Description
Passionate Plum
Alongside Giddy Green and Flamingo Pink, Protek Royal Exterior in Passionate Plum was developed for the RHS Hampton Court Flower Show. It was so popular that Protek made it a colour in their fantastic range permanently. A deep and rich shade of maroon with a hint of a plum-coloured purple, it can be used with great effect to highlight the key features of your garden or as a complementary colour that will blend harmoniously with many other shades. With one or two coats of Passionate Plum, you will have a more subtle colouring that showcases the natural appeal of your timber and will blend better with its surroundings. Alternatively, in three coats, you will get the richer, darker effect that many customers love, allowing you to make a real colour statement. This can then be used for colour blocking or for creating eye-catching contrasts with vibrant or complementary shades.
As a way to add excellent levels of protection to your timber product while also allowing you to add a personal touch, Protek Royal Exterior Wood Paint is hard to beat. Passionate Plum is versatile enough to allow you to be subtle with your colour design as well as bolder if you prefer. Using multiple coats allows you to create a deeper colour with a “sheen” look that we have seen used with great effect when painted on the exterior or interior walls, of a variety of garden buildings, such as log cabins, summerhouses and even sheds.
Many customers have also used Passionate Plum with great effect to draw the eye to garden highlights or as a secondary colour on a timber product. By painting doors, window frames or fence posts with this treatment, we have seen some stunning garden designs created. Perhaps the real beauty of this shade is that it works so well next to almost any colour, though its natural complement would probably be Teal in the Protek range. Working well with bright, vibrant colours to natural wood stains, Passionate Plum could be exactly what you’re looking for to achieve your dream garden.
Protek comes highly recommended by a number of leading manufacturers of timber garden products. What’s more, we’re so confident in Protek at elbec that every wooden building at our showsite in Nottingham is treated with a product from the Protek range. Come and see the quality for yourself!
Sample Pot
Unsure about how the colour will look? We offer sample pots for every Protek product we sell. You can purchase a 125ml sample pot of Protek Royal Exterior in Passionate Plum. These pots are ideal for testing out how the treatment will look painted on your chosen surface, and can give you an idea of how well your chosen shade will suit your garden. Colour can vary based on many factors, such as the type of surface treatment is painted onto or how many coats are used, so many customers opt for the peace of mind that comes with trying out a colour before purchasing a larger quantity. Sample pots are also popular for customers who need just a small amount of treatment for accents, highlights, finishing touches, or small decorative designs. Alternatively, you can browse our full range of Protek Royal Exterior sample pots if you would like to explore more treatment and colour options.
Features
Protek Royal Exterior provides a rich, long-lasting colour while still allowing the qualities of the timber and the natural beauty of the wood grain to show through. It is ideal for hardwood or softwood and will last for anywhere between two and five years, depending on levels of wear and tear or exposure to the elements. Royal Exterior penetrates the top layers of your timber and creates a coating on the surface. It is also a joinery grade treatment which gets into all the joins and cracks of your timber to offer maximum protection. By treating your timber with Protek, you get an excellent level of water resistance as well as superb protection from mould, rot, fungus and weathering. The weatherproof layer that Protek paint forms even works on horizontal surfaces, unlike cheaper alternatives.
Treated wood also benefits from UV protection as the resins and acrylics filter UV and slow down the effects of colour fading. While providing this excellent protection, Protek creates a microporous coating, which allows the timber to breathe; this is essential for the longevity of your treated wood. When dry, it forms a hard, durable surface. Besides the excellent protection this offers your timber, it also ensures that no colouring will rub off onto your clothes, for example, unlike alternative treatments on the market. Our wood stains are also designed to be flexible and move with timber as it expands and contracts with the seasons.
Protek Royal Exterior is a water-based treatment. This gives it a number of advantages over other types of treatment. Because water is the “carrier” in Protek, this means that when the paint dries it is water that evaporates, not an oil or white spirit. This gives Protek a low VOC (Volatile Organic Compound) rating and a low odour. Protek also use a biodegradable fungicide to minimise the impact of its products on the environment. On top of this, Protek Royal Exterior complies with EN71 parts 2 and 3 relating to child toy safety and flammability. For all these reasons, Protek Royal Exterior has been deemed suitable for use around pets, plants and children, provided a period of 24 hours for the treatment to completely dry is allowed before allowing contact with animals or soil. It will, however, be touch dry within two hours in normal weather conditions.
If you want to know more about how to get the best results from using Protek Royal Exterior, as well as useful, additional information on the product, please read through our “tips for use,” which you will find above.
Coverage
1 litre of Protek Royal Exterior will be able to cover approximately 6-10 square metres of timber per coat. This size is ideal for smaller painting projects, such as tool and bike stores, pergolas, trellis, gates, or garden furniture. There will be variations in the quantity of paint needed to cover different kinds of timber, with rough sawn timber requiring more paint than timber with a smooth surface. If you are still unsure which size to choose for your Protek Royal Exterior paint, we recommend taking a look at the manufacturer's own coverage calculator. To ensure the timber is optimally protected, we recommend applying a second coat of Royal Exterior once the initial coat has fully dried. The first will penetrate the timber, while successive coats will build up the consistency and sheen. However, if you would like to create a lighter stain effect that keeps the natural character of the timber's grain and colour visible, we suggest using one coat of this colour and an additional coat of Royal Exterior Clear to ensure full protection against weather and wear.
About Protek
Protek is a family run business that was established in the 1980s. They manufacture a range of high-quality wood stains, decorative timber coatings and preservatives. They design treatments that are effective and long lasting with the aim of protecting the user, their timber products and the environment. They use only water-based treatments as they are generally the most environmentally friendly. All of their products are manufactured at their factory in the UK and they are continually striving to improve the efficiency of their processes and environmental credentials.
Important Note on Colour
Although the colour we show with each product is as close as possible to how it will look when painted on timber, there will be variations in colour interpretation on different screens (computer screens, tablet devices, mobile phones etc.) and printing processes may slightly alter the colours. Because of this, the colour you see on your screen, or even if you print out our product information page, may vary from how the colour of the treatment appears in reality. Final colour, when painted, may also be affected by the timber that your paint is applied to (pale softwood as opposed to dark hardwood, for example) and could be affected if you are over-coating previous treatments. If you have any doubts, sample pots are available or you can visit elbec’s showsite where we can show you samples of the whole colour range applied to wooden swatches.
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