Description
Lime Green
Protek Royal Exterior in Lime Green is a vibrant and zingy shade that resembles the peel of the lime fruit. It is perfect for adding a splash of bright, fresh colour to your garden. Like many shades of green, it can be used with eye-catching effect or, alternatively, can blend subtly with the rich array of other greens that are common in British gardens. Lime Green works well when paired with a real variety of other colours. It is naturally complemented by shades of red, but we have also seen it paired with a variety of dark colours for colour blocking, other bright colours and alongside various off white shades. Ultimately, it depends on your taste, but Lime Green gives you the option of being bright and bold with your colour choices or more understated and subtle.
Protek Royal Exterior wood paint really is top of its class when it comes to quality timber treatments that add superb levels of protection and waterproofing to your wooden, garden products. Plus, their fantastic range of colours really allows you the freedom to personalise your garden to match your personality and tastes. Subtle and refreshing with fewer coats but more vibrant and bold in three coats, Lime Green is versatile because it can blend in with the rest of your garden or be used to stand out and make a statement as required. It is a very popular choice as a colour for the exterior of garden buildings and we regularly see customers using Lime Green for summerhouses, playhouses, log cabins and even sheds. It is also a popular choice for a variety of other garden features, such as fencing, planters, furniture or garden structures because it can blend so well with the vibrant, natural colours of your 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!
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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