We've all experienced the damage caused by ordinary wear and tear on a surface. Whether its is wood, metal, fabric, plastic, or glass, there is bound to be a wear, scratch or abrasion resistant coating perfectly designed to protect your precious surface. A building, boat, furniture, floor or car is after all an investment worth protection from unwanted damage. Rust, water damage, scuffs, streaks, scratches, fading, nicking and bumping with ordinary use in home products or excessive use in the industrial context are costly. An untreated surface can be disastrous. However, all kinds of coatings are now available and can be applied at the factory or in the home.
Money and time is saved over many years of use when lowered maintenance and replacement of vital parts, railings, flooring, or seating is reduced. Most metals and woods are susceptible to wear and tear, even though relatively hard and strong to begin with. Scuffs, scratches, and damage due to weather aren't pretty and reduce material strength. Contractors and designers can easily order materials to be coated and on a rush basis when required.
Coatings add to the life of your product while making it look and feel and work to the same degree or better. Anti-damage products have recently been tested and improved to be less toxic, more fire retardant, and to fit in with today's design expectation of sustainability.
New products have been designed to prevent high temperature damage caused by extreme exposure to sunlight and weather conditions. Others have been developed for high intensity industrial use where heat and chemicals may corrode a particular surface over time. This prevention keeps delays in work from impeding progress due to replacement and can ultimately cut costs at the management level.
Ruined materials are also costly. Damage to construction materials, outdoor furniture, mechanical parts, and the down time that comes with having to stall work, close the pool, wait for a part to arrive, or other is one result. Coatings help to prevent these delays and lend increased value as a result.
Many older, tired, fragile or antique surfaces benefit from the application of a coat of anti-scuff, fade, or scratch resistant protection. They can become useful once again and be reused more successfully.
Thin film applications for large plate glass not only keep out unwanted sun and light but actually prevent shattering on impact and can be tinted to match interior or exterior materials. Glare reduction is another factor as well as the scratching of the glass that comes with use.
Marine materials commonly require anti-abrasion surface treatments because most marine materials take such an excessive beating from weather and particularly exposure to salt. Most companies dealing in these specialty coatings suggest construction uses as well for materials which will be exposed to severe climate such as snow, sleet, ice, rains, fogs, or high desert heat.
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