-300x204.jpg)
Painted and polished finishes developed especially for cast iron
Our Cast Iron Finishes
Our finishes are grouped into three price brackets.
1. Signature Collection
Our core range of popular whites, grays and blacks. Signature collection finishes are included in the price of your radiator.
Jump To Signature Collection2. Branded Paints
Choose any color from Farrow & Ball, Little Greene, Benjamin Moore and others. Branded paints are priced at $17.00 + VAT per section.
Jump To Branded Paints3. Bare Metal
At the top of the range, our Bare Metal finishes are produced by hand with layers of lacquer on polished cast iron. Bare metal finishes are priced at $54.00 + VAT per section.
Jump To Bare Metal FinishesSignature Collection
Signature Collection
Our core range of popular neutrals and monochrome finishes, developed especially for cast iron.
We have refined our painting process over the years ensuring the finish is hard-wearing and stays looking great.
Each radiator is dip primed and cured with infra-red, then dipped and cured again. After priming, radiators get two coats of hard-wearing two-pack paint, again with infra-red curing in between.
-768x547.jpg)
Bare Metal
Bare Metal Collection
Brilliant, lustrous finishes produced by hand using lacquers and specialist polishing techniques.
We begin by tumbling the cast iron sections for 10 hours in a giant drum filled with ceramic pebbles. The sections are then tumbled for a further 8 hours with small porcelain beads and water.
Powdered porcelain from the beads makes a paste with the water which gives a high shine to the surface of the iron.
We then use layers of primer and tinted lacquers to create deep colors that allow the lustre of the metal to show through.
Polished by hand
For the polished finishes as well as Natural Brass and Aged Gold, the process is entirely manual. Each section is carefully polished against a spinning wheel through 12 grades of increasingly fine abrasive to achieve the various effects. They are then lacquered to complete the finish.
Polishing cast iron is a highly labor-intensive process. For that reason, we only polish those surfaces that will be seen. The side of the radiator that will face the wall is left lacquered but unpolished. This helps us keep the price you pay as low as possible. If all of the radiator will be seen please advise us and we will polish the whole radiator.
-768x646.jpg)
Branded Paints
Make it a Match
For a seamless drench or a vibrant pop, choose your colors from our favorite paint collections.
We use genuine branded paints under licence from Little Greene, Farrow & Ball and Benjamin Moore. Radiators are finished with the same dip prime and painting process as for our Signature Collection finishes for intense color and a tough, long-lasting finish.
We can’t offer cast iron samples of the branded paints because there are so many to choose from but follow us on Instagram to see our radiators in their sublime colors. For color cards and plenty more detail on their paints head to the retailers’ websites. We don’t list every single branded paint finish online. If there’s something you’d like, get in touch.
-768x512.jpg)
Little Greene is a British family-run company with a strong eco-friendly ethos. They specialise in historic paints and wallpapers which they produce in North Wales.
Like Castrads, they were established in Manchester and continue to take inspiration from the long industrial heritage of the area.
Visit Little Greene
Farrow & Ball is based in Dorset where they produce their artisanal paints and wallpapers inspired by National Trust archives.
Our Chelsea showrooms are right next door to each other on Fulham Road, where they opened their first flagship store back in 1996.
Visit Farrow & Ball
Founded in Brooklyn in 1883, Benjamin Moore is one of North America’s leading suppliers of premium paints.
A favourite brand among our American customers, Benjamin Moore is now available in the UK with their London store located a few doors away from our own in Chelsea’s interiors quarter.
Visit Benjamin Moore
