New Products
Benjamin Moore launches Aura Exterior
Following the nationwide rollout of
Aura Interior, Benjamin Moore recently
introduced Aura Exterior.
Three years in development, Benjamin
Moore unveiled the 100% acrylic interior Aura on the West Coast last year and
completed the product’s nationwide
rollout earlier this year. Aura is also
now available in an exterior edition. As
with Aura Interior, Aura Exterior features Benjamin Moore’s Color Lock
technology partnered with a water-borne colorant system. ColorLock technology locks in the color, enabling Aura
to cover most surfaces in a single coat,
according to the company.
By creating a waterborne colorant
system, Benjamin Moore says that no
additional VOCs are introduced into
the product when colorant is added.
Aura Exterior is available in three finishes: Flat, Low Lustre and SemiGloss.
WEST SYSTEM’S NEW
ADHESIVE FILLER
West System has introduced Brand 405
Filleting Blend Adhesive Filler designed
to provide structural strength with no
sacrifice in appearance of wooden boats.
Mixed with West System epoxy,
this wood-toned, high-density filler is
good for bonding joints on naturally-finished wood. Boatbuilders and
restorers often use it to create
West System’s Brand 405 Filleting
Blend Adhesive Filler.
smooth, strong fillets—cove-shaped
applications that bridge the inside
corner of a joint, creating an epoxy
brace that adds strength.
It’s also good for gap-filling and
works well in bonding layers of wood
strips, veneers, planks, sheets and cores
in laminating projects. It can also be
used to bond fasteners into place, which
improves their load-carrying capacity.
Epoxy mixed with 405 Filleting Blend
cures to a dark brown.
VALSPAR INTRODUCES
DURAMAX SEMI-GLOSS PAINT
The Valspar Corporation has introduction Valspar Duramax in Semi-Gloss for
consumers looking for a full spectrum of
finishes in premium quality exterior
paints. Valspar Duramax Semi-Gloss
joins Duramax Flat and Duramax
Satin paints to offer consumers one-coat protection and durability.
Valspar Duramax paint is infused
with Crosslinking Ti3 technology for
maximum adhesion, UV protection
and long-lasting durability. Drying
quickly, Valspar Duramax creates a
thicker finish to help hide minor surface defects and small cracks.
Water-based and 100% acrylic,
Valspar Duramax cleans up easily
with soap and water and is low odor.
Valspar Duramax Semi-Gloss is
available at Lowe’s nationwide.
INTERNATIONAL PAINT
INTRODUCES INTERGARD 1033
International Paint LLC, an Akzo Nobel
company, has introduced Intergard
1033, an advanced low VOC chalk white
epoxy finish developed specifically to
help maintain a clean white appearance on steel or concrete surfaces within industrial environments. The coating’s abrasion-resistant properties and
self-cleaning capabilities also help
