Paint & Paper Paint types

Pure Flat Matt Emulsion

The high pigmentation of Pure Flat Emulsion gives a profound depth of colour and makes this the flattest emulsion paint available. The paint is also micro-porous, to allow the fabric of a building to breathe.

Achieving an exquisite, powdery effect that particularly complements our darker shades, this paint is perfect for more intimate areas of the home such as bedrooms, snugs and libraries. Pure Flat Emulsion is gently wipeable and suitable for use on all interior modern plaster walls and ceilings.

  • Walls: Kigali, Ceiling: Ice V, Trim: Squid Ink
  • Available in 5 Litres, 2.5 Litres, 750ml, and 125ml sample pot
  • Covers up to 15 meters squared per litre
  • Low odour, environmentally friendly with minimal VOCs
  • 2% sheen level (dead flat)
  • Quick-drying, re-coatable in 4 hrs
  • Interior use only

Architect’s Matt

Architects’ Matt is a completely washable matt emulsion with excellent scuff and stain resistance. With an ultra-low sheen of 3-5%, Architects’ Matt provides a beautiful flat finish that can cope with the activity of the modern family home.

An effective, hard-wearing paint, Architects’ Matt it is suitable for both interior and exterior use. Use Architects’ Matt on interior walls and ceilings in any space including kitchens, hallways and bathrooms. Additionally, this flat paint finish works well across woodwork, radiators and tiles, creating an immersive effect. Choose Architects’ Matt for a finish that celebrates the interplay of light across a matt surface.

Walls: Blue Pearl

  • Available in 5 Litres, 2.5 Litres, 750ml
  • Covers up to 14 meters squared per litre
  • Low odour, environmentally friendly with minimal VOCs
  • Architects’ Matt is suitable for any surface and even withstands high traffic areas in the home
  • 3-5% sheen level (low sheen)
  • Quick-drying, re-coatable in 4 hrs
  • Interior use only

Architects’ All Surface Primer (ASP)

Architects’ All Surface Primer (ASP) is a flexible primer, suitable for use on all interior and exterior surfaces including woodwork, building plastics, tiles, glass and metal. Tinted to the shade of your chosen topcoat, this primer provides increased depth of coverage as well as excellent adhesion for a long-lasting finish.

This eco-friendly, water-based primer is easy to apply and offers a robust and durable base for a variety of surfaces. With low odour and a quick-drying time of two hours, Architects’ ASP is the go-to preparation tool for DIY or professional projects.

Walls: Iguana

  • Available in 2.5L and 750ml
  • Low odour, environmentally friendly and minimal VOCs
  • 5-8% sheen
  • Quick-drying, re-coatable in 2 hrs
  • Interior and exterior use

Architects’ Eggshell

Architects’ Eggshell is a high-performance finish suitable for all interior and exterior woodwork, metalwork, furniture and radiators. Fully washable, it is ideal for use on kitchen and bathroom walls, especially where condensation may be problematic.

Drying to a smooth low sheen of 10-20%, it is perfect for achieving a subtle yet protective finish that increases the durability of woodwork and metalwork.

A water-based formula, Architects’ Eggshell is also environmentally friendly and requires no specialist thinners.

Walls: The Long Room, Cabinets: Roben’s Honour, Ceiling: Paper I, Windows: New Black

  • Available in 2.5 Litres & 750ml
  • Covers up to 14 square metres squared per litre
  • Environmentally friendly with minimal VOCs
  • 10-20% sheen level (almost flat)
  • Quick-drying, re-coatable in 4 hrs
  • Interior and exterior use, including kitchen and bathroom walls

Architects Satinwood

Architects’ Satinwood is a self-priming satin paint that is particularly suited to interior woodwork, including household joinery, wooden furniture, skirtings, doors, windows and kitchen cabinetry. Also suitable for exterior use, it achieves an elegant satin finish on front doors and exterior woodwork.

With a subtle sheen of 30-35%, it effortlessly combines beauty with practicality – the perfect partner to the busy family home.

