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Timbercoat Intumescent Paint - Fire Test - TV Demo

Timbercoat is an intumescent paint used on bare timber or previously painted surfaces to retard the spread of flames. A protective insulating barrier, in the form of a deep char, forms on exposure to fire.

Timbercoat's fire protection and fire retarding properties were demonstrated in the Megastructures TV documentary Building from Disaster. Stills from a video demo are shown below.

Identical, unprotected panels burnt in parallel with a Timbercoat protected panel were shown to burn through completely within as little as 6 mins.

In the video clips (right) the nearest panel has a Timbercoat coating, the middle panel has a normal paint finish and the end panel is untreated timber.

On the Timbercoat panel charring was restricted to 2mm, retaining integrity and insulation throughout a 45 min maximum severity burn (more severe than BS 476 part 22).

At the end of the test the Timbercoat panel was not burned through, as the other panels were, and the back of it could be touched bare-handed.

Timbercoat Burn Test Video Clips

 

Timbercoat can be overcoated with a decorative flame retardant paint finish.