intermediate coating and should be permeable by a chemical strip agent that is capable of stripping the intermediate coating material thus the choice of topcoat material will be determined in part by the chosen intermediate coating material and stripping agent preferred topcoat materials will have a rating of 5 or less and more preferably a rating of 3 or less if coated alone on a vinyl composite tile substrate and evaluated using the second strippability evaluation method 7 point scale test strip agent k and a 10 minute strip agent standing time when the intermediate coating and topcoat are each coated alone and compared using such an evaluation method they preferably will have at least a 1 point differential more preferably at least a 2 point differential and most preferably at least a 4 point differential in observed strippability rating values polymerizable topcoat materials e g two part thermally curable or one part photocurable materials are preferred due to their durability in addition topcoat materials that are waterborne or otherwise substantially solvent free e g 100 percent solids low viscosity formulations are preferred for environmental reasons preferably the topcoat is not metal crosslinked suitable topcoat materials include urethanes acrylics epoxies melamines and blends or copolymers thereof waterborne uv curable acrylates and urethanes are particularly preferred topcoat materials these tend to be less strippable and more wear resistant than the metal crosslinked acrylic intermediate coatings mentioned above and are permeable by strip agents.