Apply our water-based Architects’ Satinwood to woodwork in high-traffic areas such as hallways, kitchens, bathrooms and children’s rooms for a hardwearing finish.

Wallpaper: Hardy Palm – Perse Grey, Panelling: Blue Gum, Unit: Moleskin

  • Available in 2.5 Litres & 750ml
  • Covers up to 12 square metres squared per litre
  • 30-35% sheen level (almost flat)
  • Quick-drying, re-coatable in 4 hrs
  • Interior and exterior use

Architects Gloss

This tough, flexible and hardwearing gloss paint is suitable for interior and exterior woodwork, furniture, metalwork and radiators. The high gloss finish of this water-based paint makes it an excellent choice for front doors, where it delivers dual impact and sophistication.

With multi-surface adhesion properties, Architects’ Gloss can be applied to both walls and woodwork or used in combination with our flat finishes, for a distinctive look that plays with sheen levels and their effect on colour.

Before applying Architects’ Gloss to new metalwork and aged gloss paint, we recommend priming with Architects’ A.S.P.

Wall & Tiling: Mchanga

  • Available in 750ml
  • Covers up to 14 square metres squared per litre
  • 80% sheen level (high gloss)
  • Quick-drying, re-coatable in 4 hrs
  • Interior and exterior use

Now you know what paint you need, you just need to pick a colour – Paint & paper library colours

Paint & Paper wallpapers

Graco Ultra Quickshot

The NEW Graco Ultra Quickshot

Experience unmatched portability with a perfect airless finish

Perfect airless finish

Whether it’s doors, trims, cabinets or accent walls, the Ultra Quickshot is designed to deliver a smooth and perfect airless finish for all your small jobs.

Instant trigger response

The lightweight electric gun has an instant response trigger so spitting is virtually impossible. Adjust the flow at the gun for extreme spray control.

Portability and convenience

The cordless spray unit is belt-mounted while the 1.8m hose gives optimal mobility. Quick start-up, fast refilling and easy cleaning ensure ultimate convenience.

Zooming in on the industry’s first electric powered gun

Small and lightweight

The QuickShot gun is smaller and lighter than any other Graco airless spray gun, giving you the ultimate level of spray control, even in the tightest of areas.

80x faster than traditional spray guns

The lightweight electric gun has an instant response trigger that reacts 80x faster than traditional airless guns. It reduces fatigue and spitting is virtually impossible 

Easy flow adjustment at the gun

The pressure dial built into the gun gives total spray control. You quickly set the pressure from 7 to 138 bar, depending on the job you need to do.

Coo-Var specialist coatings


Cleaning, Preparation And Repair

A wise person once said ‘By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail’ Coo-Var have over 100 years experience manufacturing specialist paints and products, including a range or preparation products. The cleaning, preparation and repair range is designed to compliment other Coo-Var products by offering solutions to ensure your surface is ready to paint.

Coo-Var Acid Etch

Acid Etch

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Used to clean and ‘etch’ concrete/motared floors and pools prior to painting

Removes Laitence and Salts

Essential for good adhesion on paint

Suitable Surfaces: Floated Concrete Floors, Mortared floors

Application: Still Yard Brush 

Estimated Coverage: 7m² per litre

A careful blend of acids and wetting agents in solution. Used to clean and ‘etch’ concrete/mortared floors and pools prior to painting. Removes laitance and salts from concrete and render. Must be used on exceptionally smooth surfaces such as power floated concrete floors to create ‘key’. Dilute 3 parts water/1 part Acid Etch.

Universal Degreaser

Universal Degreaser

Product Highlights

Powerful Cleaning

Removes oil and grease from the surface

Clear liquid

A careful blend of solvents to give powerful cleaning and degreasing properties. Use to degrease and remove oil etc from the surface prior to acid etching or painting. Part of the cleaning process for a good finish.


Floor, Sport And Line Marking

Our comprehensive range of quality floor paints cover all floors and have a solution for every problem, see below for water based, oil based, anti-slip and 2 pack durable floor paints.

