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MEGATANE® 9PX: a Simple Powder Coating Solution for Two Complex Problems Edited by CIN Performance Coatings, Corporação Industrial do Norte, S.A., Maia, Portugal
The innovative MEGATANE® 9PX powder coating developed by CIN Performance Coatings allows to keep a metal surface in an urban environment clean and free from stickers, posters and graffiti.
V
isual pollution is a problem in large metropolitan areas and is often
remarkable anti-graffiti and anti-sticker properties, and therefore has
the result of acts of vandalism, such as the use of stickers and
been protected under the patent WO2018009086 A1. By coating a
graffiti. As well as causing spatial and visual discomfort to those
metallic structure with MEGATANE 9PX, you will be providing a long-lasting aesthetic result and weathering resistance, protecting the metal from
devaluing them.
corrosion and adding the ability to easily remove the graffiti. On the other
Keeping a clean surface in an urban environment, free of stickers, posters
hand, it hinders or makes impossible for adhesives to adhere, causing
and graffiti can be as simple as choosing the proper coating for commonly
them to peel off by themselves without leaving marks on the substrate.
vandalised structures. MEGATANE® 9PX powder coating is
The anti-sticker properties of MEGATANE 9PX are distinguished by the
CIN Performance Coatings’ solution to these problems, since it was
fact that they are not affected by the application of several graffiti cleaning
developed for protecting street furniture, public transport, lampposts and
cycles. Furthermore, this powder coating offers the ability to customise
other metal parts that are often the target of vandalism.
urban equipment, featuring a variety of textured finishes in a wide range
Formulated with polyurethane resins, this solution stands out for its
of colours and metallic effects, as well as the option of clear varnish.
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who pass through these places, this pollution degrades urban centres,
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