Hammerite products

[Mr B]

Hi everyone,

Not sure if it'll be of any interest to anyone but did you know that Hammerite have now discontinued their whole line of products?

Wayne

[nemo]

What - you mean they`ve ceased trading kind of discontinued??? That`s a bit of a blow, they`ve been my `go-to` brand for paints since I was a kid!

Edit: yes I`ve just seen that on internet citing environmental compliance issues, yet the website is still offering everything as normal. WTF as they say?

[Mr B]

Hi mate,

I only discovered it when searching for Hammerite products on the Halfords website and no products could be found

[nemo]

Yes, just looked there myself.... they also no longer list Waxoyl in any form, though this may be just that Halfords get more mark-up on their own branded paints? It seems it MAY have been discontinued in North America (California air?) as all the info I found was 2019/20 and seemed to be from US. Hopefully it`s just that, there seems no mention on Hammerite website, (Bought a tin of smooth black from Amazon, just in case )

[Mr B]

I agree, I bought 2 tins of Hammerite white just in case lol

[Andrew 2.8i]

Some of the websites I've visited for research published the discontinuation news as far back as 2019. Yet, the official website is still up and running 4 years later. It looks like they found a way to be environmentally compliant.
Call me cynical if you like, but could this have been a publicity stunt or marketing gimmick to boost flagging sales at the time?

Andrew.

[nemo]

Thankfully it seems we`re safe for now. It was certainly a bit of Dynamite, that news.... I`ll get my coat.

[mjcapri]

I wish they'd discontinued the crappy paint before someone used it all over the underside of my Sierra!