Beyond conventional paint, a growing part of our work is in specialist finishes — breathable limewashes, textured finishes, reactive metallic patinas and mineral coatings drawn from houses like Keim, Resene and Porter's Paints. Each is chosen for the substrate, the architecture and the character a space is reaching for.
Lime and mineral systems bond into masonry and render rather than sitting on top, letting a wall breathe and manage moisture as it was built to. We work with breathable limewashes and silicate mineral paints — including Keim — for heritage masonry, new render and any substrate where trapping moisture would do more harm than a coating ever could.
Hand-worked wall finishes bring a depth and movement flat paint can't. Built up in fine layers and worked back by hand, they read differently as the light moves across them — a finish where the surface itself becomes the feature.
Reactive and metallic finishes are allowed to oxidise and age into a patina, no two panels ever quite the same. Applied and then encouraged to weather under control, they suit feature walls, joinery and steel where a living, evolving surface is the point.
Where a project calls for something beyond the mainstream, we specify from niche houses — Resene, Keim, Porter's Paints and other specialist ranges — matching each system to the substrate, the exposure and the finish the architecture is asking for. The brand follows the requirement, never the other way around.