From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Recommending the trial of a specific floor paint used at the National Physical Laboratory.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 143\1\ scan0264 | |
| Date | 6th July 1937 | |
| 1209 EJJ. from Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} c. Hs.{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair} FLOOR PAINT. When visiting the National Physical Laboratory at Teddington last week, I was impressed with the fact that the floor of their Engineering Laboratories were far cleaner than anything that we have seen in the Works. Their Engineering Laboratory almost exactly corresponds with W. Bell's Test Shop in the type of apparatus used. The floor of the National Physical Laboratory was painted with "Kewato" which is obtainable from:- The Indestructible Paint Co.,Ltd., Cleopatra Works, Park Royal, N.W.10. We should like to know whether you have had any experience of this paint, and, if not, we recommend that we should try a section of the Experimental Test Laboratory so treated forthwith. Rm.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer} | ||