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Resene manufactures an extensive range of paints, stains and coatings suitable for a myriad of residential, commercial and industrial applications. A brief summary of the main product lines are contained in this section - scroll down through the special purpose product range or choose other product ranges from the menu below. Note that you can click on the icon of the paint tin/container to zoom and/or to download that image/s. For information on how to paint your home click here or watch our handy how to videos. For colour options view Resene Colour Charts or the Online Colour Library.
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Special purpose products
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Resene Anti-Slip Grip Additive Add Resene Anti-Slip Grip Additive to pigmented or clear Resene flooring or foot trafficable coatings for wet slip resistance to meet the requirements of the NZ Building Code and AS 4586:2013. See the Resene website, resene.com/anti-slip for substrates and application rates of tested systems. Typical uses: Interior and exterior foot traffic areas, such as paths, floors, decks and more (once mixed with the appropriate paving or floor coating). |
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Resene Art Action Art & Poster Paint Resene Art Action Art & Poster Paint is a permanent, durable acrylic paint designed specifically for general use in home, classroom and business artwork. Suitable for use by both children and adults. If a higher quality paint is required, use Resene Art Action Student Acrylic. Resene Art Action Tempera is recommended for younger children. |
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Resene Art Action Clear – gloss, satin, flat Resene Art Action Clear is a waterborne clear designed to provide a protective layer over your artwork, or use direct over concrete for a natural look. Available in gloss, satin and flat. |
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Resene Art Action Student Acrylic Resene Art Action Student Acrylic is a high quality, permanent, durable acrylic paint designed for home, classroom and business artwork. Suitable for use by both children and adults. Resene Art Action Tempera is recommended for younger children. |
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Resene Art Action Tempera Resene Art Action Tempera is designed specifically for use on home or classroom artwork. Ideal for younger children (3 years or older). A good value option for non-permanent artwork, posters and pictures that will be protected from moisture. If a higher quality, more permanent paint is required, use Resene Art Action Student Acrylic. |
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Resene Brushing Additive Resene Brushing Additive is specially formulated for addition to Resene waterborne enamel paints to reduce brush marking and produce a smoother finish on trim and joinery. Warm, dry conditions and hot surfaces result in too rapid drying of waterborne paints. This may lead to excessive foaming on application and generally poor application properties such as short wet edge times and impaired levelling. Resene Brushing Additive additions of 2%-5% will generally improve most application problems caused by too rapid drying. In more severe cases more Resene Brushing Additive is beneficial. Do not use more than 5% (200ml per 4 litres). Do not use with Resene Hot Weather Additive. Typical uses: In Resene Lustacryl and Resene Enamacryl when brush applied onto trim and joinery. |
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Resene FX Crackle Creating unique broken, antique looking finishes is quick and easy with Resene FX Crackle. Distinctive crackle finishes can be created using a tinted acrylic basecoat (such as Resene Lumbersider), one coat of Resene FX Crackle and a final coat of an acrylic topcoat tinted to a contrasting colour to the basecoat. Resene FX Crackle will shrink causing the acrylic topcoat to crack revealing the basecoat colour. The Crackle effect will vary depending on the application method, enabling many different effects to be achieved with the same product, just by varying application technique and the basecoat and topcoat colour combinations. A thick coat of Resene FX Crackle will result in fewer larger, deeper cracks, while a thin coat will give smaller, shallower cracks. Crackle effect finishes are best used on uneven or rough walls, furniture, picture frames, woodwork and small feature areas. As with other effects products, agree a sample panel before the job starts and use this as the standard for the project. If you wish to overcoat a Resene FX Crackle finish with an acrylic paint you will need to apply Resene Sureseal to seal off the crackle layer before topcoating. Depending upon the depth of the crackle finish you may still see a pattern through the repainted area. Typical uses: Small areas where a crackle effect finish is required. Not recommended for large areas as it is difficult to get an even finish on a larger area. |
