The technical team at Promain recently received a ‘phone call from a Contractor who was looking for a suitable Sika primer to use under black Bitumen. He was not sure if Sika Bonding Primer was the correct product. We thought you might be interested to know our response and recommendations….
Low Temperature Maintenance and Refurbishment Issues
Our focus on assisting customers has taken a turn towards cladding this week. It’s almost as if the start of a new year has revolved around thoughts of refurbishment and maintenance projects. Questions to the technical team have been related to getting started with these projects, even though the temperatures…
The Coatings Industry Reports Highest Recycling Levels
The amount of recycling that has been carried out by the coatings industry has reached record levels, according to figures released by the British Coatings Foundation (BCF). These records began seventeen years ago, and four times as much waste is now recycled than there was back at this point. In…
Intensive Rust-Oleum Training Follows Late Night Dash
In our recent blog on Rust-Oleum Training we mentioned the training our Technical Team receive. Not so long ago one of the team, Ben, wrote a post on his experiences of his intensive Rust-Oleum Training session. We thought you might like to read it. Ben’s Thoughts After a busy day…
The Quiet Yet Sizable Growth of the Waterborne Coatings Market
A press release published by Markets and Markets market research Company caused some interest in the Promain Office, towards the end of last year. Titled: Waterborne Coatings Market worth $77,838.71 Million by 2019, it made interesting reading – once it had been translated – with a considerable amount of cerebral…
Hempel’s Acquisition Of Schaepman
Schaepman’s Lakfabriekin BV has now been acquired by Hempel. This is part of their growth strategy, which has a time frame of five years. The acquisition of Schaepman’s, a Dutch company which supplies protective, industrial and decorative coatings to specialised industries, goes a long way towards Hempel reaching its target…
Train Coatings and Harsh Weather Conditions
The Rail Delivery Group (RDG) has publicly notified that snow, ice, and/or flooding will always have an effect on their operators’ tasks on the railway. There are times when weather conditions get out of hand; therefore, they are not able to run normal timetables. Various scenarios may arise: some train…
Anti-Fouling & Maintenance of Your Boat
It’s hard to imagine that spring is drawing nearer – the days are already starting to show signs of getting longer though. Have you noticed? As gardeners’ thoughts turn to seed catalogues, boat owners will be considering (and itching) to get overwintered boats out on the water again. Promain provides…
Rust-Oleum Sales Team Training
Following the recruitment of two new members of staff (to the growing Promain team) a training session was arranged with Nigel Morgan, the UK Sales Director for Rust-Oleum. Nigel has many years’ experience, not only training the Rust-Oleum field based sales team, but, having spent over 15 years working for…
Paint Blistering & Bubbling Problems
There are several reasons why blistering and paint bubbles can occur, and several ways in which these problems can be fixed, and prevented in the future. If the paint is lifted from the underlying surface, this can cause the paint to blister or bubble, and in some cases, eventually peel….
