Coatings World - December 2013

new clearcoats, D8115 and D8117. This process provides a match to the original color while maintaining an even level of matte finish across the repair area. The two new matte clearcoats were specially developed to provide the end user with the flexibility to blend the clearcoats together to achieve a perfect match to original matte finishes. This approach can be used on all colors to attain an effective repair and is a key step in the efficient repair process for darker colors such as Mercedes-Benz’s Nachtschwarz black. PPG is first to market to recommend this process together with its market-leading matte clearcoats for repairing a wide range of gloss levels on matte and semimatte full-body colors.

“Matte finishes have increased in
popularity with an increasing number
of OEMs over the past few years, and it
became clear to us that a special process
would be needed to replicate the factory
finish accurately,” explained Ron Thomas,
product platforms manager, EMEA. “The
two new clearcoats were developed to
provide the basis for the concept, and then
in collaboration with Mercedes-Benz, the
process was further developed to create a
perfect result on darker colors and matte
blacks. Renato Liano, front end evalua-
tion manager at PPG, originally developed
the dual-clear concept and followed up
in close collaboration with Daimler AG
to validate the overall process. This ulti-
mately led to the approval from Mercedes-
Benz, which is extremely pleased with the
technical results.”
Body shops will benefit greatly since
the application and blending of the
basecoat can still be carried out using
existing processes, saving time and in-
creasing efficiency over earlier methods.
The process provides an accurate match
on the most difficult full-body matte col-
ors and creates an easier, more effective
and efficient process for matching the
original finish and bringing overall repair
time in line with conventional repairs.
It should also be noted that in North
America D8115 and D8117 are national
rule-compliant. For VOC con-
tainment areas, use a recom-
mended PPG 2.1 VOC clearcoat
with SLV4985 flattener.

Rhino Linings Acquires Advanced Coating Solutions Rhino Linings Corporation, a leader in protective coatings and linings industry, has acquired Advanced Coating Solutions, a San Diego-based developer and manufacturer of waterborne, compliant coatings including epoxies, urethanes, stains, sealers and topcoats.

Prior to the acquisition, Advanced Coating Solutions was a supplier to Rhino Linings Corporation. The acquisition brings Advanced Coating Solutions’ products and personnel in house, and gives them the resources necessary to focus on new product development based on technologies pioneered by the company.