Crown Paints has launched its latest innovative exterior paint product to protect buildings from extreme weather conditions that cause dilapidation and loss of value in the property market.
The CEO, Mr Rakesh Rao, said Crown Ultraguard Protect Silicone Extreme will offer over 15 years warranty with dirt pick up resistance, algae, mould, fungus resistance and crack bridging, meaning fibre reinforced formulation for extra strength to paint film in order to cover hairline cracks without cracking, maintaining property value for a long time.
“The new paint does not allow water to penetrate as it has a special breathing property, which allows moisture to evaporate while hindering water from outside to penetrate the walls. What specifically differentiates it from Crown Ultraguard Silicone, an existing water-repellent paint launched over a year ago, is its dirt pick up resistance and crack bridging property” Rao added.
Where are Ultraguard exterior paints used?
Ultraguard exterior paints are best suited for exterior concrete/plaster walls that are exposed to external weather. However, the longevity of its adhesion to wooden and metallic surfaces largely depends on the condition of these surfaces.
How are Ultraguard exterior paints different from other exterior paints?
Ultraguard exterior paint is a high-quality water-based exterior paint designed with silicone technology from Wacker Chemie plc from Germany. It stands out from other ordinary exterior paints in protecting exterior walls from extreme weather conditions such as rainwater, dirt, humidity and moistures, algae, mould, fungus and ultraviolet rays.
The silicone technology in Ultraguard exterior paints helps it sustain the exterior environment and saves you the maintenance cost and hustle of repainting your building every 3-4 years, as is the case with normal paints. The best part being https://www.crownpaints.co.ke/product/crown-ultraguard-protect-silicone-extreme/Ultraguard exterior paints have a life expectancy of 10-15 years
What is silicone technology as used in Ultraguard exterior paints?
The specially designed silicone additive that is added in water-based exterior paints provides them with extra power that helps them enhance the durability of construction buildings.
What are the advantages/benefits of using silicone technology in Ultraguard exterior paints?
Water repellent property – this helps prevent the penetration of water into concrete walls, something that ordinary exterior paints do not have.
Breathing property – this is a special breathing property that allows any moisture in the concrete to evaporate while keeping out any moisture simultaneously.
UV protection – this helps protect your walls from the Ultraviolet rays from the sun and prevent colour fading in the process, ultimately maintaining the beauty of your building for years to come.
Cleaning property – Exterior walls painted with Ultraguard paints are easy to clean as opposed to those painted with normal paint. This property helps maintain the attractiveness of walls.
Ultraguard paints further protect the safety of your home by resisting the growth of algae, mould & fungus.
The above properties help protect the bars reinforced inside concrete from corrosion by preventing water penetration through the walls. Ultraguard exterior paint film protects concrete from external weather and maintains the strength of the building for longer, by letting moisture inside the concrete evaporate without damaging the paint film. As a result, you get to maintain the beauty of your building construction for years.
Is Ultraguard exterior paint suitable for interior surfaces?
Ultraguard exterior paints are designed to protect the exterior walls of homes/buildings from outdoor weather conditions. We have specially designed paints to protect the interior of your homes and business premises.
Does Ultraguard exterior paint require primer/undercoats or skim coat before application?
For full performance, of Ultraguard Exterior Paints, the surface preparation is necessary. Depending on the surface, primers/undercoats are required.
If the surface is chunky, use Crown Penetrating Primer or Crown 3 Masonry primer to bond the chunky powder.
To level, the surface, use Crown Wallplast exterior/interior cement putty.
For better performance, use undercoat emulsion exterior/interior or acrylic sealers.
If the wall is levelled by skimming material over it, apply Ultraguard Exterior Paint as a primer followed by topcoats. The first coat of Ultraguard exterior paint is thinned by 15% clean water while topcoats – 2nd or 3rd, depending on the shade, by not more than 5%. Make sure you read the instruction carefully.
How many products are available in Ultraguard exterior paints & what is the difference between the products?
Ultraguard silicone paints: provides excellent protection of construction walls from water/moisture and UV rays through properties such as water repellent and breathability.
Crown Ultraguard Protect Silicone Extreme: is a superior grade of exterior paint that offers extra protection due to the following properties:-
Extra water repellent to keep your building dry and safe from moulds, fungus, and algae.
