Q-Mark paint application scheme launched
BM Trada Certification has launched the Q-Mark Paint Application Scheme to ensure that products such as windows, doors and other building components which are sold as factory finished will be coated in accordance with paint systems manufacturers’ guidelines.
The first company to gain certification is the industrial paint manufacturers Movac Group, which supplied coatings for wood, metal, glass, pvcu and other specialist materials.
BM Trada senior technical consultant Andy Sumner said: “t is very easy to get into bad habits when applying a paint finish, but it is critical that strict guidelines are adhered to in line with the coating system supplier’s specifications. Each paint system will have been tested and approved for the substrate to which it is being applied, so we are not certifying the system itself. We are, however, certifying a company and nominated individuals within that company to apply a specific coating to a product. The BM Trada Q-Mark will give the customer the reassurance that the finished product has been painted by a trained and certified person.”
BM Trada has issued a detailed checklist for applicants, which must confirm that:
They have in place an effective Management System (ideally but not essentially to ISO 9001) to demonstrate that products are being coated consistently to the required standard and specification.
They hold specification documents outlining the substrate and conditions necessary for application to a given substrate for each paint system to be incorporated into the certification.
Their quality management system incorporates procedures that ensure that the specification is adhered to, eg temperature or humidity may need to be controlled as part of the production procedures.
