Author: Jonathan
External Tile Fixing
Where does the 20mm porcelain sit? Tiling or Landscaping? The difficulty is the two methods being undertaken by two very different professions. Porcelain is a fully vitrified product and extremely dense, thus giving it little to no water porosity at all. Landscaping is (in the main) a bed of semi dry mortar (sand & cement […]
Read MorePatina – The best known secret
‘What’s that’…….? Derived from an old Italian word – Patinare, meaning to apply a finish. Patina has been around for over 30 years and is possibly the best product on the market for rejuvenating older wooden surfaces to make them look BETTER than new! Its formula consists of resins and natural oils that have been […]
Read MoreThe Summertime Fence Paint Blitz
What a different World we live in within the space of 12 months. We have all encountered many challenges in the last year, none more so than getting hold of Fenceguard in the summer months. We have experienced an unprecedented volume of sales during this time and the pressures that were put on the supply […]
Read MoreDoes a Couple ‘Un’ or ‘De’?
Good question! But the simple answer is…..Both! To Decouple is to disengage or to make a change to one system without changing another, whereas to Uncouple is to unlink or to detach one thing from another. Basically, decoupling is a synonym of uncoupling. The term within construction / engineering has been around since the early […]
Read MorePalace Strikes Industry Pose with Innovative Video Content
Everyday life has changed for everyone – From having to wear a mask and forming orderly queues for the shops to getting handy DIY hints and tips from the internet. A recent survey stated that 63% of adults in the UK would seek help and advice from a how-to video before tackling a building or […]
Read MoreWe Ain’t Heavy!
As the UK continues to be more aware for the need of environmentally ‘clean’ products, industry has also stood up to be counted! Not least Palace Chemicals! Looking at various technological advances in polymers and binders to keep up to date with the ever-increasing size of tiles and varying substrates, mixed with the pursuit for […]
Read MoreIs Water Penetrating Your Masonry?
If you have water penetrating your exterior brickwork due to dampness, which would usually occur on north facing walls, Palace Chemicals has the answer; Treat your walls with Palace Waterseal. Palace Waterseal comes in spirit (Waterseal) and water-based form (Aqueous Waterseal), designed to be brushed or sprayed applied with 2 coats to your exterior brickwork […]
Read MoreAround The World In 80m!
A recent conversation with a customer regarding the size of the UK tiling Market went along the lines of ‘who is the biggest in terms of adhesive volume in the UK’? I think I took him by surprise when I immediately replied, “we are” (Palace Chemicals), to which I then qualified that with the following: When […]
Read MoreFenceguard is out of this world!
Back in 1982 the only way of treating a fence or shed was to use either Creosote, or a spirit-based Wood Preservative, both of which are now largely banned due to their not so nice raw materials. So Palace Chemicals developed a water based shed and fence treatment called Fenceguard in 2 colours (Chestnut Brown […]
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