02 / restoration
Faded shopfronts, curtain walls and entrance frames recovered to a matched RAL or BS finish. Works carried out around live trading after substrate testing.
When this is the right route
Scope · included
Scope · not included
Sectors
Process
01
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. If a frame needs replacing, we tell you at survey.
02
PPG or AkzoNobel two pack tie coat over light abrasion, with a matched RAL topcoat. The final system is selected after adhesion testing and recorded in the specification.
03
Masking method for glazing, gaskets and signage. Spray containment where the frame is on a public route. COSHH for tie coat solvents.
04
Prepare, mask, prime, apply and demask within the same shift where access permits. Glazing checked at demask. Adjacent finishes wiped before public reopening.
05
Before/after photo record, gloss reading on completed work and the specified product record.
Case study · anonymised
A commercial estate manager called us in to assess a tired aluminium curtain wall system on a central London frontage. The powder coat had chalked through, sills were biological staining and the glazing edge gaskets had run with run off. Replacement would have meant scaffolding the unit closed for the better part of a month.
We surveyed frame by frame, identified the substrate as restorable (gloss meter readings + cross hatch adhesion test passed), specified a two pack tie coat over light abrasion, and applied a matched RAL anthracite topcoat at 60-80 µm dry film. No glazing was removed. Restoration was delivered live around the ground floor retail trade.
Total cover: approximately 320 m² of curtain wall frame and sills, restored over a three week shift pattern. Adjacent glazing, ironmongery and signage were masked through to demask. The specified system and as-applied record were issued at handover for the substrate as surveyed.
Built for the people who buy decorating
We are a specialist subcontractor, not a turnkey fit out outfit. We deliver decorating, spraying, restoration and coatings under main contractors and direct estate teams.
For main contractors
Variations are agreed in writing and delivered without delaying handover. You get a handover record for each store.
For estate + FM teams
Survey to handover without closing the unit. Powder coat restoration is specified to the surveyed substrate. Run off, masking and reopening tracked store by store.
For retail estate leads
We match the paint system to your brand and estate specification. You get progress and handover records for each store. If the timetable moves, we tell you early and replan with the site team.
Find the right route
Most visitors arrive with a sector problem before they know the coating system. These routes match the way buyers search: home and residential work, retail fit out programmes, and industrial painting or warehouse coatings.
House painting and decorating
Painting and decorating for homes in Dorset, Hampshire and Wiltshire, inside and out. You get a fixed written quote before we start, and any extras are agreed in writing first. We protect your floors and furniture and leave the house clean every day.
Retail decorating
Retail decorating is about more than paint. We work nights around store teams and other trades, and we match brand colours exactly. Late variations are agreed in writing and delivered without delaying handover.
Industrial painting contractors
Industrial and warehouse scopes need the coating system specified by substrate condition, not by what is cheapest to apply. We survey the floor, the cladding, the steelwork and the roof before recommending a system, then plan MEWP access, exclusion zones and drying time sequencing around live operations.
How we deliver
Every job is director-led. You deal with one contact and one timetable, from survey to handover.
01
Stores stay open. Surveys, masking and run off planned around foot traffic.
02
Night programmes on retail and hospitality estates. Clean before doors open.
03
Rolling store programmes sequenced against the main contractor plan.
04
Based in Poole, Dorset. Our crews travel to sites across the UK.
05
Decorating, on site spraying, powder coat restoration and floor coatings under one PM.
06
Before and after record, sign-off notes and the specified product record.
Frequently asked
It depends on the existing powder coat, orientation, exposure, preparation and the selected system. We inspect and adhesion-test the frame first, then assess the selected specification against the manufacturer's product information.
Yes. We sample on site, send a card for sign off if needed, and apply the matched system.
Yes. Most schemes are delivered phased around live trading with extended masking and overnight cuts where foot traffic requires it.
Glazing, gaskets, ironmongery and signage are masked before primer goes on. The glass is checked at demask before public reopening.
We flag substrate failure at survey. If a frame needs replacing we tell you. We won't coat over a failing substrate and sign it off.
Start a conversation
Where we can, we check access and the state of the surfaces before we price, so the quote matches the real job. Email drawings to office@astardecorators.com, or send photos on WhatsApp.
Related services
04 / spraying
Curtain walls, window frames and entrance door systems spray refinished on site. Matched RAL or BS finish. No reglazing, no disruption to building occupants.
03 / spraying
A factory grade spray finish, done on site without taking anything out. HVLP for control on the detail and edges, airless for the big repetitive runs. Full polythene masking and live site extraction so the rest of the building keeps working.
09 / retail
We decorate stores for UK retailers, from one store to a full rollout. We work nights and leave each store ready to trade by morning. Every store gets the same brand finish. You get a progress report and photo record for each one. Our retail work includes Primark, Tesco and M&S stores.
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