Coatings
Everything Commercial Roofs Maintenance covers on coatings, in one place.
Articles
- ArticleAcrylic Roof Coating: Where It WorksAcrylic roof coating explained: how it cures, which roofs it suits, where ponding rules it out, what the system needs and what a quote should state.
Nadine Spadafora
- ArticleRoof Coatings: Types, Uses and LimitsSilicone, acrylic, elastomeric and polyurethane roof coatings explained: what each does well, when a coating makes sense, and when it does not.
- ArticleCommercial Roof Coatings: Choosing a SystemThe main commercial roof coating chemistries set against each other by what decides the choice: ponding, substrate, traffic, recoating and the season.
Shane Galvin
- ArticleElastomeric Roof Coating: What the Word MeansElastomeric names a property, not a chemistry. What stretch and recovery do on a moving roof, where an elastomeric coating suits and where it does not.
Shane Galvin
- ArticleMetal Roof Coating: When It Works and When It Does NotMetal roof coating explained: what it fixes, what it cannot fix, how fasteners and laps are prepared, and the tests that decide whether coating will hold.
Shane Galvin
- ArticlePolyurethane Roof Coating: Where It FitsWhat a polyurethane roof coating does, how aromatic and aliphatic coats differ, where it beats silicone and acrylic, and what the roof needs first.
Shane Galvin
- ArticleReflective and Cool Roof Coatings: What Reflectance BuysHow reflective roof coatings work: solar reflectance and thermal emittance, aged performance, cool roof code rules and where a reflective roof is wrong.
Nadine Spadafora
- ArticleRoof Coating vs ReplacementHow to decide between coating a commercial roof and replacing it: the four questions, the cost per year comparison, and when the answer is replacement.
Nadine Spadafora
- ArticleSilicone Roof Coating: Strengths and LimitsHow a silicone roof coating behaves: ponding tolerance, dirt pickup, traction, what silicone will not bond to, and what it forecloses at recoat.
Nadine Spadafora
- ArticleSilicone vs Acrylic Roof CoatingSilicone or acrylic roof coating: how each cures, which tolerates ponding, the weather each needs to go on, and what you can recoat with later.
Shane Galvin