Industrial Coatings

PPG DURANAR™Tough, colorful coil coatings trusted by architects and builders for over 50 years

The Duranar family of products delivers outstanding aesthetics and durability for a wide range of uses, from monumental architectural applications to metal roofing and wall panels. The coil coatings combine PPG-proprietary resin and pigment technologies with 70% fluoropolymer base resins and offer a wide palette of unique effects and colors, while meeting FGIA/AAMA 2605 specifications and a range of demanding market and project coating requirements.

Desirable Balance of Cost, Aesthetics and Performance

These exceptional coil coatings, coupled with the industry’s largest color library, color capabilities and special effect finishes, demonstrate how PPG is changing what’s possible in architectural metal. With the Duranar family of high-performance products, builders, architects and owners can trust that their assets will have lasting protection and brilliance, even in the harshest conditions.

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Product Benefits

Duranar Products:

  • Duranar Solid Color Coil Coating System: Fluoropolymer coil coatings with proven resistance to color and fade to protect and beautify metal building surfaces in various climates around the world
  • Duranar SUNSTORM® Mica-Effect Coil Coating System: Sunstorm offers a dazzling metalescent look, without the need for aluminum flake or a third-layer clear coat, with pearlescent mica flake added to the color layer
  • Duranar XL Metallic Coil Coating System: XL provides added protection for metal roofs, wall panels and architectural components in difficult seacoast and industrial environments
  • Duranar ULTRA-Cool® Coil Coating System: Ultra-cool has been engineered to keep buildings cool and comply with Energy Star solar reflectance limits for steep-slope or low-slope roofing products
  • Duranar Plus / XL Plus​, Duranar VARI-COOL​, Duranar Anti-Graffiti​ and Duranar MXL​: Contact us to find out more.
Buildings

Typical Uses:

  • Building panels
  • High-end storefronts
  • Curtain walls
  • Roof and exterior wall panels
  • Aluminum composite and accent trim
  • Corporate signage
Product Benefits

Duranar Features:

  • Long-term durability with outstanding corrosion, chemical attack and UV resistance
  • Excellent resistance to chalk and color fade, preserving building aesthetics
  • Minimal maintenance: can be cleaned with mild detergents and solvents
  • Minor scratches can be repaired in the field
  • Good flexibility to help with rigorous post-forming operations
  • Multitude of design options for architects and designers
  • Exceptional color stability and gloss retention
  • Meets or exceeds FGIA/AAMA 2605 performance requirements
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Architects

Across the world, and on practically every kind of structure that requires colorful metal coatings to look and perform their best, you'll discover the innovative and proven coating solutions of PPG.

For more than five decades, PPG scientists and formulation experts have pushed the limits of what's possible in architectural metal coatings-and along the way have helped to reshape the modern skyline. Starting in 1967 with the first application with our revolutionary DURANAR® coatings, and continuing to this day with such advances as infrared-reflective pigments and customizable powder coatings, we are creating solutions that are more versatile, architect-friendly and environmentally compatible than ever before.

From masterpieces such as the Empire State Building and the Pyramid at the Louvre, to the countless residential and commercial structures our products improve every day, we provide architectural metal coatings with the color, performance and longevity that beautify and protect buildings for years.

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Why choose Duranar?

  • Wide range of consistent and stable colors and effects

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    Lasting performance and durability

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    Proven resistance

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    Trusted for over 50 years

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    Exceeds FGIA/AAMA 2605 requirements

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