The
Mitico advantage
Use only very high quality pure pigments.
Paints are made to your order not tinted.
Iron oxide pigments 1st choice.
Result
Paints with good colour stability on aging.
Reduced environmental impact, low VOC and low toxicity
Mitico Paint is made to your order, thus a wide range of colour options available.
Can colour match,
send a colour swatch or
a description of the colour
you
require and we will put a price quotation
together.
Colour Choice
general thoughts
Lighter colours
less thermal stress due to solar radiation
thus light coloured paints could be expected to last a longer time.
Certainly UV stable white pigment in paint is an important aid
in maintaining paint cohesion against exterior weathering process's.
Cooler in summer
BUT less solar heating available in winter
So if you need a lot of cold air conditioning in summer
White paint would reflect the most sun light, possibly
reducing the summer electric bill
BUT in more typical NZ climes this
may mean higher power bills in winter.
Darker colours
Reduced visual reflection (reduce neighbourhood lighthouse effect)
greater solar heating
the darker the colour the higher the
potential for passive thermal structural heating
More Solar thermal energy potential
Drier roof structure
BUT very dark paints on WOOD may assist normal wood degradation process's
Darker roof paint colours help
to keep the roof cavity hotter and as a result drier.
Even the 'Best' roof structure
may have minor water incursions
for example in unusual weather, venting of bathrooms or
kitchens into the roof cavity.
A warmer roof space aids the drying process's
an important factor in controlling moisture levels within wooden
structures.
For those with home heating systems which use roof cavity for heat
capture the greater
the thermal heating in the roof space the more
heat energy available 'down stairs'.
Our home roof choice was Scoria we feel the cold in winter
For dark colours on wood Mitico TCoat
has a backup protection system
including an integrated natural wood fiber preservation aid. |