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Resene FX Magnetic Magic Resene FX Magnetic Magic is a premium waterborne paint formulated with iron oxides for maximum magnetic effect. Overcoat with your choice of Resene topcoats in over 3000 Resene colours. Magnets can be hung directly onto the finished area once dry and cured. To hang a poster, picture or photo from your magnetic area, use self-adhesive magnetic strips applied to the back of the item. The weight of the item will determine the number and placement of the magnets. For maximum magnetic strength use high quality magnets. Typical uses: Smooth, non-textured interior areas where it is desired to affix magnets. |
Resene Hot Weather Additive Resene Hot Weather Additive is specially formulated to retard the dry of Resene waterborne paints. Warm, dry conditions and hot surfaces result in too rapid drying of waterborne paints. This may lead to excessive foaming on application and generally poor application properties such as short wet edge times and impaired levelling. Resene Hot Weather Additive additions of 2%-5% will generally improve most application problems caused by too rapid drying. In more severe cases more Resene Hot Weather Additive is beneficial. Do not use more than 10% (400ml per 4 litres). Do not use with Resene Brushing Additive. Typical uses: In Resene waterborne paints to slow drying. |
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Resene Master Painters Stainers (also known as Resene MPS Stainers) Resene Master Painters Stainers are multi-purpose no added VOC colourants that have been tested for use in all Resene decorative undercoats and topcoats. This enables colours to be tinted without adding unwanted VOCs. Primarily used by professional painters to add a touch of colour to white products. |
 Resene Quick2Clean Paint Equipment Resene Quick2Clean Paint Equipment is designed to make cleaning spray equipment quick and easy to help you maintain and maximise the life of your spray gear. It is also suitable as a conditioner for brushes used with waterborne paints to help you care for your brushes. Typical uses: designed for spray equipment and as a brush conditioner for waterborne paints. |
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Resene Summit Roof Commercial Brushing Additive Resene Summit Roof Commercial Brushing Additive must be used with Resene Summit Roof Commercial Spray Satin on small areas when applied by brush before the roof is sprayed. Add 30ml of Resene Summit Roof Commercial Brushing Additive per litre of Resene Summit Roof Commercial Spray Satin. The additive adds ‘bulk’ to Resene Summit Roof Commercial. Resene Summit Roof Commercial has been developed without compromise for airless spraying. This has meant how well it brushes or rolls has been compromised. The additive effectively adds the ‘brushing ingredients’ back to the paint. If you need to brush small areas, decant the amount of paint needed into a separate can and add the Resene Summit Roof Commercial Brushing Additive and use. |
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Resene Summit Roof Spray Additive Resene Summit Roof Spray Additive is specially formulated to extend open time, improve flow and levelling, and to achieve an integrated paint film when Resene Summit Roof paint is airless spray applied to an existing dark roof paint colour or when the surface is too hot to touch. |
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Resene TagCover Resene TagCover is a custom made range of waterborne satin paints formulated to provide a budget friendly paint system to cover graffiti. Available in a standard colour range in 10L pails. Other sizes and colours available on request. Minimum quantities may apply. Typical uses: Concrete, plaster, timber. |
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Resene Umbrella Additive Resene Umbrella Additive is an additive for exterior waterborne coatings providing rapid protection from showers and light rain even before the coating has dried. Once applied, a coating containing Resene Umbrella Additive quickly starts to build a protective shell that then extends throughout the whole coating. Water is able to evaporate from the coating allowing it to dry but showers and light rain simply roll off leaving the still-drying coating firmly attached to the substrate. The Umbrella Effect will work in light showers only. Exterior painting should not be undertaken when medium or heavy rain is expected during the paint’s drying phase. |
