Who we are
We are one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of wood oils and coatings. Our 'Bestwood' brand is trademarked and delivers a range of high quality products.
With a combined experience of over 100 years in coatings within our technical team, we have the depth of knowledge, gained in the real world, to back up our products and the advice we give.
We are family owned and run, working hard to show that a business built on honest family values can still survive today.
Our motto is ‘Best for Wood’. Our first aim is to produce top quality products. Free of the pressure from corporate shareholders and accountants that some of our bigger rivals feel, we can concentrate on making the best possible products using the finest ingredients. Secondly we offer outstanding value for money. We want to feel confident that we have found the balance where, if a rival product is cheaper than ours, it is because the quality is not as good, and if it is more expensive than ours, it is overpriced! We believe in offering service with all our products, and if we are asked a question, and we can help, we will.
What we do
We have grown to be one of the largest independent UK manufacturers of coatings for wood. Our industrial division supplies bespoke products to large and multi-national manufacturers. Wood oils are at the heart of what we do though, and are supplied throughout the UK to customers of all sizes. All our products are made and canned with pride by us at our factory in Nottingham. The Oils we send out every day range in size from 250ml bottles to 1000 Litre IBC’s. Everything is carefully packed, and every order goes out on a tracked service.
Our quality
Quality and consistency matter to us and our customers. We search the market for the best raw materials for our products, and when they arrive with us all our ingredients are quality controlled and tested. Every batch of oil we make is thoroughly quality controlled. We work to standards set out in BS3900 ‘Methods of tests for Paints’, and test for amongst other things, drying, opacity, colour, viscosity, solids content etc. Our laboratory equipment includes equipment for testing all these qualities, including viscometers, spectrophotometers, accelerated weathering cabinets, small batch mixers, light cabinets, drying ovens, film applicators, scrub testers etc. We also carry out long-term ‘real world’ tests on our products (and the competition!) to make sure that ours the best in class. We always ask ourselves if we are happy that our products would be our own first choice.
We love happy customers, and if anyone has a question about our products we will always do everything we can to help.
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