Dirt pick up resistance that helps retain the aesthetic of your building by making cleaning the wall easier.
Crack bridging, which prevents the development of fine hairline cracks caused by the expansion and contraction of concrete. Its elasticity sustains concrete elongation without breakage to help bridge the cracks and protect from water penetration.
Micro-porous and breathable property to take any moisture out.
How many colours are available in Ultraguard exterior paints?
Above 9000 shades are available.
What sheen does Crown Ultraguard Protect Silicone Extreme have?
Crown Ultraguard Protect Silicone Extreme has little sheen. Dead matt and high gloss are not available.
Does Ultraguard Silicone & Crown Ultraguard Protect Silicone Extreme offer a warranty?
Ultraguard Silicone offers 10 years while Crown Ultraguard Protect Silicone Extreme offers 15 years performance warranty that covers water repellent, dust resistance and colours fading. Depending on the application conditions durability warranty is also covered. Kindly refer to our warranty documents.
Why is the price of Crown Ultraguard Protect Silicone Extreme higher than Ultraguard Silicone?
This is becauseCrown Ultraguard Protect Silicone Extreme is a superior grade product that has more features such as dirt proof and cracks bridging, with additional power to resist water and protect against changing weather conditions.
Crown Team Kubwa members have each qualified to redeem up to Ksh 10,000 worth of school fees for their children after attaining and redeeming 12,000 points and above as part of Crown Paint’s Kenya PLC transformative loyalty program for Kenyan Painters. Crown Paint’s vision is to break the poverty cycle & transform lives and, in 2017, launched the Team Kubwa program whose aim is to provide free technical & business skills training to drive self-sustenance for painters, masons, carpenters, auto Jua Kali artisans while rewarding them for their loyalty.
“So far, we have trained & registered thousands of painters & each has the potential to bank points and reach the redemption level for redeeming points for school fees for their loved ones,” explained Rakesh Rao, Crown Paints Group CEO.
Mr. Rao said Team Kubwa Painters’ needs to revolve around personal empowerment & Crown Paint’s vision is to transform lives, thereby offering the new school fees redemption option to continue to tap into this unmet need.
He said the reward was a new redemption option that seeks to empower the painters, together with their families, with training and education through direct payment of school fees to their institution of choice where they are currently enrolled or have a child or spouse presently enrolled in.
The Team Kubwa program encourages Painters to actively bank their points, which enables them to redeem prizes that could transform their lives from shopping, electricity bills to painting gear and Crown Paints products.
Crown Paints Kenya PLC plans to roll out more rewards to increase the number of active painters in 2020 and encourages painters to continue banking their points to get more rewards!
More than 300 patients underwent cataract surgery treatment during a weeklong exercise at Mediheal Hospital that had been organized by Amrita Centre Kenya and Crown Paints. The exercise which ended over the weekend had targeted Kenyans with eyesight issues and not financially equipped to manage their eyes.
While making a contribution towards the exercise, Crown Paints Group Head of Sales Bhavesh Gandhi noted that such initiative was as part of Crown Paints’ transformation agenda to positively impact lives in communities.
“As a transformative company, we’re proud to be part of this initiative which is aimed at enhancing customer’s sight by facilitating cataract surgery treatment so that they are able to see different shades of colour and beauty around them,” he added.
The listed firm invests over Ksh 20 million annually in programs that change people’s lives in all counties across the country to enhance performance and wellbeing of individuals. Besides, it trains locals to become professional painters through a program dubbed Team Kubwa where 10,000 painters have undergone specialized training at no cost.
Crown Paints, with regional operations in Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda has established depots and showrooms across major towns including Eldoret, Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, Meru and Nyeri with plans to cover all counties in the Country in the next 5 years
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Paint manufacturer Crown Paints Plc has unveiled a promotion dubbed paka paka Crown Paints hii Krissi upate Christmas starter pack that targets painters, contractors and homeowners. The campaign that aims to improve the firm’s sales over this Christmas holidays requires one to purchase selected Crown Paints products and get prizes that include foodstuff such as flour, sugar, rice and cooking oil.
The firm’s Chief Executive Officer Rakesh Rao said customer loyalty has played a significant role in the growth of the firm over years and initiating such promotions is a way of appreciating customers for their support particularly during such festive season as they celebrate with their loved ones.
