silicate paint

Using ethyl silicate paint to protect the mural from the weather, the artist created an abstract work that is brilliantly integrated into its architectural setting.

The Potassium silicate paints used on the Hudson River Way were produced by a German company called Keimfarben.

The system is a liquid silicate paint which comprises a potassium silicate binder with inorganic fillers (feldspar) and natural earth oxide colour pigments.

The Hackney Peace Mural was designed by Ray Walker but the painting (in Keimfarben silicate paint) was executed in 1985 by his colleague and friend, Mike Jones, and Ray's wife, Anna Walker, following his death.