GALVACOAT®

GALVACOAT^®

GALVACOAT^® is a tough, single application polyurethane top coat specifically formulated
to adhere to non-ferrous metals such as zinc.

Adhesion is the key!
Specifiers and contractors have struggled for years to achieve a successful method
of painting galvanized steelwork. All too often their best efforts have resulted
in disappointment as the paint peels or flakes off within a short period of time.

Most standard paints are designed for use on ferrous metals. Zinc is a non-ferrous metal
and therefore it requires special etch primers. GALVACOAT^® was specially designed
for non-ferrous metals thereby eliminating the need for these etch primers. If the wrong
paint system is applied it can react with the galvanizing to form a layer of salts
which causes the paint to lose adhesion over a period of time.

GALVACOAT^® adheres to the galvanizing and does not allow salts to form which means
that for the life of the coating GT0 is achieved.

What is GT0?
This is a test that looks at the adhesion of paint to steel (BS3900; Part 6).
In this test the paint is cross cut to leave small squares which when tape is applied
over them will rip from the steel and attach to the tape if the adhesion is not good enough.
Gt0 is achieved when the tape cannot remove any paint from the steel.