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PPG Industries' (NYSE: PPG) commercial coatings group has introduced two high-hiding, yellow urethane resin bases intended to provide increased hiding power for select industrial colors. AUE-300YL and AUE-360YL join the AUE-300 Low-VOC Urethane Enamel and AUE-360 High-Solids Urethane Enamel topcoat systems, respectively, and are part of the PPG Commercial Performance Coatings portfolio of products.
“AUE-300YL and AUE-360YL have been used to reformulate certain colors in the two-book PPG Commercial Performance Coatings color selector,” said Steve Podlas, PPG brand manager for commercial coatings. “We identified 25 colors to date as having formulations that often take five or six coats to achieve hiding using the standard, clear mixing resin. But now, with AUE-300YL and AUE-360YL, we can provide 30 to 35 percent better hiding than the original formulation.”
Hiding, or hiding power, is the ability of a paint film to mask a color or pattern on the surface the paint film covers. According to Podlas, the new resins’ yellow color gives them enhanced hiding capability. This, in turn, reduces the number of coats required in an application and results in lower labor and material costs for the end user.
“Better hiding means saving time and expense to the customer,” Podlas added. “And obviously, that’s a significant benefit.”
AUE-300YL and AUE-360YL are recommended for interior and exterior use on properly prepared surfaces. Application examples include metal fabrication, castings, cabinets, machinery and heavy equipment. AUE-360YL offers excellent exterior durability, mar and chemical resistance, UV resistance, and high dry film hiding capability with minimal coats.
PPG’s commercial coatings group offers a full range of coating technologies for the commercial transportation and light industrial markets including polyurethanes, alkyds, epoxies, polyurea, waterborne, pretreatment chemicals and powder coatings. PPG commercial coatings products are marketed under names such as the DELFLEET® Evolution, DELFLEET ESSENTIAL®, Commercial Performance Coatings and AMERCOAT® brands. For more about PPG's commercial coatings group, call 800-647-6050 or visit ppgcommercialcoatings.com/.
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PPG Industries' vision is to continue to be the world’s leading coatings and specialty products company. Through leadership in innovation, sustainability and color, PPG helps customers in industrial, transportation, consumer products, and construction markets and aftermarkets to enhance more surfaces in more ways than does any other company. Founded in 1883, PPG has global headquarters in Pittsburgh and operates in more than 60 countries around the world. Sales in 2010 were $13.4 billion. PPG (ppg.com) shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange (symbol: PPG). For more information, visit ppg.com.
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