Exhibit’s Valflon-Coated “Wings” Retell Space Craft’s Spectacular Story

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After 20 years of service, NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis was taken out of commission and transferred to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, where it be turned into an exhibit. The newest attraction is housed in a facility that is designed to retell Atlantis' 30 year history. Architectural wings that are coated in Valspar's Valfon wrap around the building, depicting the flames that would ignite along the bottom of the craft as it re-entered the atmosphere.

Valflon FEVE Resin Gives Atlanta Library Vibrant Fiery Coating

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The Wolf Creek Branch Library was constructed out of a need for a public space in Atlanta's Wolf Creek neighborhood. The state-of-the-art library opened its doors in 2014, debuting its iconic bright, volcanic façade which received its dynamic hue from the Valflon coating system applied to the library's exterior aluminum composite material cladding.

University’s Prismatic Underbelly Uses FEVE Resin-Based Valflon Coating

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A striking component of the 155,463 square-foot building is the aluminum composite portion of the exterior design. The ALPOLIC®/fr Prismatic panels used on the underside create a stunning and “gem-like appearance,” explains ALPOLIC. The University uses a Lumiflon FEVE resin-based Valflon coating in Custom ALPOLIC SEP Prismatic Blue supplied by Valspar®.

LUMIFLON FEVE Resin Used To Intensify Prismatic Color Series

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The dynamic series of ALPOLIC® Prismatic colors were developed by ALPOLIC and a coatings manufacturer using LUMIFLON FEVE resin technology. Each of the colors featured in the series has incredible depth that allows the panels to appear to change color upon visual perspective. Applied in a three-coat process, the final clear coat, with specialized mica flake, as well as the solid base coat feature LUMIFLON FEVE resin.