Performance Matters
Coatings Designed to Solve Problems, Not Create Them
Tnemec is heavily invested in the development of innovative coatings designed to solve specific industry challenges, and has been for nearly 100 years. By focusing on performance testing and using top-of-the-line equipment, Tnemec ensures that every product offered by our company is well-suited to exceed expectation in its intended exposure.
Using only high-quality binders, resins, pigments and additives, Tnemec products are formulated to perform both in accelerated testing protocols and in the field. Our company tests and retests every product – following industry-recognized testing standards, like ASTM B117, ASTM D 4587, etc. – to qualify each coating’s ability to resist corrosion, UV light, abrasion and other causes of coating degradation.
Coatings and linings from Tnemec are not only formulated to last, they are created to be applicator-friendly and easy to apply, helping to eliminate the need for extra steps and unwanted project delays. And, because our products are backed by some of the most knowledgable representatives in the industry, Tnemec coatings are always delivered with reliable support and an unmatched dedication to the needs of you and your team.
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Not All Coatings Are Created Equal
Coating formulations are comprised of many ingredients: resins, curing agents, extenders, additives, color pigments, and solvents. Each one of these ingredients is, in turn, offered by multiple raw material suppliers who may have an entire line of products to choose from. This creates an exponential number of possible formula combinations. While coatings can be grouped into a generic chemistry family, they may be formulated completely different and offer different application characteristics and performance. -
Extensive Testing to Ensure Coating Performance
Tnemec believes subjecting a coating, and various coating systems, to numerous tests provides our customers with a more complete performance profile of the product. No one coating is superior in all facets and extensive testing over a wide array of test methods highlights a product’s strong and weak points, allowing for the needed criteria on which to base an educated selection and specification. In the end, the careful analysis of comprehensive product performance data, taken from a multitude of tests, is the best way to determine true differences in coatings. -
Providing a Basis for Coating Comparison
Accelerated laboratory tests are intended to stress a coating and prematurely degrade it. This could be due to exceptionally high UV exposure (ASTM D 4587) or corrosive conditions (ASTM D 5894). The usefulness of these tests is that they are standardized, so data can be easily compared among several products and multiple manufacturers to determine their performance attributes. Additionally, products tested on a particular performance attribute (i.e. gloss retention) over several different tests (EMMAQUA, QUV, South Florida) can provide meaningful assurance that one product will outperform another in an actual exterior exposure condition.
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