Coatings World - June 2015

A novel PPG Aerospace solar-heat-management coating system can reduce external aircraft skin temperatures up to 25 degrees F, helping keep interior cabin temperatures cooler by 5 to 7 degrees.

“Airlines often avoid dark colors for
airplane liveries because they can absorb
as much as 90 percent of solar energy,
which in turn heats the interior while
a plane is on the ground,” said Mark
Cancilla, PPG global director for aero-
space coatings. “Our innovative paint
technology means airlines no longer have
to avoid dark colors. In fact, the darker
the color, the greater the difference there
is in total solar reflectance. There is no
compromise of other coating properties.”
PPG solar-heat-management coat-
ings technology is based on develop-
ment of novel pigment dispersions, or
stainers, that increase transmittance of
near-infrared energy, or heat, through
a dark coating and increase the subse-
quent reflection from a white underlayer.
Cancilla said the technology is modeled
after the eggplant, which naturally re-
mains cool to the touch even when ex-
posed to intense sunshine. The eggplant’s
dark purple skin does not absorb near-
IR radiation but transmits it to the white
interior flesh, where it is reflected and
transmitted out through the skin.

PPG’s technology works in the same way. Cancilla said PPG’s solar-heat-management coating system is being evaluated by several airlines and aircraft manufacturers.

Kilz Hide-All Primer Sealer
Now In New Sizes at
Lowe’s

Masco Coatings Group’s Kilz Hide-All
primer sealer is now available in the
convenience of both one and five gal-
lons exclusively at Lowe’s stores na-
tionwide. This high-hiding, fast-drying,
multi-surface latex primer sealer offers
the ability to cover surface issues—in-
cluding bold colors—at a competitive
price point. Kilz Hide-All primer sealer
allows professionals to create
the perfect painting canvas
over a wide range of problems
they may encounter on the job
– whether providing a base to paint on
newly hung drywall or covering a graf-
fiti-vandalized wall.

The high-hiding, fast-drying, latex primer sealer helps minimize issues caused by dark colors and minor surface marks to create a consistent canvas for the desired finish. With a multi-surface formula, Kilz Hide-All primer sealer is specifically formulated to help prepare surfaces for painting and evens permeability, and is recommended for use on interior surfaces including drywall, cured plaster, woodwork, masonry, concrete block, brick and previously painted areas.

Zircotec Expands Technical
Partnership with Ferrari
ELMS Race Team

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