![]() Petersen stocks a wide inventory of materials, including steel and aluminum with its patented PAC-CLAD line coated with Valspar’s Fluropon family coating colors. Based out of Petersen’s Acworth, Georgia factory, Landis says Petersen uses Valspar Fluropon, Fluropon Classic II for mica colors and, on occasion, Fluropon Classic for military jobs that require a three-coat system. ![]() “Their ability to help with rare field issues is greatly valued,” says Dave Landis, technical services and field inspections for the Southeastern U.S. in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, continues to use Valspar through the years. How it looks today is how it’ll look years from now.”Ĭolor-matching or custom color requests is why Petersen Aluminum Corp. “With the PVDF resin you don’t have that fade or that chalky residue. “Inferior coatings can leave a chalky residue if you brush against them, an example of the paint system degrading,” he continues. “Now when people look at roofing options for say, their home, they realize that with the Fluropon paint, it will last decades beyond a traditional asphalt roof. “Years ago, people had the mentality that a metal roof meant rust - and that mentality has changed,” Gieseke says. Their support extends into our relationships with customers.”Ĭustomer perception of metal roofing has changed over the years, in large part because of the durable and corrosion resistant coatings available from Valspar. ![]() “They’ve engrained themselves that far into our company. “Valspar is readily available and often travels with our sales representatives - Valspar is considered an extension of our sales team,” Gieseke says. Valspar’s relationship with McElroy Metal extends beyond picking paint colors. “By using Fluropon across all products, we are able to offer the same high quality coating to a farmer or homeowner that we would supply to an architectural project.” “The Fluropon system is a premier quality coating system,” Gieseke says. McElroy Metal has 12 facilities and uses top of the line Fluropon extensively on all products. The team at Minneapolis-based Valspar has advanced the world of color coatings by using a handheld digital node to read the color of any object, record it and save to an online app allowing the hue to be perfectly matched to a customer’s specifications. “If we can’t find the exact match within our ready-available colors, Valspar works with us to formulate the color we need.” and are precoated by Precoat Metals using Valspar coatings,” explains Gieseke. “We were able to match LSU purple for a recent Tigers fan and we are having architects come to us with color requests spanning the rainbow.”Ī roll former company, McElroy Metal takes steel coils and roll forms the material into roofing and siding products. “We do custom colors everyday - our sales representatives are getting requirements from customers spanning the gamut,” says McElroy Metal Vice President of Marketing Ken Gieseke in Bossier City, Louisiana. Taking it one step further, some fans express their loyalty in a very permanent way by custom-painting their sheds, garages, homes, and businesses in a team-specific hue. Special occasions like a new baby or a housewarming bring well-wishers - and for some avid sports fans, that means team-specific themed bottles or not-so-subtle team logo-adorned throw pillows. Sports fandom can make its way into all facets of life if you want it to. Previously published in Modern Metals - Read Here
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