Pre-treatment & Surface Preparation

Mechanical Preparation for both powder and liquid applications using a range of media, including

• Steel Grit Shot Blasting
• Aluminium Oxide Shot Blasting
• Glass Bead Shot Blasting
• Soda Blasting

Six Stage, on-line Multi-metal Chemical Pre-treatment (conversion or dry in place) available for powder applications that is proven to give in excess of 1000hrs neutral salt spray.

Liquid Coatings

Maine offer cost effective protective or decorative coatings applied as single or multilayer systems to meet our customer’s needs and can accommodate product within a work envelope of 14m x 4m x 3.5m. A full range of RAL and BS colours are available and we have over 150 years combined experience working on the many platforms available including Zinc Silicates, Epoxy Primers, Polyurethanes, Epoxy and Glass Flake Epoxy coatings. Our ICATS trained painters and in-house ICorr paint inspector ensures we can always comply with the application requirements of any specification including C5M and NOROSK if required.

Powder Coating

We work with the leading manufacturers of powder coatings and provide Epoxy, Polyurethane and Polyester platforms that offer environmentally friendly solutions for both interior and external applications. Our on-line system allows us to coat products within a work envelope of 5.5 x 2.4 x 1.2M with an individual component weight of 500Kg max.  Off-line the work envelope increases to 10.0 x 3.0 x 2.8M and a weight limit of 2000Kg

Specialist Coatings

Maine have been appointed as the only approved applicator for Metaline in UK and Ireland.  Metaline, a company based in Southern Germany with over 50 years’ experience manufacture spray applied elastomeric coatings that provide unrivalled protection against wear, erosion and corrosion.  Used extensively to extend the service life of wet screening plants, tanks, pump casings and impellers, concrete processing equipment and concrete moulds to name but a few of the potential applications.

Assembly

At Maine we understand the many benefits if Just in Time supply and where required we can also offer an assembly service that includes mechanical or electrical installations so that we can support you in every way required and either ship your product to your facilities for JIT incorporation into your schedule or alternatively direct to your customers premises in order to avoid non added value handling.

Maine Surface Finishing has its own delivery fleet in Ireland; we contract third-party logistics companies to service our UK client-base.