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Dress Up with Vivid Co lo r that has Excellent Durability LUMIFLON was developed and commercialized in 1982 by Asahi Glassas the first solvent-soluble fluoro polymer in the world. Duringthis 19 years period, fluoro paints based on the LUMIFLON raw material have been produced by many paint makers in Japan and other countries, and applied to over 150,000 architectural structures worldwide. LUMIFLON maintains excellent appearances (gloss, color) of buildings and other structures for far longer than traditional top coatings, and also protects steel and concrete from sunshine, wind, rain and corrosion, and thereby reduces the total maintenance cost such as repair works or cleaning. In other words, paints that include LUMIFLON, have a long-life and are very environmentally friendly.

Features

• Excellent Weatherability ===> LUMIFLON has good chemical stability as a fluoropolymer and shows excellent weatherability compared to the common hydrocarbon based coating resins.
  
  
• Solubility with many common solvents ===> LUMIFLON polymer can be dissolved in various organic solvents. LUMIFLON gives you a choice of curing conditions from ambient temperatures to high temperatures.
  
  
• Superior appearance ===> LUMIFLON is a transparent fluororesin, so both clear film and solid colored film can be chosen as your need arizes, even high gloss!

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Chemical Structure of LUMIFLON
(FEVE (Fluoro Ethylene - Alkyl Vinyl Ether) alternative copolymer)

The complete inter-changability between Fluoro ethylene and Alkyl vinyl ether gives excellent weatherability to LUMIFLON resin.

Either Fluorine or Chlorine, X in the Fluoro olefin unit is alternatively possible.


Excellent Weatherability

LUMIFLON shows over 80% gloss retention after a 2.5 million Langley exposure EMMAQUA test (equivalent to 25 years of outdoor light exposure).

EMMAQUA Weathering Test (Pigmented)

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Anti corrosive

Lumiflon based finish product prevents immersion of corrosive elements such as water, oxygen, chlorine for many years. The following graph shows that the use of Lumiflon has superior durability compared with heavy duty paint methods. This durability translates into significant cost saving over the long-term. In addition, the potential for 'lost business' during times of re-coating traditional top costs, can be very significant.


Life Time Cost (LUMIFLON against Other materials)

Passed Time (years)

The superior durability of Lumiflon over the long term provides excellent cost performance.

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Application

LUMIFLON is the pioneer coating product for the soluble fluoro resin industry. During the last 19 years, Asahi Glass has supplied the raw material LUMIFLON to major paint manufactures worldwide. The LUMIFLON based paint has been applied to many different types of structures, specially since it has been approved for use under the "Japanese Construction Ministry Specification for Steel of Road" specifications. Truly, LUMIFLON is a raw material that the paint industry of the world uses to add value to the surface coated structure while also potentially saving significant maintenance costs in the long-term. In general, application areas are listed below.

Japanese Regulative Body Specifications and Examples of Lumiflon Base Paint Use

Building Sector

ATT(Akasaka Twin Towers)	Toyota alpha-MLUX Bulg.
Tokyo Budokan	Shinjuku Mitsui Bulg.

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Major Infrastructure Sector

Ikitsuki Bridge	Ohnaruto Bridge

Transportation Sector

Automobile (Nissan Cima)	Aircraft External Painting

Emulsion Lumiflon Applications

Okayama Castle	Yokohama Station Shopping Center

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