Tough-Coat

Tough-Coat is a heat-reducing coating that can be applied to a wide variety of surfaces. It contains special ingredients that converts heat energy from sunlight into motion and thereby allows it to dissipate. These components of the coating are effective regardless of paint colour and irregularities in the coating surface, which means that aging does not affect performance.

Tough-Coat comes in two varieties. D-42 is a weather-resistant paint made from acrylic urethane resin. D-47 is a specially-formulated variant suitable for application to external surfaces like walls and sidewalks. As an added benefit, D-47 includes special radiating materials that allow for rapid cooling of surfaces like roads once the sun sets.

 

Explanation of the Heat Exchange Method

As global warming becomes an increasingly significant problem, methods are urgently needed to improve efficiency and cut CO2 output resulting from industrial activity.

 

Tough-Coat heat exchange paints are one such way of cutting CO2 output. Tough-Coat doesn't just shield coated surfaces against heat by providing thermal insulation, it actually promotes heat exchange. This means that heat exchange paint does the opposite, allowing airspaces and ceramic shells to store and then dissipate the heat.

What is a Heat Exchange Paint?

When sunlight hits specially-formulated Heat Exchange Paint, a part of the infra-red rays are deflected. The remainder of the sunlight is converted into thermal energy and dissipated throughout the paint film as heat. The paint film does not store the energy, however: special heat-radiating materials cause  the greater part of the heat energy to be emitted as kinetic energy.

Features of Tough Coat

• Available in Deep Colors -- Please find attached the Tough-Coat D42 and D47 colour chart
• One-component Paint (easy to use)
• Excellent Wear Resistance
• Color Wash (safe!)
• Quick Drying
• Excellent film adhesion to concrete or asphalt (D-47)
• Good for Acid Rain (D-42)
• Good Weather Resistance (D-42)
• Low-Gloss (D-42)

 

• Energy Saving
  • Minimizes increases in indoor temperature (improving the living environment)
  • Reduces the need for air-conditioning equipment (saves capital costs)
  • Reduction in required air-conditoning energy (reduction of running costs)

 

• Abating Thermal Expansion
  • Inhibits elongation and deflection caused by thermal expansion
  • Prevents degradation of sealing and water-resistant layers

 

• UHI (Urban Heat Island Effect) Countermeasures
  • Lowers the surface temperature of roads, sidewalks, and does not store heat inside them
  • Diminishes heat release from outdoor units of air-conditioners
  • Diminishes heat release from exterior walls

 

We are able to supply this product immediately. Application requires no special training or equipment.

 

 

We invite you to view our presentations below.

 

Tough-Coat Animated Introduction (EXE format, 2.31 mb).*

*As always from Fount-Reco, the executable is safe and contains no viruses or adware.

 

Tough-Coat Savings - Calculations and Simulations (PDF format, 450 kb).

 

Tough-Coat Color Selections (PDF format, 332 kb).

 

Tough-Coat Cooling Load Calculations (PDF format, 135 kb).

 

Tough-Coat Energy Dissipation Comparison Chart (PDF format, 183 kb). It compares W/m² for normal paint and Tough-Coat, showing that there is a 30% reduction in heat energy input.

 

Tough-Coat Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) (PDF format, 60 kb).

 

 

Photographs

 

Tough-Coat is a highly versatile paint that can be applied to a wide variety of surfaces. The bus below, for example, has been painted with Tough-Coat heat-reducing paint.