What is Permalac? It’s an air-dry acrylic lacquer and direct-to-substrate protective coating for metal, stone, and wood. It’s primarily designed for protecting surfaces like bronze, brass, copper, steel, silver, and aluminum, and will work indoors and outdoors. Additionally, Permalac has been used in many other applications such as stone surfaces like masonry, stone monuments, terracotta, concrete surfaces such as floors, and even antique wooden chairs. Painted or unpainted wood substrates are easily protected with Permalac as well.  We manufacture Permalac in the following lines: Permalac Original (classic bestselling coating), Permalac EF (“environmentally friendly and VOC-compliant coating), Permalac NT (“no toluene” and low-VOC coating), and Permalac SR (“scratch-resistant” topcoat).

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AUTOMOTIVE RESTORATION

An old car enthusiast from Dallas, TX has become very enthusiastic about the benefits of Permalac protective clear coatings.

“Permalac does a great job of sealing any number of components under the hood. It is especially effective in filling in and smoothing over the micro-pores that are always found on the surface of aluminum and other metals. After coating a newly finished alternator with Permalac, for example, the clean polished look will last for months, even years.”

OUTDOOR ART

The powerful bronze sculptures created by Kansas sculptor Jim Bass are representations of his concepts, design ideas, and skill. Moreover, because they are created in the present, they represent life and culture at this time in history, the same way the marble sculpture of the ancient Greeks represented their era. Clearly, it is important that they are protected in order to last for years to come. Permalac protective clear coatings were the perfect solution.

“When I heard about Permalac I decided to try it. It lasts a lot longer than any other coating I’ve tried. Here in Nebraska, it can blow pretty hard, but I haven’t seen any evidence of coating failure.”

“The product was infallible. Permalac not only acts as a fungicide that resists mold, it positively repels it. Mold simply can’t and won’t grow on it.”

Aside from protecting the carefully finished metal surface, Permalac has the advantage of being invisible. Unlike other lacquers it doesn’t give architectural coatings a plastic coated appearance and sheen.

“Permalac is extremely easy to use, cures in about 2 hours, and can be sprayed vertically or horizontally without drip formation. Permalac just melts into itself, but even if a texture did develop, we just spray a little more Permalac and we obtain that smooth-as-glass finish our customers require.”