PPG Industries has developed a chromate-free, lightweight sealant for corrosion-inhibitive military aircraft applications.
Visitors at the National Business Aviation
Association Convention and Exhibition
learned about PRC PR-2870 Class B sealant at the PPG booth during the event in
Orlando, Florida, at the Orange County
Convention Center.
According to Bill Keller, PPG
Aerospace global segment manager for
sealants, the eco-friendly sealant uses
PPG-patented technologies and is designed as a replacement option for PRO-SEAL 870 sealant.
“PR-2870 sealant is a new-generation,
corrosion-inhibitive sealant for aero-
dynamic smoothing, structural surface
sealing, fay sealing and pressure fuse-
lage sealing applications,” Keller said. “It
weighs 30 percent less by volume than
PRO-SEAL 870 sealant, has low specific
gravity and is chromate-free to meet the
needs of today’s aviation industry.”
Other benefits include low levels of
volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
and rapid cure time, he said. The new
PPG sealant is qualified to U.S. Military
Specification MIL-PRF-81733, often used
by general aviation aircraft manufactur-
ers to select products.
Keller said PR-2870 is the result of
PPG’s collaboration on a project sponsored
by the Strategic Environmental Research
and Development Program (SERDP) to
develop an eco-friendly corrosion-inhibitive sealant offering high performance.
PPG Launches EN-V
Performance Clearcoat
PPG Industries’ automotive refinish
business has introduced EC530 EN-V
Performance Clearcoat, an easy-to-use
clearcoat with premium gloss retention
over waterborne basecoat, which meets
or exceeds regulatory requirements in
all U.S. and Canadian regions. The new
clearcoat is the latest addition to the
leading ENVIROBASE High Performance
refinish system by PPG.
“EC530 is a significant expansion of
the Envirobase High Performance system,”
said Tim Jones, PPG waterborne segment
manager. “This is an excellent, compliant
clearcoat for our waterborne basecoat.
It’s easy to use and works quickly to help
shops improve productivity and through-
put. It also consistently provides the beau-
tiful finish, gloss and appearance expected
of PPG products. We believe these are fea-
tures collision centers and their customers
will find very attractive.”
According to Jones, EC530 uses a tradi-
tional two-coat application process. With
four available reducers, it works across a
wide spectrum of temperature and humid-
ity conditions. The new clearcoat has a
short bake cycle of 25 minutes or can air
dry in less than four hours. It requires no
polishing; however, dirt nibs can be buffed
immediately after cooldown.
Olympic Brand Launches
New Home Interior Paint at
Lowe’s
Olympic Paint and Stain announced the
launch of Olympic Home interior latex
paint, a new line of flat and semi-gloss
paint available exclusively at Lowe’s
stores nationwide.
Starting at $11.97 per gallon, the
new Home paint provides professionals
and DIY homeowners with a durable,
easy-to-apply and clean product at a
value price. With good hiding power
and a smooth finish, Home paint joins
the Olympic paint portfolio that consumers know and trust for reliability,
dependability and quality, according to
Nicole Jones, senior brand manag-er, Olympic Paint and Stain.
“Homeowners today are looking not
only for high-quality products to beautify
and update their homes, but for a paint
at a great price that doesn’t compro-
mise quality,” Jones said. “Professionals
and homeowners can rely on Olympic
Home paint to brighten their walls with-
out lightening their wallets.”
Olympic Home paint is available in
more than 600 light and medium colors
included in the Olympic palette, and it is
backed by a 15-year limited warranty.
PPG Launches DELFLEET
Evolution High-Solids
Epoxy Primers
The commercial coatings group of PPG
Industries’ automotive refinish business
has introduced DELFLEET Evolution
F4935, F4936 and F4937 HS Epoxy
Primers, a new series of high-solids, 2.1
VOC (volatile organic compound) primers with excellent adhesion and corrosion
resistance over many different substrates.
The new epoxy primers are identified
as F4935 white, F4936 gray and F4937
black and are combined with Delfleet
Evolution F4938 HS Epoxy Primer
Hardener in a simple 1-to-1 mix ratio.
With a VOC level of 2.1 pounds per gallon, the primers meet current requirements in key regulated (compliant) U.S.
markets as well as Canada.
“These are extremely versatile epoxy
primers that should be very attractive to
the builder market,” said J.J. Wirth, PPG
brand manager, fleet segments. “We ex-
pect customers to be pleased with how
well these primers perform, particularly
since they can be applied over a wide
range of commercial surfaces including
steel, galvaneal, galvanized, stainless steel,
aluminum, fiber glass and OEM finishes.”
Wirth added that the new primers offer
good vertical hang and film build proper-
ties with application versatility. They can
be topcoated directly as primer sealers or,
with additional coats, easily sanded as
primer surfacers, increasing productiv-
ity and reducing process steps. Because
the primers are available in white, gray
and black, they can be used with a broad
range of colors as well. CW
PPG Introduces Eco-Friendly
Aerospace Sealant