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Resene Wintergrade Additive Resene Wintergrade Additive is an additive for exterior waterborne coatings providing extra protection against paint application in colder temperatures, so you can apply treated paint in temperatures down to 3?C. Cold conditions can cause standard waterborne paint films to crack or powder and lead to premature paint failure. When using paint over winter, keep an eye on the temperature, both on the surface and in the air. Remember a surface can be a lot colder than the air that surrounds it so you may find it’s best to change your order of work and work on surfaces like plasterboard in the early morning and move to areas like concrete, which tend to be cooler in cold weather until they have had a chance to warm up a little. |
Special purpose products
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Resene Fly Deterrent Resene Fly Deterrent reduces the appearance of fly spots by discouraging flies from landing on painted surfaces. |
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Resene MoulDefender Resene MoulDefender is a fungicidal additive designed to be added to waterborne paint at the point of sale when a particular need for extra protection against mould is identified. Suitable for use inside and out and ideal for wet areas such as kitchens, bathrooms and laundries, Resene MoulDefender will slow down the reappearance of mould. Essentially Resene MoulDefender acts as a mould protection booster shot in your paint. |
Special purpose products
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Updated Crown range - coming soon Crown is a range of good quality topcoats and primers/sealers designed for budget conscious homeowners and trade customers. Resene premium paints will provide the best long term value, however the Crown range can be ideal where there is a limited budget available. |
Special purpose products
Resene Decorator is a range of trade products, from semi-gloss to ultra low sheen, including a range of primers and sealers designed for professional trade use. For more information contact your Resene ColorShop or representative.
Prep/sealers/primers/undercoats: Waterborne | Solventborne
Topcoats: Pigmented | Soventborne | Urethane, Solventborne
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Resene Decorator Acrylic EasySand Resene Decorator Acrylic EasySand is a water reducible first coat for plasterboard walls and air-dry stoppings designed to minimise porosity and textural differences. Easily sanded. Typical uses: Air dry (polymer based) stoppings and finishing compounds, paperfaced plasterboard. Ingredients: Water, Minerals (Limestone, Titania, Talc and Clay), Resin (APEO free and Formaldehyde free), Mineral Oil, Alcohol, Soap, Preservatives < 0.1%, Non-toxic Trace Ingredients < 0.1%. |
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Resene Decorator Acrylic Primer Undercoat Resene Decorator Acrylic Primer Undercoat provides long term flexibility over unstable substrates coupled with exceptional durability even when left uncoated for prolonged periods. Dries in only 20 minutes and can be recoated in two hours. May be topcoated with waterborne or solventborne systems. Typical uses: Block and brickwork, cement plaster, cloth/woven wallcoverings, composite and fibre board, repaints, timber, wallboards, wallpaper. |
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Resene Decorator Acrylic Sealer Undercoat Resene Decorator Acrylic Sealer Undercoat is a water reducible first coat for plasterboard walls and air-dry stoppings designed to minimise porosity and textural differences. Excellent holdout of topcoats. Very good opacity. Typical uses: Air dry (polymer based) stoppings and finishing compounds, paperfaced plasterboard. |
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Resene Decorator First2Finish Resene Decorator First2Finish is a waterborne finish designed to save you time and money and is ideally suited to group housing type projects. It dries to a very smooth even finish, but can also be back rolled if a slight texture is required (to disguise surface imperfections etc). Once proficient in its use it's expected a professional painter could shave 10% off the time needed to finish a new home interior. Typical uses: On plasterboard, MDF and pine skirting boards, door and window frames. Recommended process for new work:
Resene Decorator First2Finish is not designed to be easy to sand. De-nib within 24 hours only. No other sanding should be needed. De-nibbing is running the sandpaper once or twice over the surface to remove any small bumps. Recommended spray set-up: Use a 516 FFLP tip, which achieves a finer atomisation than the 517 LP tip, which could also be used but will result in more product being applied per square metre. Run the Graco 495 between 2000 and 2200 psi (pressure setting). |
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Resene Decorator High Cover Acrylic Wallboard Sealer Resene Decorator High Cover Acrylic Wallboard Sealer is a water reducible first coat for plasterboard walls and air-dry stoppings designed to minimise porosity and textural differences. Excellent coverage with good sanding abilities. Typical uses: Air dry (polymer based) stoppings and finishing compounds, paperfaced plasterboard. |
