Painting Contractor in Epping Industria, Cape Town
Painting Contractor in Epping
68 Projects Building Co delivers hard-wearing industrial painting for Epping Industria factories, warehouses, cold stores, and offices — including the rust treatment and preparation older buildings actually need.
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Your Local Epping Painters
Painting Built for Cape Town's Oldest Industrial Belt
Epping Industria has been working since the 1940s, and it shows in the buildings — steel-framed sheds, face brick and cement plaster, and roof sheeting that has carried decades of Cape weather. It is also the heart of the city's food processing, cold storage, and fresh produce trade, which brings its own standards.
Painting here is mostly about what happens before the top coat. Grease and soot have to be degreased off, corroded steel taken back to sound metal, damp and leaks traced and fixed, and hygienic areas handled with the right products. Then the coating lasts.
Painting Services
Painting Services We Offer in Epping
From a single office suite to a full factory and steel repaint, we cover the painting and coating work Epping industrial premises actually need.
Factory & Warehouse Painting
Internal and external repaints of production halls, warehouses, and stores, phased around your shifts.
Food-Grade & Hygienic Coatings
Washable, low-VOC coating systems for food production, cold store, and packing areas that must stay audit-ready.
Structural Steel & Rust Treatment
Portal frames, purlins, gantries, and platforms wire-brushed or blasted, primed, and recoated to spec.
Roof Sheeting Coatings
Ageing IBR and corrugated sheeting cleaned, rust-treated, and coated with reflective systems that cut heat load.
Face Brick & Old Plaster
Mid-century brickwork and tired plaster cleaned, repaired, and sealed or painted with breathable systems.
Offices, Canteens & Ablutions
Front-of-house and staff areas painted neatly with low-odour products so they are back in use quickly.
Line Marking & Floor Coatings
Aisle marking, walkways, bay numbering, and epoxy or sealer coatings for warehouse and production floors.
Fencing, Gates & Yard Steel
Palisade fencing, security gates, bollards, loading bay steel, and canopies stripped, primed, and enamelled.
Why Choose Us
An Industrial Painting Team That Works Around You
Painting a live factory is a logistics exercise as much as a trade one. We plan the phasing, protect plant, stock, and racking, keep walkways and fire routes clear, and hand each area back clean and usable.
- Industrial painting team working across Epping Industria and the surrounding industrial belt
- Experience on ageing 1950s to 1970s industrial stock, not just new-build shells
- Hygienic, washable coating systems for food production and cold store environments
- Degreasing and proper rust treatment before any top coat goes on
- Night, weekend, and shutdown scheduling so production keeps running
- Safety files, method statements, and site inductions handled up front
What We Paint
Coatings for Every Surface on Your Site
Brick, plaster, steel, and roof sheeting each need a different preparation method and coating system, and on older Epping stock the preparation is most of the work. We specify the right product for each surface.
Factory & warehouse walls
Structural steel & platforms
IBR & corrugated roof sheeting
Face brick & mid-century plaster
Offices, canteens & ablutions
Palisade fencing, gates & yard steel
How It Works
Our Painting Process
A clear process keeps the job on track, keeps your operation running, and delivers a finish that lasts.
Site Assessment
We walk your Epping premises and check substrates, coating condition, corrosion, contamination, access, and shift patterns.
Specification & Colours
We specify the coating system per surface, including hygienic products where required, and confirm colours and line marking.
Detailed Quote
You get a written quote covering access equipment, preparation, materials, coats, labour, and the working hours agreed.
Preparation
We degrease, pressure wash, treat rust, repair brick and plaster, prime, and protect plant, stock, and racking.
Painting & Handover
Coats go on to spec, detail work is finished, the site is cleared, and we walk the job with your facilities manager.
Local Knowledge
What We Look For on Epping Buildings
Industrial coatings fail for predictable reasons, and on stock this old the reasons are usually underneath. These are the issues we most often find, and each is dealt with during preparation rather than covered over.
Ageing Mid-Century Building Stock
Epping Industria dates back to the 1940s, and much of the stock is original. Old cement plaster, face brick, and steel-framed sheds carry decades of layered coatings, some of them failing from underneath. We test adhesion and strip back where the existing paint will not hold a new system.
