Topcoats and Lubricants

High performance, multi-function, relied on worldwide.

Corrosion Protection Enhancement

To meet the high demands of national, international and customer specific standards, Gilligans use only the best products available on the market.

Our Top Coats range include, MacDermid's HydroKlad SI and Torque 'N' Tension, offering the most efficient methods to improve performance of any metallic coating, and have become essential ingredients for the next generation of hexavalent-free finishes, capable of ensuring no premature cosmetic corrosion. They offer abrasion resistance, lubrication, UV identifiers, heat resistance, coating deformation protection, color coding, fluid resistance and thread patch adhesion promoters. Ideal for ensuring dissimilar metals remain insulated and isolated.



Gilligans is a customer focused, quality driven company seeking the most up to date and premium products available on the market, that's why we chose MacDermid as a global market leader for the metal finishing industry.

MacDermid UK is conveniently located in Birmingham at the heart of the global metal finishing industry and more importantly a few miles from Gilligans enabling us rapid response time from their highly skilled team of experts. Their 9,000m2 facility houses the R&D, process demonstration, customer service laboratories and manufacturing departments, enabling MacDermid to meet the needs of their customers by developing, testing, servicing and supplying products from one location.