Environmental Friendly Specification

 70% Kynar 500® (AAMA 2605)

FINISHES:

  1. General:  Finish on exposed aluminum shall be compliant with the performance standards set forth in AAMA Specification 2605-98, “Superior Performing Organic Coatings on Aluminum”.

  2. Type:  Factory-applied, high performance, 70% Polyvinylidene Fluoride (PVDF) coating based on Arkema, Inc. Kynar 500® or Solvay Solexis, Inc. Hylar 5000® resin, formulated by a licensed paint manufacturer, and applied by paint manufacturer’s warranty-approved applicator.

  3. Pretreatment:  Applicator to pretreat the aluminum with solutions to remove organic and inorganic surface soils, remove residual oxides, followed by a chrome phosphate conversion coating - at minimum 40 mg/square foot - to ensure adhesion of paint to the aluminum.

  4. Color:  {Specifier to insert color code here, e.g. LT606 Hartford Green}.

  5. Environmental:

a.   Applicator must capture 100% of Volatile Organic Compounds in its application process, and convert them to harmless emissions via an oxidizer or equivalent device.

b.  Chrome pretreatment equipment to include wastewater treatment facilities, to guarantee no more than 0.5 ppm (parts per million) of chrome emissions.

c.      Applicator must be fully compliant with all applicable environmental regulations, which can be verified on EPA's ECHO website. www.epa.gov/echo

 

 

APPROVED APPLICATORS:

  1. Linetec