In an uninsulated building such as an industrial unit or garage, this rise in temperature caused by solar heat can make the interior conditions uncomfortable. This temperature increase leads to a higher carbon footprint and running costs, as cooling device such as air conditioning units and fans are employed to…
Wet Abrasive Blasting Industry News
A number of changes in the industry have led to the development of new abrasive blasting tools and methods, driving the widespread acceptance of vapour and wet abrasive blasting to replace dry blasting for surface preparation and cleaning. New Rules Aim to Reduce Silica Dust A new ruling that went…
Exterior House Paint With Bedec
Our sales team were contacted by an elated customer after using a range of Bedec exterior house paint products when renovating the exterior of their property in a villiage just south of the Shropshire Hills on the English Welsh border. “I’d like to thank Promain for all their great advice…
Textured Paint For Modular Buildings – Glixtone EM18
Promain’s technical team are frequently contacted by clients looking to give their exterior masonry a textured paint finish rather than with a whole new potentially expensive rendering system. We were recently contacted by a contractor that had been requested to provide a textured paint finish to a modular building in…
Kestrel Overbanding Tape Certified by The Highway Authorities Product Approval Scheme (HAPAS)
Recently Kestrel Overbanding Tape distributed by Promain has gained HAPAS approval and certification from the British Board of Agrément. This means that the product has be approved by the BAA and their committee of technical advisors for use on British Highways. By specifying Kestrel overbanding tape for highways projects you…
Reduce The Risk Of Fires Caused By Oil Soaked Rags
Recently a client of ours experienced a fire in a brand new oak framed building. The fire was a result of an oil soaked rag, and as you can see from the pictures this has caused severe and costly damage. Off the back of this incident, it has come to…
Thermoplastic Line Marking London’s Cycle Superhighways
TfL News: Preformed Thermoplastic Is Now The Line Marking Of Choice On London’s Dedicated Cycleways The latest addition of the London Cycling Design Standards (September 2016, minor amendments) has confirmed that preformed thermoplastic markings are now the preferred method of marking London’s Cycle Superhighways. Before this amend to specification requirements…
Static Caravans: Using Peganox Metal Roof Paint
We were contacted by a customer who owned a holiday home in Malaga, Spain that required their metal roof paint to be updated to a product that could withstand heat up to 50°C in the heat of summer. Promain’s technical team recommended a combination of Rust-Oleum Noxyde and Peganox to…
How To Use Power Washers On Exterior Wood
As the weather is getting better, now is the perfect time to get outside and clean any mould, algae or residual dirt from your exterior wood decking or fencing. Typically our customers use a power washer as the easiest option to clean their wood, but this tends to be problematic…
The Do’s and Don’ts of Mixing Tins of Paint
Promain’s Technical Department receive a lot queries such as ‘’the paint is a different colour to what the tin says “or‘’ the paint has dried in some places but not in others’’ that are simply solved by correctly mixing the paint before application. As simple as it sounds there is…