The "Beeck'sche Farbwerke"
In 1894, the company founder Ludwig Beeck developed a pure, silicification-active mineral paint based on potassium water glass, which creates an inseparable bond between the paint and the microporous substrate.
During the building boom of the fifties and sixties, however, consistently produced mineral paints lost importance and building damage caused by the misapplication of synthetic resins on porous-mineral building materials increased.
Contrary to the trend towards synthetic resin dispersion paints, the Beeck company remained true to the development and production of natural paint systems and, in addition to mineral paints, also developed plant-based paints under the AGLAIA brand from 1968.
In 1972, Gerhard Osterle, the subsequent owner, builds a new production facility in Laichingen in the Swabian Jura and, together with other specialists, dedicates himself to the further development of mineral and natural colours in his own development and application laboratory.
Since 2017, the new Managing Director Timo Ascherl and his team have continued to work together with the owner THYMOS AG on sensible, modern and natural solutions for the requirements of high-quality coating materials
Nevertheless, the BEECK company has remained true to its traditional values and continues to work consistently with natural raw materials such as beeswax, linseed oil, dammar and milk casein.
The original recipe of company founder Ludwig Beeck is still used today in the preservation of historic buildings and continues to ensure a wide range of colours and enormous durability.
Product innovation
The petrification of liquid potassium water glass into solid silicates that are chemically
extremely resistant and weather-stable
is called silicification. Pure silicate paints offer high durability and lightfastness and are preferably applied to historic building fabric. However, this requires precise knowledge and a precise approach.
The BEECK AktivSilikatFormulierung ASF® combines
the properties of pure silicate paints and dispersion silicate paints to DIN VOB 18363 flawlessly, intensively promotes the
silicification of coating and substrate and thus enables coatings
with unrivalled service lives, even on fully exposed façades. The paints are easy to apply for both DIYers and professionals!
Unlike coatings containing dispersion (synthetic resin), which glue the surface of the building material and tend to crack, silicate paint does not peel off the substrate; instead, it is extremely durable and resistant to UV radiation as well as organic solvents and paint strippers.
The capillary-active coating provides ideal open porosity and a balanced indoor climate, making it particularly valuable in terms of building physics. Its high alkalinity reduces the risk of mould and has a bactericidal effect.
The positive properties of Beeck's formulations can be achieved not only on historic buildings, but also on composite materials and lightweight construction elements.
Colour variety
Beeck can look back on a successful history enriched with expertise. A number of historic buildings and new buildings have been embellished with the colours of the Laichingen-based company, thus providing optimum and lasting protection for their building fabric.
What also speaks for the use of Beeck and AGLAIA products is the infinite variety of colours.
Beeck offers an extensive range of antique colours as well as classic and modern pigmentation, can mix any NCS and RAL shade and can also restore individual colours based on old coats of paint after analysis.
