| the new black |
memo 141 |
Nov 2020 |
| in the eye of the beholder |
memo 140 |
August 2020 |
| shepherd's delight |
memo 139 |
May 2020 |
| the devil you know |
memo 138 |
February 2020 |
| things ancient and modern |
memo 137 |
November 2019 |
| eolian transport |
memo 136 |
August 2019 |
| animal, vegetable or mineral |
memo 135 |
May 2019 |
| under pressure |
memo 134 |
February 2019 |
| urban legend - old painter tales or tricky physics |
memo 133 |
November 2018 |
| sweet |
memo 132 |
August 2018 |
| blood brothers |
memo 131 |
May 2018 |
| what sorcery is this!? |
memo 130 |
February 2018 |
| a silk purse or a sow's ear |
memo 129 |
November 2017 |
| HCHO |
memo 128 |
July 2017 |
| repaint! repaint, but when? |
memo 127 |
May 2017 |
| durability revisited |
memo 126 |
February 2017 |
| LRVs reprised |
memo 125 |
November 2016 |
| could do better! |
memo 124 |
August 2016 |
| turn on the night light |
memo 123 |
May 2016 |
| paint exposed |
memo 122 |
February 2016 |
| game, set, match |
memo 121 |
November 2015 |
| power wash |
memo 120 |
August 2015 |
| carbon footprints |
memo 119 |
May 2015 |
| melting moments |
memo 118 |
February 2015 |
| absorbing stuff! |
memo 117 |
November 2014 |
| 6 shades of grey |
memo 116 |
August 2014 |
| a mine of information |
memo 115 |
May 2014 |
| the good oil |
memo 114 |
January 2014 |
| allergens in decorative paint |
memo 113 |
November 2013 |
| by a nose |
memo 112 |
August 2013 |
| glaringly obvious |
memo 111 |
May 2013 |
| 50 shades of !!! |
memo 110 |
February 2013 |
| another reprise - colour durability |
memo 109 |
November 2012 |
| touché |
memo 108 |
August 2012 |
| the art of coarse painting (revisited) |
memo 107 |
May 2012 |
| bleeding trees |
memo 106 |
February 2012 |
| little red hiding good |
memo 105 |
October 2011 |
| a stitch in time |
memo 104 |
September 2011 |
| paint vintage |
memo 103 |
June 2011 |
| radical |
memo 102 |
March 2011 |
| less is more – yeah right! |
memo 101 |
November 2010 |
| coloured oddments |
memo 100 |
September 2010 |
| the unfolding story of sustainability |
memo 99 |
June 2010 |
| next to godliness |
memo 98 |
March 2010 |
| get 'em off! |
memo 97 |
November 2009 |
| sun strokes |
memo 96 |
September 2009 |
| natural is good, synthetic is bad - yeah right!
(or a rationalist’s rant) |
memo 95 |
June 2009 |
| any colour as long as it’s green |
memo 94 |
March 2009 |
| natural but not naked |
memo 93 |
November 2008 |
| slips |
memo 92 |
September 2008 |
| the devil - is in the detail |
memo 91 |
May 2008 |
| in the valley of the blind |
memo 90 |
February 2008 |
| epoxies can be cured |
memo 89 |
November 2007 |
| bread and butter |
memo 88 |
September 2007 |
| on reflection |
memo 87 |
May 2007 |
| spaced out |
memo 86 |
February 2007 |
| hard cell |
memo 85 |
November 2006 |
| really strong colours |
memo 84 |
September 2006 |
| prima facie |
memo 83 |
May 2006 |
| want a good raincoat - tough!! |
memo 82 |
February 2006 |
| very 'orrible chemicals? |
memo 81 |
August 2005 |
| how green is green |
memo 80 |
June 2005 |
| generic specifying |
memo 79 |
February 2005 |
| cool eh |
memo 78 |
November 2004 |
| timberrr!! |
memo 77 |
September 2004 |
| clearly concrete |
memo 76 |
June 2004 |
| fit for purpose |
memo 75 |
February 2004 |
| point of sale tinting systems |
- |
2004 |
| out damned spot! |
memo 74 |
November 2003 |
| the amazing technicoloured dream
coat |
memo 73 |
September 2003 |
| leaky buildings |
memo 72 |
May 2003 |
| weatherbeaten? |
memo 71 |
November 2002 |
| hot topic |
memo 70 |
September 2002 |
| ventilation? no sweat |
memo 69 |
February 2002 |
| true blue |
memo 68 |
November 2001 |
