Carron Victorian 4 Column Cast Iron Radiator Painted 460mm Height

The primer finish applied to a Carron Cast Iron Radiator plays a crucial role as a protective base coat during the manufacturing process. A primer layer is not intended to be the final finish but rather serves as the fundamental protective layer, providing a good surface where additional paint can adhere effectively, and protects the radiator from oxidisation.

Although it's not a common practice you can leave radiators in their primer finish even after installation. As a standard feature, Carron radiators are supplied with a neutral primer (as pictured), giving you the option to maintain this look if desired.

Carron offers a versatile solution for enhancing your cast iron radiator's appearance, with an onsite paint and spray shop Carron can finish any radiator from a choice of over 10,000 paints and offer an expert colour matching service, providing a wide range of customisation options using specialist paints known for their quality, durability and UV resistance.

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Carron Traditional Colours

Carron Radiators has accumulated a selection of the most popular Traditional Colours requested, please see below (please note these finishes can be achieved on any radiator style, not just the example style shown). These colour tones represent the most sought-after shades that seamlessly complement various interior spaces. Finishes include satin, semi-gloss or full gloss, simply inform our team your request.

Roberson Metallic Colours

Roberson Metallic Colours are a popular choice, and there are a wide range of metallic finishes to choose from here are some of our most popular below.

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Farrow & Ball or Little Greene Colours

Carron accommodates your desire for a colour match to renowned paint brands such as Farrow & Ball or Little Greene. Rest assured that their colour matching process strives to be as faithful as possible to the original shade ensuring a truly unique customized finish.

The Farrow & Ball and Little Greene's range is a perennial favourite, often sought after for there timeless inspiration by home renovators who are looking to elevate their home projects. Transform your home with the elegance and history of Farrow & Ball's or Little Greene's exquisite palette! Below are a selection of Carron's most popular Farrow and Ball colours.

Choose your colour code from RAL / Farrow & Ball or Little Greene website or in-store.

F&B Estate Eggshell or Little Greene Intelligent Eggshell is the standard finish, but we are also able to supply a Full Matt, Full Gloss, or 20% Gloss available upon request. We do advise ordering a colour swatch to ensure accuracy, as monitor displays may vary.

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RAL Colours

Carron also provides you with the unique opportunity to select any colour from the widely recognized RAL Colour Standard, a commonly used classification in the realms of architectural and industrial painting. We provide you the capability to apply any desired colour using our specially formulated, durable, and UV-resistant paints. Choose from some of our most popular below.

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Carron's in house team of highly skilled metal polishers and detailers are dedicated to their craft. They expertly polish every section, enhancing raised or ornate features with a variety of colors. Whether you seek an aged effect or a highlight burnish finish, discover our options below.

Bare Metal

Bare Metal as it name suggests is a finish that leaves all manufacturing marks such as Casting Chaplets and little abrasions, giving a beautifully industrial, yet aesthetically pleasing look. Impressively, these radiators are also finished with a protective lacquer top coat to guarantee that they will stay in optimal condition for years to come.

Antiqued Patina Finishes

When used on intricately designed radiators, Antiqued Patina really enhances the patterns and details. While it's most pronounced on ornate or patterned radiators, it still imparts a subtle yet stylish effect on simpler, plainer styles.

The final result is achieved by allowing the base coat to dry thoroughly, a secondary colour is applied over it. During this phase, two coats of paint are delicately removed from specific areas while the paint is still wet, creating a two-tone effect. The outcome showcases the dominant presence of the base colour, with deeper crevices highlighting hints of the secondary colour.

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Highlighted Polished Finishes

A highlighted polished radiator undergoes a meticulous transformation process, beginning with the application of your chosen paint color. In the case of a highlight polish, black is typically selected due to its striking impact after polishing.

Following the painting stage, our skilled craftsmen delicately hand-polish the elevated features of your radiator using a fine abrasive wheel. This labor-intensive technique results in a truly worthwhile process. The highlight polish accentuates the raised details of your radiator wonderfully and creates a beautifully authentic aged look and feel.

This distinctive finish is attained by initially assembling and painting the radiator. Subsequently, it proceeds to our grinding and fettling department, where we expertly enhance the pattern while maintaining the rest of the radiator in a striking black hue

Please see examples below:

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Vintage Copper

Carron Radiators Vintage Copper finish is first painted with a copper coloured base. A patina is then applied to give an aged look.

When used on intricately designed radiators, Vintage Copper Finish really enhances the patterns and details. While it's most pronounced on ornate or patterned radiators, it still imparts a subtle yet stylish effect on simpler, plainer styles.

Carron has a dedicated highly trained team of metal polishers and detailers. From polishing each section to highlighting raised or ornate features in various colours, the Carron team can really transform each radiator wheteher you want a Hand Burnished Polish or Satin Polish, Carron has got you covered. Please check them out below.

POLISHED - Hand Burnished

A polished finish means that rather than having a painted finish the radiator is polished back to bare metal, achieved using a high degree of polishing using fine ceramic abrasives. The radiator is then buffed with a stitched polishing mop. It is a clever way to add contrast to finely detailed radiators by accentuating raised sections with a brighter polish.

It's a time consuming, labour intensive process. Each section is sandblasted to remove any surface primers then fettled and individually hand polished by Carron's experienced polishers, this produces a finish which is bursting with character. It's the sort of finish that will make your decorative radiator the centrepiece of a room.

Carron can lacquer coat their polished radiators to prevent oxidisation. This means that it does not require regular oiling to maintain a rust free look.  However if rust spots do appear, light wire wool will remove the spots followed by touch-up lacquer available from Carron on request. Polished finishes are not suitable for Humid atmospheres such as Bathrooms. It is also inadvisable to place wet or damp clothes on polished radiators.

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POLISHED - Satin Polished

For Carron's Satin Polished finish the radiators go through a meticulous process, as with the hand burnished finish, a satin polished radiator also undergoes a ceramic abrasive process. However, with a satin polish finish, the final polishing process is changed to give a subtle sheen rather than a hand polished look this satin finish produces a wonderful antiquated quality.

As with a hand burnished finish, a satin polished radiator can be lacquered which will ensure no further maintenance is required, but rust spots may still appear due to cast iron's nature and varying environments. Keep in mind that polished finishes aren't ideal for humid spaces like bathrooms, and avoid placing wet clothes directly on them to maintain their appearance. 

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