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What are high-performance PVDF (Kynar) Paints

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The most commonly used paints in architectural applications in North America are called 70% PVDF or fluoropolymer paints. An example of a trade name of a PVDF resin is Kynar 500 manufactured by Arkema. High-performance paint provide a robust weathering, fade and chalk resistant, beautiful finish that should last for decades when cared for properly.

Washington University School of Law’s Anheuser-Busch Hall features Super Sky skylight, finished by Linetec

When Washington University in St. Louis renovated the School of Law’s Anheuser-Busch Hall and enlarged the student commons, it took a bold direction to cover Crowder Courtyard in a canopy of glass and metal. Playing a significant role, Super Sky Products manufactured and installed a custom dome skylight spanning 80 by 85 feet over what […]

Linetec’s Customer & Supplier Appreciation Golf Outing

On Friday, August 10, 2012, we held our 27th Annual Customer and Supplier Appreciation Golf Outing. Thank you to the 116 participants who partook in a beautiful day of golf and Olympic themed games at Pine Valley Golf Course. Congratulations to Marc and Jack from Lurie Panels and Bruce and Kim from Wausau Window and Wall Systems. […]

Eco-Friendly Architectural Anodize

We’ve recently published an anodize white paper – Achieving Success with Architectural Anodize. The white paper begins with a discussion of its environmental characteristics and the additional benefits of eco-friendly anodize. To download the entire white paper, click here. The Anodize Process and its Environmental Characteristics  The anodizing process consists of immersing the aluminum to be anodized […]

Qualify your paint code

When specifying a paint code for your project, Linetec strongly recommends that you always double checking for accuracy. The specific code is what drives the ordering process and the achieved color. The color name is only a guideline; many times manufacturers and applicators will have the same paint name for different paint types and colors. Relying on […]

Linetec finishes panel system for Houston’s Hess Tower –

  Hess Tower was the first office building in Houston’s central business district to earn LEED Gold certification through the U.S. Green Building Council. The 29-story, Class A office building located at 1501 McKinney Street is adjacent to the Discovery Green 12-acre park. It was formerly called Discovery Tower until Hess Corporation leased the entire […]

Linetec expands service throughout the Southwest

Responding to customers across the Southwest, we have expanded our service and distribution to include Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico. Rob Seils, our South-Central territory sales manager, provides customers across the region with liquid painting, powder coating, and anodize finishing services for architectural aluminum. Examples of customers’ products include window and door systems’, storefront […]

Guide Specification for High-Performance Architectural Coatings

A new guide specification for factory-applied PVDF (Kynar®) and anodize finishes, Section 05 0513 Shop Applied Coatings for Metal, is available for download in 3-part CSI MasterFormat, from Linetec’s online Architect Resource Center. Product finishing has always been a part of a project guide specification, but merely as a short description of the desired coating.  This […]