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Ever thought a house or building would look great painted in a sleek, dark colour – then had to shelve plans for fear of the heat damaging the substrate or the building getting unbearably hot in our Auckland summers?
Well, forget all that. Resene Cool Colour technology makes painting exterior surfaces in dark colours both easier and safer. It can be used on all sorts of exterior materials and applications, from weatherboards and concrete to window sills. A Resene Cool Colour looks the same as normal, but reflects much more heat – so it doesn’t get as hot as a standard paint would.
The pigment technology allows the coating to retain its usual visible shade, but gives heat back from the surface, reducing stress on the coating and substrate, and limiting subsequent heat related damaged. The technology also minimises the buildup of unwanted heat in the building, keeping air conditioning and cooling costs down. When looking at the role paint can play in temperature control in buildings it comes down to colour.
The ability of white to reflect visible light extends through the infrared and, because of this, white surfaces remain relatively cool to touch, even in direct sunlight.
The opposite is true of black and dark colours, which absorb light in this infra-red area, resulting in significant heat build-up in the surface. As the emissivity of paints is not particularly good, the surface heat is conducted into the substrate and then radiated into the building.
Resene Cool Colour technology has been in hot demand for everything from weatherboards to windowsills. To enable Resene Cool Colours to be used on a wider range of projects, Cool Colours are now available in Resene Lumbersider satin acrylic, Resene Sonyx 101 semi-gloss, Resene Hi-Glo gloss acrylic, Resene X-200 waterproofing membrane, Resene Enamacryl gloss waterborne enamel, Resene Lustacryl semi-gloss waterborne enamel and Resene AquaShield mineral effect.
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Ask Citywide Decorators about using Resene Cool Colours on your home this summer! |
