Painted metal fails from underneath. On Hampshire buildings — especially those catching salt-laden air — the answer is preparation grade first and product second.
Property managers and building owners with railings, gates, staircases, balustrade or plant screens showing rust breakthrough.
Direct-to-metal systems combine a corrosion-inhibiting primer with a topcoat that tolerates movement and weather. Preparation grade sets the lifespan: wire-brushed rust bloom lasts a season, mechanically abraded and spot-primed steel lasts years. We describe systems generically and select from the manufacturer's data sheet for the substrate in front of us.
Loose corrosion has to come off. We abrade back to sound metal, spot-prime the same day and then coat — painting straight over active rust simply hides it for a winter.
It depends on exposure and preparation grade. Sheltered internal steelwork goes many years; exposed coastal railings need checking annually and recoating far sooner. We give a realistic interval, not a slogan.
Yes, with a primer suited to galvanising. New galvanising in particular needs the right etch or adhesion primer or the topcoat will peel in sheets.
Detailed railings around Hampshire are usually brushed for coverage into edges and joints; larger flat metalwork is often sprayed. Frequently we combine the two.
Usually. We section the run, coat in phases and leave safe passage — the programme is written round access rather than the other way about.
Yes. Towers, MEWPs or scaffold are specified with the quote so the access cost is visible rather than a surprise on the invoice.
Send photographs of the metalwork at your Hampshire property and we will grade the corrosion before quoting.
Metal coating work in Hampshire lives or dies on preparation — we grade it, write it down and price it openly.
Speak to a Hampshire commercial decorating contractor that turns up, communicates clearly and delivers a finish that lasts.
