Monday, October 27, 2008

Paint Techniques

By Ben

Quality Platinum Sheen paint, ideal for interiors. Supplied in white and can be tinted in a wide range of colours at your local distributor to your requirements. It is a high quality, high sheen, very washable, silky smooth paint, ideal for interior use.Two coats required on our PVA undercoat to ensure good even colour distribution for raw plaster.

Liquid Naturals are uitable for all surfaces exterior nd interior. A unique blend of acrylic and selected natural minerals, Liquid Naturals paint creates a rich combination of density and uniform colour giving and ensure outstanting coverage and opacity. Liquid Naturals withstands temperature extremes, is suitable for all surfaces and and will not flake or peel.

Liquid Naturals unique characteristics allows the product to breathe and eliminates the risk of delamination of the paint from damp surfaces unlike conventional acrylic paints. No primers or undercoat are required and therefore are very cost effective. Streaking on parapet walls and fascia panels are normally eliminated by Liquid Naturals whic is common with cement based coatings.

Naturals develops a unique naturally mottled finish over a short period after application and is available in Coarse, fine and ultra fine textures. The exciting aspect is that each application is unique. Its soft appearance belies its extreme durability and water resistant strength and high resistance to the effects of the sun, rain, wind and salt air.

A specially prepared Portland Cement based exterior paint, coloured with iron oxides, Africote's Cement Naturals is available in powder form.This durable economical water resistant coating is suitable for application on all masonry surfaces such as sand and cement plaster or bagged brickwork. Ivory Cement Naturals used internally for a rustic homely appearance.A major advantage of Cement Naturals is its ability to be applied directly onto masonry surfaces without an undercoat. PVA and other gloss paint, patched and dense concrete surfaces, must be pre-coated with a slurry coat which is also available from the Africote range.

Although chemically formulated to restrict the effects of efflorescence Cement Naturals may due to the nature of portland cements, exhibits efflorescent marks in high water run off areas such as parapet walls etc. This natural chemical reaction visible as white crystals on the surface of these high run off areas is characteristic of this living coating - 15634

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