Coil coating is growing in popularity when applying a coating to a metal substrate because of the economic, ecological and technical advantages associated with this state-of-the-art technology.

Coil coated steel and aluminium are used in a wide variety of everyday goods like building components and claddings, household appliances, drink cans, car parts and panels for cars and caravans.

The colouration of coil coatings continues to be a challenging area. Extended warranties and harsh environments mean that the use of high performance pigment is essential.

Rockwood Pigments is a leading supplier of high performance inorganic pigments. The new Solaplex™ range offers unique opportunities for coil coatings

• A unique opportunity to achieve bright yellow and orange shades, filling a gap in the present colour palette

• Ideal in high temperature applications as well as imparting excellent opacity to a clear binder

• Wide compatibility in acid catalysed and IR/UV cure systems

• Florida Weathering exposure results demonstrate that Solaplex™ Pigments can exhibit superior durability to a conventional nickel or chromium antimony titanate in Polyester, PVDF and Plastisol coatings

• Solaplex™ Pigments show excellent colour retention after exposure to a warm, wet, acidic environment (Kesternich Test) and therefore are ideal for the colouration of acid catalysed systems; they should also withstand exposure to acid rain
  

Solaplex™ Pigments can be supplied as a pigment, as part of a colour-match powder blend or as a liquid dispersion.