Defence Paints and Coatings

Defence Paints and Coatings Made in Britain - CARC and IRR

HMG’s manufacture paint systems for military vehicles and equipment and other applications, the product range includes corrosion resistant primers and functional topcoats, including CARC and IRR materials approved to UK defence standards.

Along with Def Stan specified products HMG can also provide a number of Mil Spec StanAg and NSN products.

Important specifications such as Def Stan 80-225 and 80-161 are available. HMG provides a full sales and delivery service combined with industry leading technical support and training.

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Applications

With such a wide range of products including single and multi-pack coatings, HMG have paints suitable for nearly every purpose. Equipment such as containers, trailers, vehicles, bridges and armour can all be coated with HMG Paints. HMG provide a full range of fluid resistant 2 component products as well as single pack primers, enamels and water based products for new and legacy specifications.

Compliance and Sustainability

All products conform to the relevant defence specifications. In many cases high solids or water based equivalents are available to reduce solvent emissions. The Def Stan 80-225 primer system is a fully chromate free primer suitable for all ferrous substrates.

Technologies

The Def Stan 80-225 system is a fully IRR finish, meeting the important British Standard colour references BS381C 285 NATO Green and BS381C 361 light stone. This system is tested to UK MOD CARC requirements specified within Def Stan 80-225. Test reports and certificates are available on request.

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Alternatively you can call us on 0161 205 7631

JOSCAR Registered

JOSCAR Certified

JOSCAR is a collaborative tool used by the aerospace, defence and security industry to act as a single repository for pre-qualification and compliance information. JOSCAR determines if a supplier is “fit for business” and acts as a single source of truth. It allows companies to reduce procurement time-scales and provides high quality validated information.

Def Stan 80-225

This product line is a Low VOC multi-pack coating system intended to meet the requirements of Def Standard 80-225. Supplied as a two component Primer meeting Type-1 Ferrous or Type-2 Non-Ferrous substrate protection requirements. Suitable for Military Vehicles and Non-Flight Equipment the coating system is supplied in a Near Matt finish to a variety of colours. Chemical Agent Resistance and Infra-Red Reflectance is available.

This coating system replaces obsolete Def Stan 80-206, 80-207, 80-208, 80-209 systems and removes toxic hexavalent chrome from the coating system.

System

Def Stan 80-225 Primer Type 1  

  • Primer for Ferrous parts
  • Colour: BS381C: 627
  • Product Code: DEF0101003

Def Stan 80-225 Primer Type 2  

  • Primer for Non-Ferrous parts
  • Colour: Grey Green to BS381C: 283
  • Product Code: DEF0101004

Def Stan 80-225 Topcoat

  • CARC & IRR Near Matt Finish
  • Colour: NATO Green, Light Stone, White & Black
  • Product Code: DEF2302007, DEF23002008, DEF2302009, DEF2302010
Def Stan 80-225

Defence Paints Team at DVD 2026 and DSEI UK 2027 - Paint and Coatings

HMG's defence specialist team will be exhibiting at DVD 2026 in September, on stand C3-MO8. The team will also be exhibiting DSEI 2027 on stand N4-102 between September 7th - 10th 2027, at Excel London.

You can scheduled meetings to advise on our product range and the latest coatings technologies with our team.

Book a meeting slot or request product information by emailing our Defence Team

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HMG Specialise in

  • CARC IRR Coatings
  • Temporary Coatings
  • Low VOC Coatings
  • Chrome VI Free Coatings
  • Bespoke Product Development

HMG Defence Portoflio

The HMG range of defence paints and coatings consists of:

  • Def Stan 80-161 2K Chromate-Free Epoxy Filler
  • Def Stan 80-225 Primer Type 1 Low VOC Primer for ferrous metals. Non Aircraft Use
  • Def Stan 80-225 Primer Type 2 Low VOC Primer for non ferrous metals. Non Aircraft Use
  • Def Stan 80-225 Primer DEF2301001 2K POLYURETHANE LIGHT GREY PRIMER
  • Def Stan 80-27 Air-drying paint for finishing ammunition suitable for primed and/or pre-treated ferrous and non-ferrous substrates
  • Def Stan 80-41 IRR alkyd camouflage topcoat
  • Def Stan 80-54 Fuel resistant general finishing paint gloss
  • Def Stan 80-72 Acid and Alkali resistant topcoat
  • Def Stan 80-161 Environmentally compliant 2K Epoxy Topcoat
  • Def Stan 80-225 2K PU IRR Topcoat CARC
  • Def Stan 80-9 Paint Finish Aluminium
  • Def Stan 80-37 Red oxide finishing paint 
  • Def Stan 80-38 Paint thinners
  • Def Stan 80-55 Quick drying ammunition general service paint
  • Def Stan 80-56 Small arms stoving lacquer
  • Def Stan 80-68 Marking Paint
  • Def Stan 80-125 Water based paint for canvas
  • Def Stan 80-129 Type 2 Insulating Varnish 
  • Def Stan 80-211 Epoxy Walkway Anti-slip coating. Low VOC 
  • Def Stan 80-213 Walkway Coating Anti-slip for Land Vehicles. Low VOC 
  • Def Stan 80-215 A temporary paint for the exterior surfaces of Land Service Vehicles and Equipment 
  • Def Stan 80-218 DEF2505001 Temporary Paint Remover

Getting in touch.

To place an order or to find out more about HMG Paints get in touch via the details below.