Powder-coated frame restoration · UK commercial
Faded shopfronts, curtain walls and entrance frames recovered to a matched RAL finish on site, around live trading. 5-7 year expected service life. No removal. No reglazing.
RAL/BS
Matched on site
5-7 yrs
Expected service life
No removal
Works around trading
CHAS
Accredited delivery
Working with
In environments
What you get
01 / service
02 / the finish
Powder coat degrades from the outside in. Recovered correctly with a two-pack system, it holds for years. Done badly, it fails within a season. The specification is the whole job.
South and west-facing elevations chalk and lose colour depth as UV breaks down the original powder coat.
A topcoat applied without a tie-coat over light abrasion peels. We adhesion-test the existing coat before committing.
An eyeballed colour ages differently across an estate. We identify the RAL via Pantone bridge or direct match, signed off before application.
Too thin and it won't last. Too heavy and it sags. The matched topcoat goes on at a controlled 60-80 µm dry film.
03 / process
Frame-by-frame walk. Gloss-meter reading on a clean reference area, RAL identification via Pantone bridge or direct match, adhesion test on the existing powder coat. Restoration only goes ahead if the substrate holds.
PPG / AkzoNobel two-pack tie-coat over light abrasion, matched RAL topcoat at 60-80 µm dry film. Service-life expectation written into the spec, not implied.
Masking method for glazing, gaskets and signage. Spray containment where the frame is on a public route. COSHH for tie-coat solvents.
Prepare, mask, prime, apply, demask: the same shift where access permits. Glazing checked at demask, adjacent finishes wiped before public reopening.
Before/after photo record, gloss reading on completed work, written service life note (5-7 years on a sound substrate).
04 / sectors
Entrance frames, shopfront sections, mullions and shutters recovered around live trading. No closure, matched colour, done the same shift where access allows.
Curtain-wall and entrance frames brought back to a consistent corporate colour, without a re-clad programme.
Hotel and listed-building metalwork restored to the original finish, matched and signed off before application.
Schools, universities and public buildings where a capital replacement programme isn't justified but the frames still matter.
05 / the case for restoration
Restoration revives existing frames to near their original condition without the cost or disruption of full replacement or repainting. It is typically a 60-70% saving against replacement on a sound substrate, with immediate visible improvement to kerb appeal.
For building owners
For property managers
Scope · included
Scope · not included
Related work
The closest delivered example is our on-site aluminium glazing respray at Primark Stevenage: a weathered curtain wall recovered to a client-approved finish under R.G. Carter, around live retail trading. It uses the same survey, masking and on-site application discipline that powder-coated frame restoration relies on.
Frequently asked
“RAMS in our hands 48 hours before mobilisation, supervisor on site every morning, and the snag list closed within a working week. That's the loop we expect from a tier-1 and rarely get from a decorator at this scale.”
Request a site survey
Photos of the frames, the location and your target RAL or existing colour. We typically reply within one working day with a site-survey window.
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