Painting of Steel Framing
In order to prevent airborne collection stains, rust and corrosion, steel framing used in metal buildings should be painted with an industrial enamel topcoat. Painting is an option the customer must select. Whether red iron metal buildings or CFS galvanized steel buildings, painting steel framing will protect it from corrosion, rust and provide a finished look.
The steel framing components must also be painted, including (all) columns, rafters, wall girts, doorframes, window openings, finished openings, endwall framing, and roof perlins. Unfortunately, most metal building owners do not paint steel framing to prevent corrosion and rust.
Throughout its buildings, Inco Steel Buildings uses Sherwin-Williams® Kem Kromik® Universal Metal Primer on its iron and steel substrates along with Sherwin-Williams® high-performance topcoats. As a barrier coat, Kem Kromik® Universal Metal Primer protects conventional coatings against solvent attack in high-performance coatings.
Red Metal Building Framing Must be Painted
Painting is required – All primed steel frame components must be painted. Painting must be performed by professional paint contractor, or the building owner, if they are qualified.
The painter must clean, remove all manufacturing oils and solvents, thorougly dry, prepare and paint the steel framing with two coats minimum of industrial grade paint. Other industrial coatings include Direct-to-Metal Alkyd Enamel, and Industrial Enamel Alkyd
Painting Red Oxide Primer
Red oxide primer is not a top coat (finish coat) for metal building framing. Red oxide primer is a temporary, protective, and preparatory coating applied in a steel building factory to structural steel framing components. This is to prevent rust during shipping, storage, and erection.
Red Iron, I-Beam Steel framing is manufactured and coated in the fabrication facility with red oxide primer only for shipping to the job site. Painting steel framing is required over red oxide primers to prevent corrosion and rust issues.
Painting Steel Framing to Prevent Corrosion
While the majority of metal buildings framing in the United States is never painted; if steel is not protected properly with a paint topcoat, it will rust over time. Steel framing coated with Red oxide primer is a temporary rust preventative and not a finish coat. Red oxide primer is not a topcoat.
Red Oxide primer is a base layer only has a dull, unfinished red appearance, and is not formulated to be a topcoat paint. Red Oxide primer should be painted over with a quality industrial topcoat oil-based paint.
A painted steel frame adds value to a metal building, enhances its appearance, matches other components, or simply gives it a more professional appearance.
Enamel Paint Topcoat and Metal Protective Topcoat
The industrial-grade topcoat paints applied to properly prepared steel framing by Inco Steel Buildings, Inc are Oil Based Industrial Enamel, Direct-to-Metal Alkyd Enamel and Industrial Urethane Alkyd Enamel to give steel framing a more finished appearance.
About Inco Steel Buildings, Inc in Raleigh NC
Inco Steel Buildings, Inc, Pre-Engineered Metal Building Contractors and Metal Building Construction in Raleigh NC. Inco Steel Buildings, Inc is a Raleigh NC design, manufacturer and installer of pre-engineered metal buildings, Red Iron I-Beam Steel Buildings, and CFS Galvanized Steel Buildings.