Business View Caribbean | Volume 8, Issue 7

76 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN VOLUME 8, ISSUE 7 repertoire. It is the texture that makes up about 75 percent of the saleable products and the other 25 percent represents miscellaneous latex or emulsion based products, such as roofing compounds, floor paints, exterior and interior wall paints. In America they only use a ‘popcorn’ texture on the ceilings and other texture on external walls but in the Caribbean, especially in Barbados, that texture is also used on the inside walls of the building. Speed of application is achieved with outstanding durability and occupancy within 24 hours. The great benefit of texture is that is covers masonry defects by camouflaging the presentation of flaws. Clarke explains, “It can be rolled on or sprayed on, but conventionally we use a trowel and a float. So the application usually requires two personnel – one to apply and the other to float. Floating achieves the design, which is a pattern of sorts; depending on the grade you use, it will be smoother or deeper in texture. The products are environmentally safe the dollars. My father always said, “Do not compromise on your quality. Don’t skimp on your raw materials and the constituents that make you.” That is etched in my whole scope of management.” The company sources raw materials from a myriad of countries. The indigenous limestone comes from Barbados. That’s the core product which is very strong and rich. Other materials arrive from the U.S., the U.K., and parts of South America. But they are all checked out by TPBL lab personnel to ensure they conform to the firm’s high standards. At TPBL, they believe that in being a pioneer of a product, one has to stand by the reputation of supreme quality. The process at the plant is actually not very complicated. The machinery is semi-automated because there is a human element required. The products, themselves, are all environmentally friendly, focused on water-based technology – solvent-based goods are not a part of the