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A paint that never flakes. Not because it’s more resistant: because there’s nothing to leaf through. DECORVIV does not create a film over the wood. It is an impregnating agent: it penetrates the fibers and nourishes them from inside, without leaving a dry layer on the surface. The wood remains free to move in heat,…

For once, there is only one technical advice: turn everything off and go enjoy the sun. The table in the garden is ready, the pergola provides its shade, the shutters keep the heat out. The wood has worked all year for this moment: now it’s your turn. Happy August from all of us at VivColor.…

Every year the same story: stripping, sanding, repainting. And the next year the paint peels off again. If you recognize yourself, the problem is not your manual skills. It’s the type of product. Film-forming paints create a film over the wood. But outdoor wood moves: it expands with the heat, shrinks with the cold. The…

Dark stains on the bench, black dots on the pergola. Everyone thinks about dirt. It’s almost always mold. In summer, outdoor wood experiences a perfect cycle for fungi and bacteria: storm, humidity in the fiber, then heat. The spores take root deep down, not on the surface. This is why washing is not enough: the…

On Monday we showed you the gray table. This is the same wood, after. The product is DECORVIV, our decorative impregnating paint for wood. It does not cover the surface: it penetrates the fibres, nourishes them and brings out the colour. You can see the result in the photo, and you can feel it by…

Look at the garden table. In June it was honey coloured, today it is grey. It’s not dirty and it’s not old age: it’s the sun. UV rays degrade lignin, the part of wood that gives color and compactness. Then the summer storms arrive, the water enters the dry fibers and the wood dries out,…

Soon we will enter the height of summer and then, without realizing it, autumn arrives with rain and humidity. It’s time to close the iron works, not postpone them. Railings, gates, garden furniture: with IRONVIV you protect them from rust and restore them with a wrought iron effect, working with a brush and in a…

Summer closure 🌞 Vivcolor stops from Thursday 6th to Wednesday 26th August. We reopen on Thursday 27th with the warehouse full. For orders and supplies before the break: write to us by Tuesday 4 August, so we have time to ship everything. Happy holidays 🎨 Follow Vivcolor on Facebook

A rusty gate is not a gate to throw away. Often the right product is enough to bring it back to better conditions than when it was new. With IRONVIV, iron marked by time changes its face: the micaceous enamel covers the marks, uniforms the surface and gives it the wrought iron effect, while the…

If you have an iron work to refurbish, be it a railing, a gate or garden furniture, IRONVIV is the product designed to do it well: micaceous iron effect, high passivation, rapid drying, brush application. It is available in the chrome and micaceous iron color chart. Technical data sheets, color chart and product information: vivcolor.com.…

There is the idea that painting iron properly is workshop stuff: equipment, spray, booth. For railings, gates and garden furniture, however, much less is often enough. IRONVIV is applied with a brush. It is single-component: you open it and use it, without hardeners to dose. And the micaceous effect is “forgiving”: it masks small imperfections…

One of the reasons we put off painting iron is time. The railing that remains cordoned off, the gate that cannot be closed, the garden furniture out of use while the paint dries. IRONVIV is a fast-drying enamel: it reduces the time between one coat and another and allows you to finish the job without…