Service: Aerial spraying
Location: Gatton, Lockyer Valley, QLD
Job: Applying liquid shade paint to greenhouse roofs to control how much light gets inside

A greenhouse grower near Gatton needed reflectant paint applied across their greenhouse roofs to control light inside. Staff had always done it by hand with rollers and brushes. Painting a single greenhouse could take half a week, and it wasn’t safe: greenhouse roofs are lightweight and not built to be walked on, so covering the whole roof meant real risk for workers.

The grower brought Precision Ag Services in to trial applying the paint by drone. We flew the spray drone over the roofs, applying the paint evenly from above, with no one needing to climb onto the structure. Because the drone’s application rate can be adjusted, we could put on more or less paint to suit each greenhouse.

• Days down to hours. A job that took half a week by hand was finished in a few hours.
• No one on the roof. Workers no longer had to walk on fragile greenhouse roofs.
• Even, adjustable coverage. Paint was applied to suit each greenhouse’s needs.
• Ongoing work. The trial was successful, and the grower continues to use our drone as part of their regular operations.

Drones aren’t just for paddocks. We spray greenhouse roofs, steep hillsides, wet ground and anything else that’s hard or unsafe to reach on foot or with a ground rig. We’re based in the Lockyer Valley, close to Gatton, and work across South East Queensland and Tasmania.

See our aerial spraying service, read our Toowoomba hillside case study, or call 0419 644 104 for a quote.