Acrylic Floor Paint

Acrylic Floor Paint

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Quick Drying

Low Odour

For interior and exterior use

Seals and protects the surface

Water Based

Special Colours Available

Suitable Surfaces: Wood, Metal, Concrete, ashphalt and tarmac

Finish: Semi Gloss

Our Acrylic floor paint is an easy to apply water thinned floor paint. It can be used on tarmac as well as concrete, ashphalt, wood, walls and bricks.

Easy to apply and fast drying with low odour for foot and light truck traffic. Suitable for internal and external applications such as bricks, window ledges and walls.

Floor Paint

Floor Paint

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Single Pack

For interior and exterior use

Special Colours available

Suitable Surfaces: Wood, Metal, Concrete, GRP

Finish: Semi Gloss

Application: Roller or brush

Drying time: Touch Dry 4 hours or 12 hours hard dry

Overcoat time: 16 hours or overnight

Estimated Coverage: 9-11m² per litre

A single pack floor coating designed to be easy to use, versatile and yet economical.

Ideal to protect and decorate floors, inside or outside. Can be used on walls, bricks, window ledges and is compatible with most previous coatings.

BS4800, RAL & BS381C Colours to Order (Minimum Quantity May Apply).

Suregrip Anti-Slip Floor Paint

Suregrip

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Helps Prevents Accidents

Available in 9 colours

Suitable Surfaces: Wood, Metal, Concrete, GRP

Finish: Aggregated

Application: Roller or brush

Drying time: Touch Dry 6 hours or 24 hours hard dry

Overcoat time: 16 hours or overnight

Estimated Coverage: 6-10m² per litre

Suregrip® is a ready mixed, single pack aggregated floor paint. It provides a rough, anti-slip finish which helps to prevent slips and falls in areas with foot and light truck traffic. It is perfect for areas where slip resistance is required such as ramps, walkways, steps, stairwells, car pits and around machinery. It is also suitable for internal and external use.

Profloor Paint Two Pack

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Low Odour / Fast Drying

Anti Slip additive available recommended for outside

Highly hardwearing

Suitable Surfaces: Wood, Concrete, Masonary, asphalt

Finish: Off Gloss or the Anti-Slip option is aggregated

Application: Shortpile Roller or brush

Drying time: Touch Dry 4 hours or 8-12 hours hard dry. Full Cure 5-7 days

Overcoat time: 16 hours min or 72 hours max

Estimated Coverage: 6-10m² per kg

Profloor is a hard wearing water based, solvent free two pack floor coating. Suitable for use in heavy traffic areas such as foot, forklift and vans. Can be used in for both interior and exterior. It can also be used on existing stable paints.

Ideal for use on walls as well as floors. Anti-slip additive available.

Low Odour Line Marking Paint

Product Highlights

Fast drying

Ideal to colour code areas

Single Pack for interior and exterior use Special Colours available

Suitable Surfaces: Concrete, Tarmac, Wood

Finish: Matt

Application: Roller or Brush

Drying time: Touch Dry 30 minutes or 4 hours hard dry

Overcoat time: 4-6 hours or overnight

Estimate Coverage: 10m² per litre

Low odour line marking paint is a spirit based paint which can be applied directly to tarmac, sealed concrete and wood. It is ideal for use in factories, car parks and schools where fast drying is a high priority. This line marking paint is ideal to colour code areas, or use where socially or physical distancing is required.

Road Line Marking Aerosol

Product Highlights

Quick and easy to apply

For interior and exterior use

Can be used with stencils

Suitable Surfaces: Wood, Metal, Concrete, Tarmac

Finish: Matt

Application: Spray or Wheel applicator (Available)

Drying time: Touch Dry 15 Minutes or 2 hours hard dry

Overcoat time: 2 hours or overnight

Estimated Coverage: 60-100m per can

Line marking aerosols are the fast easy way to mark out lines, particularly for areas which require social or physical distancing . When used in conjunction with stencils they are ideal to identify and mark safety or critical areas.