| au natural |
memo 67 |
September 2001 |
| keen to stay green |
memo 66 |
May 2001 |
| hydrophobicity... how repellent
is it? |
memo 65 |
April 2001 |
| a pigment of the imagination |
memo 64 |
November 2000 |
| water water everywhere |
memo 63 |
May 2000 |
| cool coalescings |
memo 62 |
March 2000 |
| why 2K? |
memo 61 |
December 1999 |
| rough call - lightweight cladding
and monolithic finishes |
memo 60 |
October 1999 |
| kiwi castles - or monolithic
monsters? |
memo 59 |
August 1999 |
| flowers of concrete - with
a dash of lime |
memo 58 |
May 1999 |
| canopy coating |
memo 57 |
April 1999 |
| clones are people two! |
memo 56 |
February 1999 |
| romancing the tone |
memo 55 |
December 1998 |
| the problem of life on paint
films |
memo 54 |
October 1998 |
| straight and true - the
path to a perfect lining |
memo 53 |
August 1998 |
| humidity, temperature, water
- waterworld ll |
memo 52 |
June 1998 |
| waterborne enamels - an
oxymoron surely |
memo 51 |
April 1998 |
| painting elastomeric sealants
- stretched to the limit |
memo 50 |
February 1998 |
| colourful - colourfast |
memo 49 |
|
| more on durability |
memo 47 |
April 1986 |
| the ultimatt? |
memo 46 |
August 1986 |
| the
art of coarse painting |
memo 45 |
June 1985 |
| does your paint breathe? yes
- quite deeply when it gets excited! |
memo 44 |
April 1985 |
| latex what? |
memo 43 |
March 1985 |
| in at the deep end |
memo 42 |
November 1984 |
| graffiti problems - clones
are people two! |
memo 41 |
October 1984 |
| coating guarantees |
memo 40 |
September 1984 |
| improving the surface durability of timber - it goes against the grain |
memo 37 |
June 1984 |
| clear timber finishes - now is
that perfectly clear? |
memo 36 |
May 1984 |
| colour and durability |
memo 35 |
April 1984 |
| rust revisited |
memo 34 |
February 1984 |
| varnishes or the oil on urethanes |
memo 33a |
December 1983 |
| etch primers |
memo 33 |
October 1983 |
| Resene Quick Dry - acrylic/primer
undercoat |
memo 32 |
September 1983 |
| condition of substrate - for
exterior timber painting |
memo 31 |
August 1983 |
| applied finishes for timber -
exterior situations in New Zealand |
memo 30 |
July 1983 |
| alkyd v. acrylic ll |
memo 29 |
June 1983 |
| alkyd v. acrylic |
memo 28 |
February 1983 |
| Resene paints in fire situations |
memo 26 |
March 1983 |
| fire and the paint industry |
memo 25 |
February 1983 |
| surface preparation - smoke
damaged surfaces |
memo 24 |
December 1982 |
| surface preparation - interior wall linings |
memo 23 |
November 1982 |
| surface preparation - cementitious
surfaces |
memo 22 |
October 1982 |
| surface preparation - timber
including reconstituted products |
memo 21 |
September 1982 |
| coloured undercoats - they
do make a difference |
memo 18 |
May 1982 |
| specifying for interior painting |
memo 17 |
April 1982 |
| sensational colour |
memo 16 |
March 1982 |
| Resene X-200 - acrylic waterproofing
membrane |
memo 15 |
February 1982 |
| why semi-gloss enamels? |
memo 14 |
November 1981 |
| another paint failure |
memo 13 |
September 1981 |
| the problems with colour selection |
memo 12 |
August 1981 |
| the problem of life on paint
films |
memo 11 |
July 1981 |
| Colorwood stain - its development
and uses |
memo 9 |
May 1981 |
| painting concrete surfaces - specialised products for specialised jobs |
memo 8 |
April 1981 |
| painting concrete surfaces |
memo 7 |
March 1981 |
| a new polyurethane paving paint |
memo 6 |
February 1981 |
| acrylic roof paints for galvanised
steel |
memo 4 |
October 1980 |
| the origins of standard colours |
memo 3 |
September 1980 |
| corrosion prevention of galvanised
steel |
memo 2 |
August 1980 |
