Projects

The Melbourne Icehouse has three notable areas that required protective coatings: The exterior features a bright metallic blue band that breaks up the white facade. The blue is Quantum FX bright metallic polyurethane, sealed with Quantum Clearcoat to highlight the metallic lustre and protect against graffiti. The Henke Rink includes exposed steelwork and compressed particle board ceiling panels. The steelwork was protected against the highly corrosive moist, cold environment with Zincanode 402 zinc rich primer, Duremax GPE intermediate barrier coat and Luxathane R two pack polyurethane for aesthetics and protection. The ceiling was painted in Dulux Professional Total Prep and Industrial Aluminium.

An award winning ventilation system was used to spray 58 Melbourne Metro Trains. Dulux® Acrathane® IF in both colour and clear coats created a durable surface designed to withstand graffiti removal.

Industrial estates demand as much aesthetic creativity as residential and commercial developments and public spaces, as workers spend a significant amount of time commuting to, and working in, these industrial environments. Colour, therefore, plays an important role, as do durability, corrosion resistance and protection against defacement by graffiti in the choice of a protective coating system. The system chosen for the Merrifield Industrial Estate Entrance Wall is Dulux Duremax GPE ZP and Weathermax HBR.

New Sydney Metro train stations boast numerous indoor and outdoor seat installations, all requiring advanced protective coatings technology to resist corrosion, weathering, UV exposure, graffiti and heavy public use. Image courtesy of Fleetwood Urban.

These steel and timber shades were erected in the Mildura Town's beautiful parkland. The steel sections are adequately protected in Mildura's warm, dry and relatively low corrosivity environment with Metalshield HB ZP primer (a zinc phosphate single pack primer) and Ferrodor 810 single pack micaceous iron oxide enamel topcoat.

In 2007, the mill relining machines shown in the images happened to be the 100th painted by Dulux Protective Coatings, and to celebrate, the usual topcoat of Luxathane R polyurethane was replaced with Quantum FX metallic polyurethane in a gold colour.