Ideal for line marking in car parks, tennis courts, factories, building sites and schoools. Suitable on wood, metal, concrete & tarmac.


Safety And Security

Vandalene Anti-climb Paint

Product Highlights

Remains tacky Deterrent poster available. Leaves a coating on the intruder

Suitable Surfaces: Wood, Metal and masonary

FInish: Semi-Matt

Application: Brush or Mitt

Drying time: N/A

A thick, non drying (single pack) product of a sticky nature. Helps protect property from intruders by providing a slippery surface they cannot get a good grip on. Ideal for use on window ledges, down pipes, walls, gutters, garage roofs or anywhere which may be used as a grip point.

Also contains a hidden identifier.

Anti-Graffiti Coating Two Pack

Product Highlights

Two Pack

For interior and exterior use

Suitable Surfaces: Wood, Brick, Masonry and plaster.

Finish: Gloss

Application: Roller or brush

Drying time: Touch Dry 3-4 hours or 16-24 hours hard dry

Overcoat time: 4-6 hours

Estimated Coverage: 7-8m² per kg

Anti Graffiti coating is a two pack clear polyurethane coating which provides a highly graffiti resistant finish inside or out.

This coating has good chemical resistance making it easy to clean and durable. Will not fade or yellow when exposed to high levels of ultra violet light or support the growth of fungus.

Can be used over compatible water based paints to provide a glaze over colour (not for use over conventional solvent based paints).

An extemely hard wearing paint which can be cleaned many times without affecting the coating. Ideal for bridges, underpasses, statues, walls, toilets and much more.


Specialist Primers

Alkali Resisting Primer

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For interior and exterior use

Suitable Surfaces: Plaster, Masonry

Finish: Matt

Application: Brush or Roller

Drying time: Touch Dry 30 mins or 4 hours hard dry

Overcoat time: 4-6 hours

Estimated Coverage: 10m² per litre

A high quality low odour solvent based primer/sealer. Ideal for use on alkaline surfaces which can attack conventional decorative coatings. also helps combat surfaces with varying degrees of porosity.

Zinc Phosphate Primer

Product Highlights

For interior and exterior use

High durability primer – ideal in coastal areas

Suitable Surfaces: Metal

Finish: Semi-Matt

Application: Brush, roller or airless spray

Drying time: Touch Dry 2 hours or 12 hours hard dry

Overcoat time: 12 hours or overnight

Estimated Coverage: 13m² per litre

A high performance metal primer for use on metals including aluminium, iron and steel. Suitable for use on combined wood/metal as it will prime both surfaced. Ideal for fire escapes, window frames, metal gates and doors.

All Metals Primer

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Water based primer

Interior and exterior

Suitable Surfaces: Most Metals Inc. Iron, Steel, Aluminium, Brass, Copper

Finish: Matt

Application: Brush, roller or airless spray

Drying time: Touch Dry 4 hours or 4 hours hard dry

Overcoat time: 6 hours Estimated Coverage: 12m² per litre

Anti-Damp Paint

Product Highlights

Can be applied to surfaces that are still slightly damp

Reduces discolouration

Suitable Surfaces: Plaster, Cement, Stone

Finish: Matt

Application: Roller, brush or spray

Drying time: Touch Dry 2 hours or 8 hours hard dry

Overcoat time: 12 hours or overnight

Estimated Coverage: 9m² per litre

Anti-Damp is a special low odour, efflorescence resistant resin based paint. For application to damp interior walls and ceilings. Designed as a primer coat containing an active reagent which combines with surface moisture and dampness. Controls moisture release making damp areas cleaner and bright. This Product contains a biocidal product for the preservation of the dry film; to reduce discolouration. Can be overcoated with conventional paints. Anti-Damp is a stain Blocker for Interior use; provides excellent adhesion. (NOTE: This paint will not cure the cause of dampness)


Specialist Paints

Matt Black

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Oil based product

For interior and exterior use

Suitable Surfaces: Wood, Metal, Masonry

Finish: Flat Matt

Application: Roller, brush or airless spray

Drying time: Touch Dry 2 hours or 8 hours hard dry

Overcoat time: 12 hours or overnight

Estimated Coverage: 9m² per litre

An oil based flat black finish ideal for use on tudor beams, fire places, wrought ironwork, photographic dark rooms, or anywhere a non-reflective surface is required. This product can also be used on chalkboards.

