Our Four Top Product Recommendations for Your Summer Toolkit

With summer here, it's the perfect time to refresh your toolkit with products tailored for warm-weather projects. Whether you're working on outdoor renovations or seasonal maintenance, having the right supplies can make all the difference. Our seasonal product recommendations are designed to help you tackle summer projects with ease and efficiency. Below are our expert recommendations to help ensure your work not only meets but exceeds client expectations during the busy summer months –and beyond!

Sandtex Trade High Cover Smooth Masonry: This innovative paint, specially formulated for professional use, offers both a quality protective and decorative finish. Sandtex Trade High Cover Smooth Masonry ensures 15 years of guaranteed durability, making it ideal for a variety of projects. Its resilience and opacity provide excellent coverage, even over fine cracks, ensuring a flawless finish. Being water-based with a matt finish, it is easy to apply and clean up, making it perfect for large-scale exterior walls, garden structures, and other outdoor masonry surfaces. This paint not only enhances looks great, but it offers long-lasting protection against the elements, ensuring your work stands the test of time.

Ideal for use on:

• Residential Exterior Walls: Provides a durable and attractive finish for homes, including large-scale applications on brick, stucco, or rendered walls.
• Commercial Buildings: Ideal for painting the exteriors of offices, retail stores, and warehouses, offering long-lasting protection and a professional appearance.
• Public Sector Projects: Suitable for schools, hospitals, and government buildings needing a robust exterior paint that withstands weather and maintains its appearance.
• Architectural Features: Enhances the look of architectural details like columns, cornices, and facades, ensuring they remain protected and visually appealing.
• Historic Buildings: Used to restore and protect the facades of heritage properties, maintaining their authenticity while extending their lifespan.
• Outdoor Sports Facilities: Applies well to stadiums, arenas, and sports complexes, where high durability and weather resistance are essential.
• Hotel and Resort Properties: Enhances the exterior appearance of hospitality venues, ensuring a welcoming and well-maintained aesthetic for guests.

Sandtex Trade X-Treme X-Posure: This highly durable masonry paint is specifically designed for extreme weather conditions. Sandtex Trade X-Treme X-Posure is a superior smooth masonry paint that offers the ultimate defense against the elements, providing the best possible protection for your projects. With its exceptional weather and climate endurance, it ensures long-term resilience in even the harshest environments. The anti-carbonation properties offer concrete protection, making it ideal for urban areas with high pollution levels. Its extreme resistance to dirt and pollution keeps surfaces looking pristine, while the highly flexible formulation covers and resists the re-appearance of hairline cracks. BBA approved with 15 years of proven durability, this water-based paint with a matt finish is perfect for exterior walls, high-traffic areas, and structures exposed to severe weather conditions. Sandtex Trade X-treme X-posure is the professional's choice for achieving long-lasting, reliable, and aesthetically pleasing results in challenging environments.

Ideal for use on:

• Coastal Buildings: Perfect for properties located near the sea, where salty air and strong winds can cause significant wear and tear.
• High-Rise Buildings: Ideal for skyscrapers and tall structures that are exposed to extreme weather conditions, including high winds and heavy rain.
• Urban Areas: Provides excellent protection for buildings in cities with high pollution levels, thanks to its anti-carbonation properties.
• Public Facilities: Suitable for schools, hospitals, and other public buildings that require durable and easy-to-maintain exteriors.
• Bridges and Overpasses: Offers long-term resilience for concrete structures exposed to constant traffic and environmental stress.
• Commercial Properties: Perfect for office buildings, shopping centers, and other commercial properties that need a pristine and professional appearance.
• Historical Buildings: Ideal for protecting and preserving older structures that require a high level of care and maintenance.
• Industrial Facilities: Provides robust protection for warehouses, factories, and other industrial buildings exposed to harsh operational conditions.

Sadolin Superdec Satin: Sadolin Superdec Satin is a versatile multi-surface paint designed for exterior applications on wood, concrete, metal, plastic, and more. This opaque coating offers ultimate protection for exterior wood, masonry, weathered plastic, cladding, and steel, though it is not suitable for decking. Sadolin Superdec Satin provides 10 years of reliable protection, making it an excellent choice for long-lasting durability. The paint is self-priming and serves as an undercoat, simplifying the application process and saving time. Its superior flexible formulation is ideal for hiding timber blemishes while maintaining the natural texture of wood, ensuring a smooth and aesthetically pleasing finish. Perfect for use on various exterior surfaces, Sadolin Superdec Satin is the professional's go-to solution for achieving a durable and attractive finish across multiple project types.

Ideal for use on:

• Wooden Fencing and Gates: Provides a long-lasting, protective finish that hides blemishes while maintaining the natural wood texture.
• Outdoor Furniture: Ideal for painting wooden, metal, or plastic garden furniture, ensuring a durable and attractive finish.
• Sheds and Garden Buildings: Offers excellent protection and a uniform appearance for wooden or metal structures.
• Cladding and Facades: Perfect for giving a fresh look to exterior cladding on homes or outbuildings, providing weather resistance and aesthetic appeal.
• Concrete and Masonry Walls: Suitable for painting exterior concrete or brick walls, enhancing their appearance and durability.
• Metal Railings and Balustrades: Provides a durable and protective coating for metal railings, gates, and balustrades, preventing rust and weather damage.
• Plastic and Vinyl Surfaces: Ideal for revitalising weathered plastic or vinyl, such as shutters, trim, and siding.

Sadolin Beautiflex®: Sadolin Beautiflex® Solvent Opaque Woodstain is the go-to choice for achieving a beautiful and durable finish on exterior wood, including decking. Specifically designed to perform well even in cooler temperatures, this woodstain offers up to 7 years of protection, ensuring your outdoor surfaces remain vibrant and protected season after season. Its flexible coating not only enhances the natural beauty of the wood but also provides superb colour retention, maintaining its opaquecolour finish over time. Whether for fences, garden furniture, or decking, Sadolin Beautiflex® Solvent Opaque Woodstain combines beauty with practical durability, making it an excellent option for both residential and commercial outdoor projects.

• Decking: Provides a comprehensive colour finish that enhances the look of wooden decks while offering long-lasting protection against weather and foot traffic.
• Garden Furniture: Revitalises wooden benches, tables, and chairs, protecting them from the elements and maintaining their appearance.
• Fences and Gates: Offers a durable coating that enhances the aesthetic appeal of wooden fences and gates, while protecting them from moisture and UV exposure.
• Pergolas and Trellises: Beautifies and protects wooden structures in garden settings, ensuring they withstand outdoor conditions and retain their colour.
• Exterior Wooden Cladding: Protects and beautifies exterior walls clad with wood, enhancing the architectural appeal of residential and commercial buildings.
• Sheds and Outbuildings: Provides a durable finish for wooden sheds, ensuring they remain weatherproof and visually appealing.
• Playhouses and Outdoor Structures: Enhances the appearance and durability of wooden playhouses, climbing frames, and other outdoor structures for children.
• Wooden Features in Parks and Recreational Areas: Used to maintain and beautify wooden benches, picnic tables, and signage in public spaces.

With the above products in your summer toolkit, you’ll be set for success throughout this season, and beyond! Call into your local Crown Decorating Centre for expert advice and everything you need to ensure your projects are completed to the highest standard.