Whether you fly, sail, or drive, you want to use the best products available to preserve your investment. With Permagard’s proprietary formulas, our protective coatings do more than enhance your asset’s gloss and shine. Permagard forms a highly-durable sacrificial layer that protects the painted surfaces or gelcoat surfaces of your asset from environmental damage that could lead to compromised structural integrity.

Permagard’s proprietary formulas are backed by formal approvals across all three major industries and offer aviation-grade protection that surpasses traditional coatings in every way. This article will explore common causes of paint damage in the aviation, marine, and automotive sectors, and explain how Permagard works to protect your asset.

What Makes Permagard’s Proprietary Formulas Unique?

Traditionally, protecting the paintwork on an asset is a time-consuming job that requires regular touch-ups and reapplications of various products to maintain the integrity of the original factory paint specifications.

Permagard is applied directly on top of painted surfaces or gelcoat surfaces. It bonds to the pores of the painted surface to create a strongly linked chain of ionic bonds that provide durable and efficient protection. During the curing process, the Permagard coating’s molecules lengthen and interlock to form the protective coating. Permagard also greatly enhances paint color contrasts while producing a high-gloss finish and deep depth of shine that cannot be replicated by competitive products. Unlike our competitors’ products, Permagard’s cure time is only 24 hours with no downtime required after application is completed. Any asset treated with Permagard can be used during the curing process.

Permagard’s Proprietary Formulas and The Aviation Sector

Aircraft cruise through the sky at an average of 500 mph. At those speeds, wear and tear to an aircraft’s clearcoat is a natural occurrence. However, other environmental attacks also affect an aircraft’s paint and wear it down over time.

Common Causes of Aircraft Paint Damage

Aircraft are designed to withstand the extreme environment of high altitudes, but there are many factors present at this height that can cause serious damage to an aircraft’s paint system.

Some of these issues include:

• Chemical and acidic fumes from the aircraft’s engines and exhaust systems. Constant exposure to these fumes is damaging to the paint unless it’s protected by a high-quality protective coating such as Permagard. Chemical buildup under the clearcoat can cause filiform corrosion, which are visible as crawling bubbles underneath the painted surfaces.
• Humidity at high altitudes can lead to crevice corrosion or a uniform surface attack.
• Airborne pollutants such as ozone, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, and sulfur dioxide are acidic, which can severely compromise the aircraft’s paint system.
• Salt-laden air impacts aircraft that operate in coastal regions. It speeds up fading and oxidation on the painted surfaces, leading to a greater risk of corrosion forming.

How Permagard Protects Aircraft

Permagard creates an highly-durable sacrificial layer of protection that resists fumes, moisture, and airborne pollutants. The Permagard-treated surfaces on an aircraft will remain fully protected under extreme aerospace conditions, effectively protecting the paint to prevent corrosion from forming. Aircraft’s paint primary purpose is to protect the structure from corrosion. Therefore by protecting the aircraft’s paint with Permagard, you protect the aircraft even further from corrosion.

Permagard’s Proprietary Formulas and The Marine Sector

The marine environment is very tough on paint and gelcoat as saltwater is significantly more corrosive than freshwater. The high levels of salt in saltwater act as an electrolyte which causes the metal structure to lose electrons more easily, therefore, lessening the time for corrosion to occur.

Salt-laden air contributes to the corrosive environment as well since it is hygroscopic and attracts moisture. Salt draws water from the air to the painted surfaces on a vessel. Excess moisture creates an ideal environment for corrosion to occur. Corrosion from saltwater and salt-laden air eventually sabotages the strength of the clearcoat or gelcoat, which can then lead to costly repaints if a vessel’s surfaces are not properly maintained.

Causes of Marine Paint Damage

Yachts and other marine vessels face the biggest threat to their structural integrity from corrosion. The environment they function in creates multiple opportunities for corrosion to take hold.

