Kelly-Moore launches heat-reflective paint
Kelly-Moore Paint Company, Inc., has introduced Enviro Coat Reflective 1545,
one of the industry’s first commercially
produced architectural coatings designed
to reflect the sun’s radiant heat, according
to the company. This eco-functional, exterior 100 percent acrylic eggshell paint
lowers external wall temperature, allowing homeowners and building operators
to minimize air conditioning usage and
save money on utility bills.
Kelly-Moore’s Enviro Coat Reflective 1545.
American homeowners spend an average of $2,000 annually on utility bills,
nearly 20 percent from air conditioning.
In office buildings, cooling is responsible
for approximately 23 percent of the total
energy cost. When applied to vertical outside walls, Enviro Coat Reflective deflects
a portion of the sun’s radiant heat away
from the building. Its infrared-reflective
technology employs pigments preventing
infrared radiant heat from absorbing into
the film and wall thus keeping exterior
walls cooler. This technology has been
used in the roof-coating industry, but is
now being applied to outside walls.
“We wanted to create an eco-functional paint system designed for today’s
popular mid-tone and darker exterior
trend colors to reflect radiant heat the way
lighter colors already do,” said Mark
Zielinski, Kelly-Moore Paints’ VP of sales.
“Enviro Coat Reflective is especially suit-
able for homes and buildings in warmer
Kelly-Moore markets such as Texas, Cal-
ifornia and Nevada.”
Enviro Coat Reflective is available in
six, ready-mixed stock colors and can be
brushed, rolled or sprayed. It applies like
a high-quality exterior paint with out-
standing coverage and weather resistance.
To achieve the greatest degree of reflectiv-
ity, specifications call for a white primer
to be applied first and controlled even top-
coat. Enviro Coat Reflective is available in
one-gallon cans or five-gallon pails.
3M introduces new low VOC
spray adhesives
3M Industrial Adhesives and Tapes Division launched the new Low VOC
Aerosols and 3M Hi-Strength 94 ET
Spray Adhesives with up to 50 percent
reduction of VOCs. As more attention is
paid to VOCs and their role in air quality, 3M is offering these next generation
materials for customers interested in
pursuing LEED credits and other environmental certifications.
The new Low VOC Aerosol Adhesives from 3M are low-emission versions
of the company’s aerosol adhesives.
These products include 3M Super 77
Multi-Purpose Spray Adhesive, 3M Hi-Strength 90 Spray Adhesive and 3M
Foam Fast 74 Spray Adhesive.
Additionally, 3M Adhesive Remover
and 3M Silicone Spray complement the
line. Performance benefits have been
achieved with the low VOC versions of
3M Super 77 Multi-Purpose Spray Adhesive, which offers a longer tack and finer
spray pattern than the current offering,
the company said.
In addition, 3M Hi-Strength 90 Spray
Adhesive and 3M Foam Fast 74 Spray Adhesive deliver higher solids, better peel
strength and a longer bonding range. All
of the 3M Low VOC Aerosol Adhesives
meet California Air Resources Board
(CARB), Ozone Transport Commission
(OTC) and Lake Michigan Air District
Consortium (LADCO) VOC requirements.
All of the 3M Low VOC Spray Adhesive products are Greenguard Children &
Schools Certified(SM), a product certification recognizing low-emitting building
materials and other products used in environments where children and other sensitive populations spend extended periods
of time.
Lord Corp introduces low VOC
Autoseal RC-3007 aqueous
coating
Designed for use on EPDM sponge seals
to reduce noise from automotive vibra-
tion and impart ice-release characteris-
tics, LORD Corporation’s Autoseal
RC-3007 coating is part of a two-pack
system that uses either Autoseal 3462B
cross-linker or Autoseal 3463B cross-
linker. The low VOC coating greatly re-
duces unwanted itch and squeak noise
caused from automobile vibration, while
also preventing ice from sticking to
coated rubber weatherstrip seals. Since
electric cars like the Chevrolet Volt make
very little noise, designers and engineers
incorporate numerous initiatives
throughout the car to isolate road and
drive system noise from the cabin. Au-
toseal RC-3007 is used on the Volt’s lift-
gate seal to minimize road noise and
create a quiet interior environment. The
coating was also selected for use on other
traditional powertrain vehicle platforms
and has recently been added to the GM
Best Practice list. Autoseal RC-3007 is
available in a black and clear version.
Dow Airstone 77-T3 adhesive
system introduced
The Dow Chemical Company has
launched the Dow Airstone 77-T3 adhe-
sive, an epoxy-based adhesive system used
to bond half shells together to create fin-
ished wind blade structures. The company
said Dow Airstone 77-T3 represents a nat-
ural evolution in the line of Dow Airstone
77 adhesives, which are used by fabricators
