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SWINGING DOOR HARDWARE

Ritecoat Colors

The increasing popularity of "hardcolor" anodized aluminum and the use of traditional metals such as bronze and brass  creates a problem for those who must match hardware to other elements of entrances. The problem is that a given treatment will not give a satisfactory color match when used on differing materials (e.g. color anodizing used on aluminum extrusions will not "take" on aluminum castings.)

Adams Rite has therefore developed Ritecoat finishes which can be used to color any material and give a close to perfect color and lustre match for most popular finishes.

A Ritecoat finish is not ordinary paint. It consists of several coats of a special epoxy enamel It has been developed to give very good resistance to salt spray. Smog and humidity. It is perfectly suitable for hardware that receives light to moderate wear.

The accompanying charts show the current "standard" Ritecoat finishes and the U.S. standards and "hardcolor" finishes for which they are the nearest match. Not that there is as yet no "standard" for "hardcolors". They vary between manufacturers and according to particular alloys used for extruding. Furnishing an actual color sample to Adams Rite is the best way to achieve the closest match possible for any color. See your Adams Rite representative for color chips of the "standard" Ritecoat colors shown on the chart.

Duranodic is a trademark of Alcoa. Kalcolor is a trademark of Kaiser Aluminum. Reynocolor is a trademark of Reynolds metals. Permanodic is a trademark of Kawneer. Ananodic is a trademark of Anaconda. Ritecoat is a trademark of Adams Rite Mfg. Co.

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