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DO IT ONCE, DO IT RIGHT, DO IT LONGLIFE
If you want a fence that lasts, you’ll need Australia’s leading fence wire, Waratah® Longlife® Blue®. It has been proven to last at least 9 times longer than standard galvanized and at least 1.5 times longer than heavy galvanized wire.*
Longlife Blue wire technology is used across the Waratah wire range and Australian farmers have come to know and trust it as a premium fence wire product.
It starts with the best wire
At the centre of Longlife Blue’s performance advantage is the wire itself. Waratah Longlife Blue is made right here in Australia. We smelt the iron ore, cast the billet, then roll the steel to our high standards before we coat it.
The quality and consistency of the wire makes it easier to handle and eliminates weak spots.
Protected with the best coating technology
The high quality wire core of Longlife Blue is then protected with the latest coating technology, applied with a proprietary application process exclusive to Waratah.
We dip the Waratah wire into a bath of high purity Australian zinc before the wire enters a second bath of zinc aluminium, which reacts with the first zinc coating to form a ternary layer that bonds with the steel and the outer zinc aluminium layer – we call this coating technology Zalcote®. Our distinctive blue polymer Permaseal® layer is then added to give even more protection in Australia’s harsh climate.
Thicker is not necessarily better
Don’t be fooled by claims that thick heavy galvanizing provides better protection. A 2.5mm wire with heavy galvanizing is the same 2.5mm diameter as Longlife Blue wire but the thicker coating means the wire must be thinner to start with and therefore potentially weaker.
The thick zinc only coating of heavy galvanized wire is also more likely to crack and fracture when bent, unlike Longlife Blue which is more ductile and resists cracking to ensure the protective coating stays in place.
Pictures speak louder than words
Don’t just take our word for it. Watch the time-lapse video of Longlife Blue outperforming standard and heavy galvanized wires. You’ll soon realise you can’t afford not to use Waratah Longlife Blue.
*Waratah® guarantee that the Longlife® product range will provide best in class functionality unless abnormally severe corrosive conditions prevail. Such exceptional circumstances include regions within a few kilometres of the coast and polluting sources and where chemical contaminants (eg. Fertilisers) are in concentrated use.