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Cladshield Specifier Guide

Cladshield Specifier Guide

Cladshield Specifier Guide

Product catalog summary
Product Overview:
Cladshield is a water-based coating solution designed for external steel cladding, offering up to 8 years of protection. It is ideal for Plastisol coated and coil cladded buildings, particularly in the retail, healthcare, and leisure sectors. The product is a single pack solution, eliminating the need for mixing, thus saving time and reducing waste on site.
Application and Performance:
Cladshield can be applied using a brush, roller, or spray equipment. It is touch dry in 2-4 hours and recoatable in 4-6 hours under good drying conditions. The product has a spreading rate of up to 17m2 per litre and is suitable for previously painted or weathered cladding. It is available in two ready-mixed colors, RAL 2009 and Goosewing, with over 600 additional shades available through the Weathershield exterior color range.
Technical Specifications:
Cladshield offers superior coverage compared to competitors, with a suggested wet thickness of 90 microns. It has been tested for surface hardness and adhesion, showing excellent results. The surface only marked with a H pencil in hardness tests, and it demonstrated strong adhesion without flaking when scratched.
Benefits:
  • For Specifiers: Provides long-lasting protection and is available in a wide range of colors.
  • For Appliers: Easy to apply, quick recoat times, and water cleanup.
  • Environmental Impact: Water-based formula reduces environmental impact, with longer-lasting coatings leading to less waste and resource usage.
Support and Services:
Dulux Trade offers a Contract Partnership scheme ensuring high standards through approved contractors. They provide site surveys, specification writing, contract meetings, and site visits to ensure quality and efficiency. Additionally, they offer color consultation services and health and safety advice.
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Catalog excerpts

Cladshield Specifier Guide-1

Cladshield is part of a comprehensive range of advanced products and service solutions from Dulux Trade that meet the needs of the professional specifier. CLADSHIELD A water-based formulation offering up to 8 years protection With the Specialist Products range you have the complete solution to the long term protection and maintenance of substrates for commercial environments. I Metalshield I Pyroshield I Hydrostrip I Anti-graffiti Finish I Blockfiller+ I Dry Fall Eggshell I Floor Paints Range Site Surveys Site Visits Dulux Trade Specifier Account Managers will carry out a full site inspection. This will include assessment of the current condition of surface coatings, help with identification of difficult substrates and advice on extending maintenance cycles. During the course of the work, if required, site visits can be made to ensure that work is being carried out correctly and in accordance to the specification. Specification Writing Dulux Trade offers full specification support tailored to your individual requirements. This will ensure that correct preparation is highlighted and the products specified are the most appropriate for the location, environment and substrate type. Report to Project Owners A critical element of any project is minimising down time. Knowing the status of the work in progress and thus keeping control of events is equally important. The Dulux Trade Specifier Account Managers will ensure that Property Managers are kept closely informed about the status of all work in progress. Colour Service Contract Meetings Dulux Trade Specifier Account Managers can attend pre-contract, tenant liaison, project review and post contract assessment meetings, ensuring collaboration and clear communication from concept to completion. For larger painting projects, Dulux Trade Colour Consultants can provide help and advice on colour choice using Dulux Previews, our unique colour specification software. Health and Safety We can help and advise on Health and Safety issues relevant to the use of Dulux Trade products. To obtain the best performance from ICI products, it is important to ensure that they are applied correctly to the specification and this is why Dulux Trade established the Contract Partnership scheme for painting contractors. The scheme offers you the reassurance of using Dulux Trade approved contractors who work to an agreed code of conduct. Contract Partners undergo stringent independent auditing and ongoing assessment programmes to ensure the highest standards of professionalism, which mean that you can be sure of consistent quality standards across the board. Contract Partners receive regular training on Dulux Trade products to ensure that they fully understand product application and performance characteristics ensuring that a quality job is completed effectively and efficiently, right first time. Single pack solution, no mixing saves time on site For more details on the Dulux Trade Contract Partnership scheme please contact your local Specifier Account Manager or e-mail us at [email protected] Contact Us For product / Health and Safety data sheets please visit our web site at www.duluxtrade.co.uk. For more information or technical advice please contact Dulux Trade Technical Advice Centre on 0870 242 1100 or at [email protected] ICI, The ICI roundel, DULUX, DULUX TRADE, the Dulux Trade Contract Partnership device, METALSHIELD, WEATHERSHIELD, CLADSHIELD, PREVIEWS and the distinctive liveries are trademarks of the ICI Ltd. © ICI 2008 ICI Paints Ltd, Wexham Road, Slough SL2 5DS. Extends maintenance cycles on external steel cladding Ideal for Plastisol coated and coil cladded buildings Quick drying and easy to apply by brush, roller or spray

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Cladshield Specifier Guide-2

CLADSHIELD Water-based long-lasting protection Putting Cladshield to the test Designed to offer lasting protection for previously painted Proven to provide excellent adhesion or weathered external steel cladding, new Dulux Trade To test the surface hardness of Cladshield, it was To test adhesion levels of Cladshield, a sample was first applied to a sample piece of cladding. Next a painted onto a solvent based surface. Once dried, the range of pencils of differing hardness were pressed sample was scored several times with a sharp object. Cladshield has been formulated for a highly durable finish....

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