Decades of Industrial Grime & Grease
Soot, diesel residue, and oil films build up on walls, canopies, and steel across a working factory site. Painting over that guarantees peeling. We degrease and pressure wash thoroughly, and use the right cleaning agents for hydrocarbon contamination rather than water alone.
Food Production & Hygiene Standards
Epping is home to a large share of Cape Town's food processing, cold storage, and fresh produce trade. Those areas need washable, low-odour, non-flaking coating systems and tight control of overspray and drying times so audits and hygiene standards are not compromised.
Heavily Corroded Structural Steel
Portal frames, purlins, mezzanine platforms, and roof sheeting on buildings this age are often well into corrosion. We take steel back to a sound surface, apply a rust-inhibiting primer, and build up the coats — patch painting over rust bloom simply buys a season.
Continuous Shifts & Fresh Produce Hours
Between the market, the cold stores, and the factories, much of Epping runs around the clock and peaks in the small hours. We phase work bay by bay, paint during shift gaps, shutdowns, or weekends, and hand areas back clean and usable.
Damp, Leaks & Roof Water Ingress
Tired sheeting, failed flashings, and blocked gutters push water down internal walls, and no coating survives that. We identify the ingress, sort the waterproofing and rust treatment first, and only then paint the affected areas.
Cost Guide
Industrial Painting Costs in Epping
Costs depend on area, building height, access equipment, corrosion level, coating system, and the hours you need us on site. We provide a site-specific quote before work begins.
Offices & Interiors
From R2,500
Single offices, canteens, ablutions, and small internal areas, including preparation and two coats.
Factory & Warehouse Repaints
R45,000 - R250,000
Internal and external factory and warehouse repaints, priced by area, height, and surface condition.
Steel, Roofs & Specialist Coatings
Quoted on site
Structural steel, roof coatings, and food-grade systems vary by access, corrosion level, and product specification.
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Serving Epping & Beyond
Based in Cape Town, Painting Across the Industrial Belt
While we are proud to serve Epping Industria, our industrial painting team works across greater Cape Town, including Elsies River Industrial, Maitland, Ndabeni, Thornton, Parow Industria, Airport Industria, Montague Gardens, Paarden Eiland, and Capricorn Park. Wherever your premises are, we bring the same thorough preparation, correct coating specification, and tidy workmanship.
Frequently Asked Questions About Painting in Epping
Key painting questions for Epping Industria business owners, landlords, and facilities managers — covering factories and steel, food-grade coatings, working hours, access, costs, and quotes.
Do you work throughout Epping Industria?
Yes. We paint factories, warehouses, cold stores, and office units across Epping Industria 1 and 2 and the surrounding industrial areas, including Elsies River Industrial, Maitland, Ndabeni, Thornton, Parow Industria, and Airport Industria.
How much does it cost to repaint a factory in Epping?
It depends on wall area, building height, the condition of the existing coating, and how much rust treatment is needed. Offices and small interiors start from around R2,500, while full factory and warehouse repaints typically run from R45,000 upwards and are quoted after a site visit.
Can you paint a food production or cold store facility?
Yes. We use washable, low-odour coating systems suited to food handling environments, control overspray and drying times, and phase the work so production areas can be cleaned down and returned to service in line with your hygiene requirements.
Can you work around our production shifts?
Yes. Most of our industrial work is phased around production and dispatch. We paint at night, over weekends, or during planned shutdowns, and use low-odour products so areas can be back in use quickly.
Our building is old and the paint is flaking badly. Can it be saved?
Usually, yes. On older Epping buildings the problem is normally failed layers underneath, damp, or contamination rather than the wall itself. We test adhesion, strip back what will not hold, treat the underlying cause, and then build up a system that bonds properly.
Do you treat rust on structural steel and roof sheeting?
Yes, and on buildings of this age it is usually the biggest part of the job. We take corroded steel back to a sound surface by wire-brushing or blasting, apply a rust-inhibiting primer, and then build up the correct number of top coats.
Do you do line marking and floor coatings?
Yes. We mark aisles, walkways, bays, and no-go zones, and apply sealers or epoxy coatings to warehouse and production floors where the surface is suitable.
Can you meet our site induction and safety requirements?
Yes. We supply safety files, method statements, and proof of insurance, and our team completes site inductions before work begins.
How do I get an industrial painting quote?
Get in touch to arrange a free site visit. We assess the surfaces and access, discuss working hours and scope, and send you a written quote covering preparation, materials, equipment, and labour.
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