YNM Safety Journal

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Practical guides on all seventeen paints and coatings — road marking, industrial coatings, floor coatings and parking marking paints.

YNM Safety paints, flooring and parking marking paint

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Seventeen Paints and Coatings — Which Page Matches the BOQ

How to match a BOQ line to a road marking paint, an industrial coating, a floor coating or a parking marking paint.

7 July 202612 min read

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Latest Articles

24 articles

Glass-flake epoxy coatings on port piles — YNM Safety

Industrial Coatings

5 November 20267 min read

Epoxy Coatings for Splash Zones, Tanks and Ship Decks

Glass-flake, chemical-resistant, food-safe, acid-resistant, thick, anti-slip and anti-static epoxy on one product page.

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Zinc-rich primer on bridge steel — YNM Safety

Industrial Coatings

5 November 20266 min read

Zinc Primer for Bridge Steel, Cranes and Fuel Tanks

Zinc-rich and zinc silicate primer as the first coat on structural steel.

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Intumescent fire-protective paint on data-centre steel — YNM Safety

Industrial Coatings

5 November 20266 min read

Fire-Protective Paint for Steel and Low-Smoke Interiors

Intumescent paint for data-centre steel, and low-smoke interior paint for trains and aircraft cabins.

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Polyurea lining inside a tipper body — YNM Safety

Industrial Coatings

5 November 20266 min read

Polyurea for Tipper Bodies, Mixer Drums and Fuel Bunds

A sprayed polyurea lining for abrasion and chemical splash on steel that has to go back to work.

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Flexible polyurethane on an aircraft leading edge — YNM Safety

Industrial Coatings

5 November 20265 min read

Flexible Polyurethane for Leading Edges

A flexible film for aircraft and wind-blade leading edges that must stay elastic.

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Antifouling on a ship bottom — YNM Safety

Industrial Coatings

5 November 20265 min read

Antifouling for Underwater Ship Hulls

Antifouling paint for the underwater hull, quoted from the vessel specification and the area.

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PU Floor Coating in a food plant — YNM Safety

Flooring

5 November 20266 min read

PU Floor Coating for Food Plants, Hospitals and Workshops

Thin colour coat, soft comfort floor and thick factory floor, quoted by area and traffic.

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Rubberised Chlorinated

26 October 20267 min read

Rubberised Chlorinated Paint for Marine and Plant Steel

Where chlorinated rubber coating is specified — shipyards, offshore steel, chemical bunds and wastewater channels.

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MMA Resin Floor Coating in a cold store — YNM Safety

Flooring

26 October 20266 min read

MMA Resin Floor Coating for Plants That Cannot Close for a Week

When an industrial slab needs a methyl methacrylate floor that returns to traffic in the same shift.

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MMA Terrazzo Resin in a prayer hall — YNM Safety

Flooring

26 October 20266 min read

MMA Terrazzo Resin for Floors That Have to Look Finished

Resin terrazzo for malls, hotels, airports and offices — floor and vertical, ground and polished.

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MMA Resin Liquid Waterproofing under a green roof — YNM Safety

Flooring

26 October 20266 min read

MMA Resin Liquid Waterproofing for Roofs, Terraces and Wet Areas

A liquid-applied MMA membrane for roofs, podiums, balconies and other details that sheet systems miss.

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MMA Mixed Repair Mortar on stair nosings — YNM Safety

Flooring

26 October 20265 min read

MMA Mixed Repair Mortar Before You Coat a Broken Slab

Patch spalls, ramps and loading areas with MMA repair mortar, then coat the floor.

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Cycle track marking paint on a dedicated lane — YNM Safety

Parking Marking Paint

26 October 20265 min read

Cycle Track Marking Paint for Lanes, Boxes and Campus Paths

High-visibility cycle-lane paint for parking approaches, campuses and dedicated cycle tracks.

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Parking Marking Paint

26 October 20265 min read

Car Marking Parking Paint for Bays, Arrows and Aisles

Sharp bay lines and arrows for car parks that have to be read at walking speed.

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MMA Resin Cold Plastic

2 June 20268 min read

How to Choose MMA Resin Cold Plastic Paint Manufacturers

What to check before qualifying an MMA resin cold plastic supplier for cycle tracks, transverse bars, arrows and zebra crossings.

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Green MMA cold plastic cycle-track marking on an urban corridor

MMA Resin Cold Plastic

25 May 20266 min read

Cycle Tracks, Arrows & Raised Signs — MMA Resin Cold Plastic Applications

Where MMA resin cold plastic outperforms other marking systems on NMT corridors, junction symbols and parking decks.

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Two-component MMA cold plastic applied for zebra crossing marking on site

MMA Resin Cold Plastic

4 August 20264 min read

How MMA Resin Cold Plastic Cures on a Live Road (Without a Kettle)

A short field note on mixing, pot life and reopen times for two-component MMA resin cold plastic.

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Airfield Marking

12 June 202610 min read

Airfield Marking Paint Manufacturers — Runway, Taxiway, Apron & Helipad

Low-VOC waterborne airfield paint for DGCA/ICAO movement areas — what EPCs should lock in the submittal.

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Comparing MMA cold plastic and waterborne airfield paint on taxiway pavement

Comparisons

22 May 20268 min read

MMA Resin Cold Plastic vs Waterborne Airfield Marking Paint on Runways

When an airside RFP wants MMA resin cold plastic — and when waterborne airfield paint is the right call.

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Airfield Marking

28 July 20264 min read

Why Runway, Taxiway and Apron Markings Use Different Colours

A four-minute colour briefing for airside BOQs — white, yellow, red, black and the splits ICAO actually uses.

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Glow In The Dark

6 August 20269 min read

Glow in the Dark Paint Manufacturers — Photoluminescent Road & Egress Marking

Where photoluminescent paint is specified — speed breakers, metro tunnels, plants, mines, parking ramps and fire-escape routes.

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Glowing photoluminescent speed hump marking on an unlit road at night

Glow In The Dark

7 August 20264 min read

Photoluminescent Speed Breakers That Stay Visible After Dark

Why glow marking on humps is specified where street lighting is uneven — and which colours actually get used.

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Photoluminescent evacuation path and underground parking garage marking at night

Glow In The Dark

9 August 20265 min read

Glow In The Dark Lines for Tunnels, Parking Ramps and Fire Escapes

Three places photoluminescent paint is written into life-safety and wayfinding drawings — and how they differ.

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Tender documents mapped to YNM Safety paints, flooring and parking marking paint

Project Specs

1 June 20268 min read

Tender Checklist — Road Marking Paints

Pre-bid mapping for all seventeen paints and coatings.

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