The technical department at Promain were asked to specify a low VOC roof coating to be applied to one of the flat roofs at Kings Cross Railway Station. Read below to find out more about why Rust-Oleum Dacfill HZ was specified. Specification A moisture cured polyurethane was not suitable for this application. This was as…
PPG Industries’ protective and marine coatings business is raising prices globally. This is as permissible by contract. This PPG price rise will come into effect shortly. Promain UK Limited distribute this paints UK wide. “As economies recover from the global recession, prices for basic commodities such as copper are increasing at alarming rates,” said Thomas…
The Electric Railway Museum 4 SUB gets a new Blue paint job and the roof gets the protection it needs using paint supplied by Promain UK Limited. BRITISH RAILWAYS CLASS 405, 4-SUB Unit Electric Railway Museum This is a four car unit and as such is the largest unit on site at Baginton. The unit was…
David Lloyd established David Lloyd Leisure in 1980. Upon opening the first club, they aimed at providing a “family orientated” fitness and leisure facility. DLL is Britain’s biggest tennis operator and manages more than 500 tennis courts. There are 79 clubs in the UK and a further 10 across the rest of Europe DLL maintenance…
Newcastle City Council invests in houses of many colours, creating ‘Colourful Newcastle’. Keim Mineral Paints have been chosen for external re-decoration as part of a multi-million pound Newcastle housing regeneration programme. Back in 2003, Newcastle City Council presented a new private sector housing strategy. The strategy was at the centre of wider regeneration plans. These…
Promain now supply a simple to apply self adhesive line marking tape that can be applied in seconds. Thus creating reflective road lines. The Road Safety Marking Association (RSMA), recently provided a frightening report. They pointed out that some two-thirds of all UK road deaths and serious injuries are on rural A-roads. It claims that from…
The collaborative brainchild of graphic designer Al MacInnes and photographer Fin Macrae born from love for spray-paint, canned art and creativity. “Spray the word if the word’s worth spraying”. Collectivly known as Dufi Art spent last Thursday up in John O’Groats working on a commission to produce a temporary Start/Finish line for all those fine…
The technical department at Promain were approached by the owners of this Baptist Church during a recent renovation of this listed building. They required a suitable rust inhibiting coating for the corrugated metal cladding to last in excess of 10 years. The product suggested was Rustoleum Peganox, a water based elastomeric paint that could be…
There have been a number of reports of yet more copper cable theft from the railways. This can be a common problem for railways, however, Promain’s Identicoat could be the solution to cable theft. Read on to find out more. Introducing Identicoat Promain have had a number of enquiries from Police as well as telecommunications…
Ask any highway engineer about the problems of using temporary road marking products for road works or other temporary route delineation. Chances are that top of his/her list would be the lengthy and complex installation. Causing disruption and/or costly road closures, poor levels of durability and a difficult removal process. This often also causes damage…