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Resene Decorator Alkyd Undercoat Resene Decorator Alkyd Undercoat All Purpose is a blend of special alkyd resins balanced with unique pigments, making it an easy brushing hard drying undercoat with exceptional sanding properties. Designed with a low sheen that allows exceptional enamel holdout. Suitable for overcoating by most Resene finishing systems. Typical uses: Bathrooms, fibre and particle board, furniture, kitchens, laundries, paperfaced plasterboard, suitably primed metals, timber – architraves, doors, skirtings, window frames, wallboards, weatherboards, all exterior and interior prepared surfaces. |
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Resene Decorator Acrylic Ceiling Flat Resene Decorator Ceiling Flat is recommended for use on ceilings of living rooms, bedrooms, and dining rooms where a flat finish is required. Flow and build properties mean that one coat is often enough to achieve complete hiding. For use in dry areas. Typical uses: Ceilings, fibrous plaster, paperfaced plasterboard, plaster glass, repaints. |
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Resene Decorator Acrylic IE Flat Resene Decorator Acrylic IE Flat is a well proven blend of resins and pigments that combined produces a very flat film. Its ease of application makes it an excellent choice for decorating. Typical uses: Interior – Fibre and particle board, fibrous plaster, paperfaced plasterboard, wallboards, Wallpaper; Exterior – Blockwork, brickwork, cement plaster, concrete, fibre cement, roughcast/stucco. |
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Resene Decorator Acrylic Low Sheen Resene Decorator Acrylic Low Sheen is based on a tough 100% acrylic resin to ensure maximum durability in all exposed conditions. Drying to an attractive low sheen finish, its ease of application, washability and durability make it an ideal choice for both interior and exterior use. Typical uses: Interior – Beams, fibre and particle board, wallboards, wallpaper; Exterior – Blockwork, brickwork, concrete and plaster, fibre cement, primed galvanised steel, repaints, timber. |
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Resene Decorator Acrylic Semi-Gloss Resene Decorator Acrylic Semi-Gloss is a combination of top quality acrylic emulsions blended with high grade pigment dispersions. Has a proven record of exposure on concrete buildings. Typical uses: Blockwork, brickwork, cement plaster, concrete, fibre cement, roughcast/stucco. |
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Resene Decorator Interior Ultra Low Sheen Resene Decorator Interior Ultra Low Sheen is based on a tough 100% acrylic resin to ensure maximum durability in all exposed conditions. Drying to an attractive ultra low sheen finish, its ease of application, washability and durability make it an ideal choice for interior use. Typical uses: Beams, fibre and particle board, wallboards, wallpaper. |
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Resene Decorator Hi-Opacity Ceiling Flat Resene Decorator Hi-Opacity Ceiling Flat recommended for use on ceilings of living rooms, bedrooms, and dining rooms where a flat finish is required. Flow and build properties mean that one coat is often enough to achieve complete hiding. Hi-opacity, clean white. For use in dry areas. Typical uses: Ceilings, fibrous plaster, paperfaced plasterboard, plaster glass, repaints. |
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Resene Decorator Hi-Op EasyTouch Dead Flat Ceiling Paint Resene Decorator Hi-Op EasyTouch Dead Flat Ceiling Paint is recommended for use on ceilings of living rooms, bedrooms, and dining rooms where a flat finish is required. Flow and build properties mean that one coat is often enough to achieve complete hiding. For use in dry areas. Easy to touch up if required. Typical uses: Ceilings, fibrous plaster, paperfaced plasterboard, plaster glass, repaints. |
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Resene Decorator Interior Low Sheen Resene Decorator Acrylic Low Sheen is based on a 100% acrylic low odour resin and has been formulated specifically for easy application. This results in an attractive and washable low sheen finish ideal for the majority of interior surfaces. Typical uses: Beams, fibre and particle board, wallboards, wallpaper. |
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Resene Decorator Alkyd Flat Resene Decorator Alkyd Flat is a flat enamel finish for use on suitably primed and sealed interior surfaces. Matches full gloss enamel in surface toughness, steam and scrub resistance. Typical uses: Bedrooms, ceilings, composite board, fibrous plaster, hallways, hardboard, lounges, paperfaced plasterboard, walls. |
Resene designs and manufactures a range of products tailormade to the specific requirements of clients. From custom made colours, custom made batches to complete new formulation development and testing, the Resene R&D team can create paint, stain, clear and coating solutions to meet your requirements.
