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Benefits and Uses of VYNGUARD® Performance Coatings

Stains are unavoidable issues for exterior surfaces. This is especially true in specific environments and on high-use surfaces, such as boat upholstery in a marine setting or public transportation in a high-traffic urban setting. Fortunately, there’s a solution. Enter VYNGUARD® Performance Coatings.

New Warehouse built in 2020
Press Release

APV Engineered Coatings Demonstrated Agility & Resiliency in 2020

APV Engineered Coatings started 2021 ready to build on the gains it experienced during one of the most challenging years in recent history. The company – an essential business that remained open and operating during the COVID-19 pandemic – pivoted to help meet public health needs while continuing to serve its customer base with specialty chemical products that contributed to the economy and kept other businesses moving forward.

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New Water-Based Liquid Flashing Exceeds AAMA 714 Standard

As seen in: Coatings Pro Magazine

APV Engineered Coatings, makers of NeverFade® Façade Restoration Coatings, adds to its building products offerings with BLOCKSEAL™, a water-based, waterproof liquid flashing that seals window and door substrates in new and existing residential, commercial, and industrial applications. It is one of the few liquid flashing products to meet and exceed AAMA 714-19, Voluntary Specification for Liquid Applied Flashing Used to Create a Water-Resistive Seal around Exterior Wall Openings in Buildings.

Case Study

New Roof Coating Corrects Years of Weather Damage and Degradation

The damage started to become apparent during a roof inspection in the spring of 2015. After 25 years of service life, the metal roof on Central Middle School in Dobson, North Carolina, was showing its age. Back-to-back winters with heavier-than-average amounts of snow and ice caused the blue, factory-applied coating on the standing seam roof to flake and peel off, exposing large sections of grey primer and the underlying steel roof panels to the elements.

The Great Stupa
Case Study

The Great Stupa of Dharmakaya Façade Restoration and Preservation

With many vibrant colors, the Great Stupa is one of the most beautiful structures in the Western hemisphere. Extreme weather conditions— especially radical temperature swings and intense UV light—are also particularly tough on paint. The maintenance team decided that NeverFade Façade Restoration Coatings, offered the optimal performance properties needed for protecting the building facade and preserving color vibrancy in the harsh climate.

NeverFade Project- Naples Square Quattro
Case Study

Exterior Restoration of a Luxury, Resort-Style Living Community in Naples, Florida

Homeowners at the Quattro at Naples Square enjoy the ultimate in luxury, resort-style living: spacious condos with oversized island kitchens, generous master suites, and premier fixtures and finishes, along with an owners club room, lovely pool area and more. Condos in the downtown Naples, Florida development start in the high $2 millions and are ideally suited near shopping, dining and bayfront marinas.

1 Rockwood Project
Case Study

High-Performance Exterior Coatings Protect Biotech Office Center from Weathering Damage

Home to several high-profile tenants since its construction in the early 1970s, the 1 Rockwood office building now occupied by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., recently underwent a complete restoration of its façade using NeverFade® Exterior Restoration Coatings with Kynar Aquatec® from APV Engineered Coatings. The restoration project will help the building resist exterior fading and degradation for at least 20 years.

Vynguard Anti-microbial
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Benefits and Uses of VYNGUARD® Performance Coatings

Stains are unavoidable issues for exterior surfaces. This is especially true in specific environments and on high-use surfaces, such as boat upholstery in a marine setting or public transportation in a high-traffic urban setting. Fortunately, there’s a solution. Enter VYNGUARD® Performance Coatings.

Building exterior unfinished
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Benefits and Uses of BLOCKSEAL™ Liquid Flashing

As a contractor or construction professional, you’re no stranger to the importance of reliable sealing solutions. In each of your projects, ensuring protection against moisture infiltration is paramount to the structural integrity and longevity of your structures.

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Benefits of NeverFade® Façade Restoration Coatings

When it comes to building maintenance and restoration, one of the most persistent challenges is preserving the integrity and aesthetics of exterior surfaces. Architects, specifiers, engineers, and building owners constantly grapple with the relentless onslaught of environmental elements that degrade façades over time.

Contract seating coated Vynguard
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Disinfectants are in the Hot Seat in the Upholstery Market

Upholstery fabric used in the contract seating market in mass transit, medical, and hospitality applications can breed harmful bacteria with widespread capability. Since the pandemic has swept the world, cleaning and disinfecting commonly touched surfaces have become more frequent and thorough, and rightfully so.