Brick and Tile Paint Gloss Red

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Suitable Surfaces: Masonry, Brick, Render & Tile

Application: Roller, brush or airless spray

Overcoat time: 12 hours or overnight

Can be applied direct

Finish: Gloss

Drying time: Touch Dry 5 hours or 24 hours hard dry

Estimated Coverage: 13m² per litre

A general purpose, versatile alkyd based paint for application to brick, stone, tiles or cement. Ideal for use on porches, outbuildings, garden walls etc.

Anti-Condensation Paint

Product Highlights

Can be overcoated

Reduces discolouration

Suitable Surfaces: Plaster, Wood

Finish: Matt (slightly textured)

Application: Roller or brush

Drying time: Touch Dry 2 hours or 4 hours hard dry

Overcoat time: 4 hours or overnight

Estimated Coverage: 8-10m² per litre

Our Anti-Condensation Paint helps reduce condensation forming and reduces discolouration from moisture. This product can be left as a white finish or can be overcoated.

Solar Reflecting Paint Aluminium

Product Highlights

Apply direct

Can be used on flat roofs

Suitable Surfaces: Felt, Ashphalt, Wood, Brick, Concrete

Finish: Gloss

Application: Roller or brush

Drying time: Touch Dry 3 hours or 12 hours hard dry

Overcoat time: 12 hours or overnight

Estimated Coverage: 4-6m² per litre

A bituminous based aluminium paint that gives a highly reflective metallic finish.

Designed to reflect and dissipate heat and sunlight on roofs resulting in a reduction of heat build-up.


Products For Metal

Hammercote

Product Highlights

Can be used without a primer

For interior and exterior use

Hard Wearing

Rust Resistance

Fast Drying

Heat Resistant up to 150°C

Provides a hard durable film (Hardness increases over several days after application)

Suitable Surfaces: Metal

Finish: Smooth Gloss

Application: Brush or Spray

Drying time: Touch Dry 30min or 6 hours hard dry

Estimated Coverage: 10m² per litre

Hammercote is a premium quality durable coating for metal which provides a glossy smooth finish. As a rust resistant coating Hammercote provides a long lasting finish for metal, ironwork and many other suitably well prepared surfaces. This coating is fast drying and suitable for interior and exterior use. Hammercote is highly versatile being convenient and easy to use.

Suitable applications include:

Metal Railings, Gates, Radiators, Metal Fences, Bikes, Trailers, Boats and Engines.


Varnishes

Polyurethane Varnish (available in Matt / Eggshell & Gloss finishes)

Product Highlights

For Interior Use

Suitable Surfaces: Wood

Finish: Matt, Eggshell or Gloss

Application: Roller or brush

Drying time: Touch Dry 2 hours or 12 hours hard dry

Overcoat time: 12 hours or overnight

Estimated Coverage: 14m² per litre

A single pack polyurethane product of excellent durability, ideal for kitchen furniture, worktops and internal doors.

Yacht and Seaplane Varnish (available in Eggshell & Gloss finishes)

Product Highlights

Highly weather resistant

Suitable surfaces: Wood

Finish: Eggshell & Gloss

Application: Roller, brush or airless spray

Drying time: Touch dry 6 hours or 24 hours hard dry

Overcoat time: 12 hours or overnight

Estimated coverage: 14m² per litre

A traditional marine quality varnish which is very hard wearing and UV resistant. Can be used over existing paintwork to increase add weather resistance. Ideal for use on yacht woodwork, doors, gates, fascias, sheds and furniture.