Bradite Simplifies Colour Selection With The Launch Of Their First Colour Card

Protective coatings specialists, Bradite are making colour selection easier than ever with the launch of their first colour card. The card features a palette of shades available in their most-popular finish, One Can – a water-based primer, stain blocker and professional finish ‘all in one can’. Designed for simplicity and ease of use, this compact colour card showcases 54 curated colour swatches, combining proven shades from the worlds of interior design and exterior decoration with some of the most popular standardised colours. RAL numbers are featured underneath the standard swatches for quick reference.

This collection of contemporary and classic colours ensures there is a shade suitable for every project, with Bradite One Can also available tinted to all RAL, NCS and BS colours. Visitors to the National Painting & Decorating Show at Coventry’s CBS Arena were the first to see a preview of the new colour card. The colour card is available to order from bradite.com and through the company’s extensive network of stockists.

Warehouses Get The One Can Treatment

Warehouses on a Dorset industrial estate have received an impressive makeover using Bradite One Can. Half a dozen buildings on the Townsend Business Park at Bere Regis have been thoroughly spruced up by RJ Murphy Decorators Ltd. The all-in-one quality of the coating which is both primer and finisher, plus the quick drying time meant the job could be handled by four to five painters in one week.

“We just had to clear vehicles out the way of one building and could complete that before moving on to the next,” says Ray Murphy. The two-tone colour scheme – Moorland Green BS12B21 and with trims painted in Mushroom BS10B19 gives a fresh new look to the estate. Supplied by Brewers Decorator Centre in nearby Christchurch the choice of One Can was a foregone conclusion for the contractor.

“It does what it says on the tin,” says Ray, adding; “and its sticky” referring to the formulation’s adhesive strength on any substrate. The water-based, virtually odourless, coating has tough anti-corrosive properties particularly suited to exposed or coastal locations. www.bradite.com

Bradite Transformation Makes Store Exterior Best On The Market

Thanks to the innovative use of Bradite’s One Can at a local estate agents’ property, a Manchester firm of decorators have labelled One Can their ‘go-to exterior paint’. Heritage Decorators was engaged by Empire Joinery to paint a new shopfront for local estate agents ‘Ashworth Holme’ in the town centre of Sale, Cheshire.

The prominent building, dating from 1921, was refurbished with the replacement of deteriorated signage, windows and entranceway. The client requested a traditional shop frontage that would complement the building’s architectural style. “Originally”, explains Heritage Decorators’ Oliver Brigham-Bowes, “we specified the job with an old-school approach in mind, using traditional methods of aluminium primer and oil-based primers/undercoats and oil-based external topcoats.”

But the spec changed after a trip to a decorators’ merchants in Altrincham, and a discussion about potential weather problems using oil-based products as winter came closer, due to their slow drying times. They concluded that a water-based product that offers a speedy drying time without compromising on durability would be highly preferable.

“They recommended Bradite One Can due to its high adhesion, tannin blocking capability and multiple finish and colour options”, says Oliver. Bradite One Can is touch dry in 30 minutes, with recoats possible after 1 hour, making it ideal for exterior painting projects. He admits: “I have always been dubious to use a paint that says it does everything but, even after our first coat, I could tell that there was something different about the science behind this all-in-one product."

"Not only did it key to bare and pre-painted timber, cover extremely well and dry quickly, but it left a finish that the customer was overjoyed with.” The completed job provides a sleek, excellent first impression to people seeking the services of the estate agents. Oliver adds: “This paint delivered beyond our expectations. Thanks to Bradite for helping us achieve such a great finish with ease – we will now be using it as our go-to external paint.” www.bradite.com