To be effective, a paint protection coating has to protect against many types of humidity-related factors and other issues, such as:

Pitting Corrosion

Pitting corrosion is localized and forms small holes or cavities in the paint. These holes create an entry point for water and speed up the deterioration of the metal. While the pits may appear small, they can be large beneath the painted surface. They are dangerous as the extent of the damage may not be evident. There are two types of pitting corrosion:

• Trough Pits – Pits that can be narrow and deep, shallow and wide, or elliptical.
• Sideway Pits – Pits that include subsurface, undercutting, or horizontal grain attack.

Crevice Corrosion

Crevice corrosion occurs at joints, such as bolted connections. Sand and dust collect on the surfaces and create an environment that traps water at the site. The accumulated water stagnates and causes damage to the metal.

Biological Damage

Algae often accumulates on a boat’s hull and other underwater components. Algae attracts other organisms, such as mussels and barnacles, who attach themselves to the algae or the surface of the boat.

How Permagard Protects Yachts

Permagard is moisture-resistant and water-resistant, protecting the vessel’s painted surfaces or gelcoat surfaces to help prevent corrosion. It also provides a smooth slickness to the touch and increases the ease of maintenance to wash the vessel.

Permagard’s Proprietary Formulas and The Automotive Sector

Keeping a car’s paint job in good condition not only prolongs the longevity of the vehicle, but improves its resale value too. Car owners know how difficult it is to prevent damage to the paintwork on a car. Many spend numerous hours buffing and polishing or countless dollars on car care products or car cleaning services to combat all the signs of wear and tear.

Causes of Car Paint Damage

Whether you drive hundreds of miles every month or just take it out for a Sunday drive every week, you’re likely to expose your car to some of these environmental factors:

• Bird droppings may seem harmless, but even a small deposit can cause etching on your paint, due to its high acidity. Bird droppings dry and harden in the sun and can be difficult to remove without a harsh solvent, often leading to micro-scratches in the process.
• Bug splatter is unavoidable, especially when taking long trips. Insect bodies contain acidic substances that damage the paint and trim on your vehicle if you don’t clean them off quickly.
• Tree sap severely etches a car’s painted surfaces. As the deposits dry and harden, they attach to the paint due to the thickness, causing stress on the clearcoat and leading to damage.
• Gasoline and exhaust fumes react chemically with paint systems as a stripping agent. Regular contact can remove your clearcoat over time, leading to the deterioration of your original factory paint specifications.
• Dust can act as an abrasive by embedding into the clearcoat of your paint. Dust, when mixed with rain, becomes an acidic compound that etches into the painted surfaces.
• Acid rain is caused by atmospheric pollution that contains gases, such as nitrogen oxides and sulfur. The water evaporates, leaving behind an acidic layer that etches and damages the clearcoat.
• UV damage affects vehicles regularly parked outside as exposure causes fading and oxidation over time for the clearcoat. This causes paint to become dull and washed out, leading to faded colors and an aged appearance.
• Car washes can cause swirl marks and love marks on a car’s painted surfaces. It can also causes micro-scratches, with increased risk for marring.
• Car accidents can cause paint chips and scratches that leave the structure of the vehicle vulnerable to corrosion and deterioration.
• Salt on roads in the winter can etch onto a car’s painted surfaces and damage the integrity of the clearcoat.

How Permagard Protects Cars

Permagard creates a highly-durable sacrificial layer for your car’s clearcoat to fully protect against environmental attacks and maintain your vehicle’s original factory paint specifications. Permagard’s proprietary formulas are effective at protecting your car or supercar from UV damage, bug splatter, bird droppings, tree sap, dust, water, and acid rain to keep your vehicle slick and clean while providing the best non-invasive form of paint protection.

Permagard’s Proprietary Formulas – Strong Protection, Beautiful Finish

When it comes to Permagard’s proprietary formulas, Permagard offers superior protection, while revitalizing any painted surface to look better than brand new. If you’re looking for the original aviation-grade coating that was engineered specifically for tough aerospace environments, you found it with Permagard. Contact our Permagard Headquarters today at info@permagard.com or call us at (305) 662-5070, Monday thru Thursday from 9 AM – 6 PM or Friday from 9 AM – 5 PM, for more information on Permagard’s proprietary formulas. Experience the Permagard difference today! It’s time to shine and see yourself in your brand!