After what you read below, you will become aware that the need to redo aluminum coatings on flat and low slope roofs every few years represents liability and inefficiency versus premium, white cool roof coatings. The complete answers to the aluminized coatings question versus a higher quality, elastomeric low-slope coatings like that are ENERGY STAR [...]
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SOLAR REFLECTIVE, COOL COLOR COATED METAL ROOFS USING IR PIGMENT TECHNOLOGY When it comes to metal roof coatings that were factory baked-on and ultra-durable, the trademarked “Kynar” comes to mind. This technology was and still is made in the fluoro-polymer, solvent-based material and became a dominant, highly durable coating for factory metal panel suppliers. These coatings were developed starting [...]
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SOLAR REFLECTIVE DOES NOT MEAN IT INSULATES In the market today you will find two competing exterior finish coating and finish paint technologies which claim the top results for their ability to reflect the sun’s heat. These are the solar reflective coatings or IR reflective coatings (IR=infrared) and the so-called insulating paints that are ceramic-filled. By definition, [...]
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A QUESTION OF VALUES AND STEWARDSHIP TO COOL A HOT PLANET There are always multiple reasons why technological advances that come with positive cultural, global, and societal impact make sense and are taken up successfully by people, but their uptake isn’t always fast. Key is does it really make a difference and does it change [...]
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