Resene was approached by Independent Timber Importers (ITI), a leading Australia timber importer, to provide a high quality timber primer for factory application to finger jointed treated pine timber sold under Design Pine branding. The paint industry has long had the ability to produce excellent field applied primers for use over timber, however the history of factory applied primers is plagued with substandard quality and results. Keen to break away from the mediocrity, ITI contracted Resene to develop a primer to add value and quality to the finished product.
LOSP treatment of timber is a highly efficient and successful means of treating and protecting cut timber. However, the removal of excess solvents from the process can leave residues of resin acids and waxes on the surface, which may transfer through normal, high quality, solventborne primers causing overcoating problems with waterborne topcoats.
Resene have developed a novel method to resolve this problem, incorporated into a high quality primer, marketed under Resene True-Prime and Design Pine Primer brand names. Three years in the development, True-Prime primer has been extensively tested for compatibility with all major Australasian topcoats.
It is also now available in the New Zealand market through selected leading timber mills and hardware timber merchants in the distinct pale blue colour, meaning that both sides of the Tasman can also benefit from Resene cut timber primer protection technology.
In one year alone, over 1.3 million square metres of surface area were coated in the Resene primer, equating to over 18,000 cubic metres of wood and a staggering 5 million lineal metres. Whichever way you chop the numbers, it's a lot of wood and primer.
Wood-X wood oil, designed by Resene for HermanPacific, penetrates deeply into previously uncoated exterior timber products such as Western Red Cedar weatherboards, fascia, boards, beams and mouldings. HermanPacific applies Wood-X direct to Cedar for new residential projects. As with any other wood stain or oil finish, Wood-X needs regular recoating to keep the finish looking good. To make it easy for homeowners to purchase Wood-X for their ongoing maintenance requirements it can be ordered through Resene ColorShops (NZ only). View the Wood-X colour range online.
Authenticity assured:In a world first, Resene have pioneered a way that you can ensure the coating applied is authentic, with Resene PaintTrack. Resene PaintTrack is a 'chemical barcode' made up of durable and inert inorganic materials that are fully integrated into the paint. To the naked eye, paints containing Resene PaintTrack look and perform the same as normal. When illuminated using light of a specific wavelength, a unique emission spectrum is detected by a hand-held digital reader if it contains Resene PaintTrack… more
Some products or services may not be offered in your area or country. Please check with your local Resene ColorShop for availability. Most products can be ordered on request though lead times and minimum order quantities may apply.
In response to growing concerns over VOC emissions, the Eco Choice programme focuses on the need to reduce these emissions. Solventborne paints release significantly more VOCs per litre than waterborne paints, spurring Resene chemists to develop waterborne replacements for solventborne products. Today, less than 8% of the decorative paint sold by Resene is solventborne, while the average per litre VOC levels of Resene decorative paint sales have dropped by over 90% in the last two decades, clearly demonstrating Resene's commitment to proactively develop and launch environmentally preferable waterborne technologies to the market. Resene offers an extensive range of low VOC and no added VOC paints, coatings, stains/primers and sealers, including no added VOC tinters.
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