October 2017 marked an amazing milestone in coatings technology. Weathering panels of coatings made with Kynar 500® PVDF resin (Arkema Inc.) and Shepherd Color Company Complex Inorganic Color Pigments achieved 50 years of successful weathering.
The combination of Kynar 500® PVDF with Shepherd Color CICP pigments is truly complimentary since either one without the other by itself would not be able to achieve these remarkable results.The mixed metal oxide pigments are capable of fade-free long-term performance, but PVDF resin is needed to achieve results such as these, since lesser polymer binder systems would deteriorate long before this.
The combination of Kynar 500® PVDF with Shepherd Color CICP pigments is truly complimentary since either one without the other by itself would not be able to achieve these remarkable results.The mixed metal oxide pigments are capable of fade-free long-term performance, but PVDF resin is needed to achieve results such as these, since lesser polymer binder systems would deteriorate long before this.