Paint for Panels in Parlour and Dairy

[SolwayFarmer]

any advice as to what I should paint precast panels with for a tank room and parlour. Tempted just to lease them as they are - easy to wash etc but painting them would make it look smarter and brighter perhaps.
any advice would be much appreciated. Tight budget so fibreglass and that type of treatment is probably too expensive
thanks

 

[kill]

Leave them as are unless dairy inspector really makes a big deal outa them as you would need to prove its food hygiene paint and that's around £75 for 5 litres and peles for fun as the paint is crap.

 

[organicguy]

When we built our parlour, we had it fibre glassed. Parts of the dairy we had the fibreglass team paint the panels with the resin they used for the fibreglass. Leaves the panels concrete colour but seals them. Seems a good job, may be worth investigating.

 

[Scholsey]

https://www.toolstation.com/everbui...tGOcnwzuQ1YFOR6E178H0BGIjENMdpV8aApTWEALw_wcB

just coat with something like this

 

[Homesy]

My neighbour used a 2 coat paint from Delaval. There is a sealer/primer first followed by a top coat. Been in 7 or 8 years and still looks good.

 

[Grassman247]

There’s a flake paint I saw in New Zealand it looked really smart, think there’s a company over here that does it

 

[farmer1989]

Quatro epoxy paint 3 coats amazing stuff

 

[Walwyn]

These
http://antel.co.uk/28-agriculture-animal-coatings
Really helpful if you phone them up as well. We ran a abrasive disk on grinder over panels first, came a good finish with 2 coats.

 

[Milkcow365]

This is antel stuff 4 and a half years now and I abuse it with hypo like crazy

These
http://antel.co.uk/28-agriculture-animal-coatings
Really helpful if you phone them up as well. We ran a abrasive disk on grinder over panels first, came a good finish with 2 coats.

 

[SolwayFarmer]

View attachment 804530 This is antel stuff 4 and a half years now and I abuse it with hypo like crazy

Looks good, did you paint it on yourself? What's the coverage like, the website reckons a 5 litre tin does 25m2. Works out a good bit cheaper than Quattro but not if you need two coats.

 

[pine_guy]

View attachment 804530 This is antel stuff 4 and a half years now and I abuse it with hypo like crazy

How’s it looking 3 years on?

 

[Milkcow365]

How’s it looking 3 years on?

 

[frederick]

Concrete panels only need a sealer. Mine have been in 23 years and still look brand new. Anything else will wear a bit and will then look like painted concrete panels where the paint is flaking. Don't cover them up.

 

[pine_guy]

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Just seen this, don’t know why I didn’t get a notification. Anyway, looks really good. I’ve done my new stud wall with uPVC cladding, it’s what to do the old rendered walls with as they have a lot of cracks and old paint. Thinking I might continue with the uPVC, but will have to take a few things down to do it, but hopefully that will be the only time I touch it.