maples Pavilion,
Stanford University, California, USA
Maples Pavilion is home to both the men’s and women’s
basketball and volleyball teams at Stanford University.
Stanford Basketball is among the nation’s elite programs,
with eight straight NCAA tournament appearances, and
appearances in the Final Four, the Elite Eight and the
Sweet Sixteen in the past five years. In 2004, all the
pavilion’s volleyball and basketball courts were refinished
with Bona products. Stanford will be churning out elite
sports teams for years to come.
Basketball floor in Los Angeles Lakers training
facility, El Segundo, California, USA
The Lakers are one of the most successful professional
basketball teams in the history of the National Basketball
Association, having won nine world championships. The
Lakers won three consecutive championships in 2000,
2001 and 2002, and have since continued to be one of
the dominating teams in NBA. A team like the Lakers
needs a floor that can perform at the same top level as
they do. That’s why, in 2000, their maple-wood training
court was finished with Bona products applied with a
foam applicator. Lakers fans can be confident that their
all-stars are training on one of the best performing floors
in the NBA.
Badminton floor in Tianjin Peace Gym,
Tianjin, China
The Tianjin Peace Gym is situated in the center of Tianjin
city, and was founded in 1992. It regularly holds big
sports events, such as the Asia Pingpong Title Match,
China-Korea Pingpong Antagonism and the CBA League
Matches. Except for such events the gym is used by the
public14 hours a day. Usage of this magnitude takes a
heavy toll on the wooden floor surfaces, so the badminton court was refinished with Bona products in 2003.
This hardworking court can now cope with a most
demanding public.
A WINNING TEAM FOR LONG-LASTING WOODEN FLOORS
A COMPLETE SYSTEM FOR THE SPORTS FLOOR’S ENTIRE LIFETIME
Bona is a global company in wooden floor treatment. And with Bona Sportive System, we’ve drawn on our vast
experience of wooden floors to create the strongest range of products on the market. All the products in the Bona
Sportive System are optimised to work with each other as well as with other products from Bona. Therefore, we
recommend using Bona Sanding Machines and Bona Adhesives for all installation and renovation work.
Bona Sportive Primer
Sportive Primer is a 1-component waterborne primer for use on
wooden floors used as sports floors, prior to over coating with Bona
Sportive Finish. It gives the surface a sense of strength and enhances
the natural beauty of the wood.
Bona Sportive Finish
Sportive Finish is a 2-component waterborne 100% polyurethane finish
for the surface treatment of wooden sports floors in both specialist and
multi-purpose environments. It meets the slip resistance requirements
of DIN 18032.
Bona Sportive Paint
Sportive Paint is a 1-component PU acrylate paint system, designed
for use either beneath or between coats of Sportive Finish.
Bona Sportive Cleaner
Sportive Cleaner is a concentrated, slightly alkaline detergent specifically designed for frequent cleaning of finished wooden sports floors.
Sportive Cleaner Plus
Sportive Cleaner Plus is a concentrated alkaline detergent, specifically
designed for occasional cleaning of wooden sports floors to remove
the build-up of body fats and other contaminants. It may also be used
to spot clean black heel marks and remove scuffmarks.
Bona Sanding Machines
Sports floors are large, which means they can take a long time to sand.
Fortunately Bona offers some of the best sanding machines on the
market. Plenty of power to make the sanding of even the largest sports
floors an easy job. Finally, the Dust-free System makes large sports
floors easier, quicker and more convenient to sand than ever before.
OUR SYSTEM TO BRING OUT THE BEST IN
WOODEN FLOORS
We offer much more than the Bona Sportive System.
Traditionally, we’ve been known as the experts in products
for pre-finished parquet production, installation and maintenance – particularly renovation. But, our products are only
a part of what we have to offer. We also provide additional
services such as support, advice and training in wooden
floor treatment to help our customers run a profitable business. This total solution is what we call the Bona System.
Bona is a global company. We are active in more than
50 countries all over the world and have subsidiaries in
17 countries in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific.
We have production facilities in Sweden, Germany and
the USA.
We are specialists in supplying all the products
necessary for the installation, maintenance and
renovation of wooden floors. In fact, we supply just
about everything except the wood itself. Our complete
system of products includes coatings, UV finishes,
sanding machines, abrasives, adhesives, and
maintenance products. They meet the needs of
contractors, producers of pre-finished wooden floors,
architects, specifiers and homeowners. We create all our
products to work perfectly with each other to bring out
the best in wooden floors. From production and
installation to maintenance and renovation
– we’ve got it covered.
BonaKemi Limited
1 Radian Court
Davy Avenue
Knowlhill
Milton Keynes
Buckinghamshire
MK5 8PJ
Tel: 01908 399740
Fax: 01908 232722
Email: info.uk@bona.com
www.bona.com