New Product Announcement: Metallic Topcoat

Earlier this week, marine and protective coatings company Jotun released its new high-gloss metallic topcoat system for its superyacht segment.

Study Looks at Alhambra Gold Leaf Corrosion

Centuries after its construction, gold on the Alhambra, a palace and fortress of the Moorish monarchs of Granada, Spain, has spontaneously turned purple.

New Product Announcement: Metallic Powder Coatings

Tiger Drylac, the North American operating division of Tiger Coatings GmbH & Co KG in Wels, Austria, recently announced two new color additions to its metallics product line.

Crews used this machine to determine what mystery metallics were used on a building exterior featured in the fall issue of PaintSquare Press.

True or false: The tin coating applied to stainless steel, formerly an alloy of lead and tin, is called titania.

Zinc metalizing has been applied to concrete surfaces to provide cathodic protection to rebar in the concrete. What are the problems, if any, with applying zinc metalizing to concrete, and what is the best approach to addressing them?

What is the best combination of metal (for instance, steel or aluminum) and coatings for creating bright colors on public art and sculpture, considering durability, initial cost, maintenance burden, resistance to vandalism, and gloss and color retention.

A Versatile Cladding for Buildings

from D+D Print, January 2015 ; by David Johnston and Scott Robinson, EIMA

There’s more to EIFS than simulating stucco.

Profiles in Metal

from D+D Print, October 2014 ; by Gary Henry

Architectural metal shines on two redesigned buildings.

Eastern Coatings Show

June 1 - June 4, 2015

Gulf Coating Show 2015

April 6 - April 9, 2015

2014 CEPE Annual Conference

September 24 - September 26, 2014

Architectural Coatings: A PaintSquare Video Education Series

A collection of archived webinars focused on architectural coatings.

Concrete: A PaintSquare Video Education Series

A collection of archived webinars focused on concrete coatings and maintenance.

Standard Terminology Relating to Metallic Coated Steel Products

issued by ASTM

1.1 This standard is a compilation of terminology related to metallic coatings used in the stee...

Standard Guide for Selection of Porosity and Gross Defect Tests for Electrodeposits and Related Metallic Coatings

issued by ASTM

1.1 This guide describes some of the available standard methods for the detection, identificati...

Standard Test Method for Porosity in Metallic Coatings by Humid Sulfur Vapor (“Flowers-of-Sulfur”

issued by ASTM

1.1 This standard covers equipment and test methods for determining the porosity of metallic co...