An Enduring Reputation
Delivering quality paint and coatings to our customers is a key part of the U.S. Paint promise. To do so, we invest heavily in our people, our facilities, our labs, our production process, and our after-the-sale technical and analytical services.
State-of-the art technology
We invest in the latest technology, from logistics and warehouse management, to R&D and testing, we invest in our partners’ futures as well as our own. Upgrading and updating production and warehouse space is an ongoing process, like rebuilding warehouses and tank-farms, installing narrow-aisle space-saving racking, or the latest in digital microscopic technology.
Sampling of Services
- Specification Performance Testing and Reporting
- Product and Application Troubleshooting
- On-site Technical Services
- Root-Cause Investigation and Reporting
- Defect Identification and Analysis
- Custom Design and Development
- Facility, Process, Paint Kitchen and Paint Line Design Consultation
- Custom Product Processing and Manufacturing
- Warehousing and Distribution
- Paint and Application Education (Paint 101)
Testing Capabilities
We are proud of our facilities and happy to welcome any of our partners and customers at any time.
Part of our commitment to quality is to provide our customers with access to our laboratories and staff, always available are our experienced coatings specialists and state-of-the-art testing equipment.
Some of our testing capabilities include:
Physical Property Testing
- Various Tape Adhesion
- VWR Scientific Water Bath
- Taber 710 Multi Finger Scratch/Mar Tester
- Taber 5130 Rotary Abraser w/Scuffing Attachment Option
- Atlas CM-5 Crockmeter
- Cylindrical and Conical Mandrels
- Gardner Impact Tester
- Drop Chipping
- Q-Lab Q-Panel Gravelometer
- Fuel Immersion and Spot Testing
- Chemical Immersion and Spot Testing
- Gas Chromatography
- Infrared Spectral Analysis
- Various Viscosity Analysis
Advanced Analysis
- Keyence Computerized Microscopic Defect Evaluation
Accelerated Weather Testing
- Atlas Ci 4000 Xenon Weatherometer
- Carbon-Arc
- Q-Lab Q-Sun XE-3 Xenon Weatherometer
- Q-Lab QUV Weatherometers
Environmental Testing
- Water Immersion
- Environmental Cycle Testing
- AutoTech Salt Fog/Humidity Chamber
- Atlas Fogging/Humidity Chamber
- Blue M Environmental Chambers
- Thermostatic Chamber