Rao said during the Christmas period, many Kenyans transform their homes as part of festivities and Crown Paints is tapping into the opportunity by providing a variety of paints and coatings and rewarding customers with a variety of foodstuffs to celebrate.
“We have unveiled this promotion countrywide to enable customers who either want to give their space or homes a facelift as we enter a festive season or repaint their offices or schools as we break for the holiday a chance to get a product that adds value to their lives over this festive period when purchasing our selected products”, Rao explained.
Among the products customer will get include Crown Ruff n’ Tuff, WP Cement Putty, Crown silk vinyl emulsion + Crown vinyl matt luxury emulsion, Crown Permacote Ultraguard with Silicone + Permaplast among others.
Crown Paints Plc, has invested Ksh. 30 million in the setting up Nyeri depot along Nyeri-Nyahururu highway, as part of its expansion strategy to tap into the populous Mount Kenya region to boost sales. This is second depot in Mount Kenya region after opening one in Meru four years ago.
The firm’s Chief Executive Officer, Rakesh Rao, said the depot will enable customers from the larger Mount Kenya counties to access the latest innovations in paints and interior finishes which will be readily available from the depot as latest products such as decorative paints, flooring solutions, automotive paints and specialized coatings and adhesives will be stocked to offer customers variety.
Rakesh Rao cuts the Ribbon to Open the Depot
Rakesh Rao Unveils a Plaque
“We also expect this facility to offer dealers improved customer experience and satisfaction where detailed information on Crown Paints entire line of paints, as well as paint colour dispensing machine and professional advisorty services to dealers will be provided”, Rao explained.
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Depot Tour
Crown Paints has depots and showrooms in Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu Nakuru, Meru, Eldoret and now Nyeri.
Staff Sampling Paint in Nyeri Depot
Team Kubwa Promotion winner, Onesmus Kithome, (Center), receiving a phone and goodie bag from Product Development Managerat Crown Paints Kenya, Nilesh S. Gosavi, (Left), and Business Development Manager at Crown Paints Kenya, Rajeev Kalita (Right) during the award ceremony at Crown Paints Kenya.
Team Kubwa Promotion winner, Ng’ang’a Ndungu, (Center), receiving a phone and goodie bag from and Painter’s Trainer, Pius Musyoka, (Left), and Head of Sales at Crown Paints Kenya, Bhavesh Gandhi (Right) during the award ceremony at Crown Paints Kenya.
Team Kubwa Promotion winner, Ng’ang’a Ndungu, Bernard Ngunyi, (Right), receiving a goodie bag from Product Development Manager at Crown Paints Kenya, Nilesh S. Gosavi, (Left) during the award ceremony at Crown Paints Kenya.
Star Field create access to facilities for the kids to come and train. Underprivileged youth are the beneficiaries of the program.
Over 500 kids ranging from 4 yrs to 19 yrs old are expected to participate in this year’s Star Field Youth League whose main objective is to drive access for youth to play sport by cutting down barriers to drive the growth of Sport in Kenya. The growth of the sport in the country has been faced with a myriad of challenges including gender, access to training facilities and professional coaches. This year’s event will see four ladies’ teams of 50 girls competing and 8 underprivileged teams of 100 kids participating.
Crown Paints Chief Executive Officer, Rakesh Rao said sport plays an integral role in empowering the youth across the country as they are able to get a chance to enhance and improve their skills. “On this World Skills Youth Day, we want to support young cricketers and tennis players to harness their talents through intense training, developing the youth through constructive activities to become future professionals”, Rao added.
He said the Kenyan youth have a lot of sporting potential but lack resources to succeed and urged other stakeholders to support Star Field initiatives of developing talent among the young people. The paint company-sponsored Ksh 500,000 towards supporting the cause. The Star Field Youth Tournament is set to run from 21 – 25th August 2019 at Nairobi Gymkhana, Nairobi Club and Sikh Union Club among others.
Karan Kaul, Director Star Field said the organisation’s main aim was to create access to facilities for the kids to come and train. “We want to cut down on barriers such as gender, lack of facilities, lack of coaches, lack of money and give opportunities for kids to showcase their talent through competitive tournaments that we run”, he added.
A number of professionals such as Kevin Mtembeii, an underprivileged boy that joined the academy in 2017, have since made it to the preliminary Kenya U-19 Squad and represents Gymkhana.
