Product Focus: Coatings

100% Silicone Roof Coating Mule-Hide Products T100% Silicone Roof Coating from Mule-Hide Products can breathe new life into an aging roof, delaying for years — even decades — the need for a far more costly and disruptive re-cover or replacement project. Compatible with most low-slope roofing substrates, the high-solids, moisture-cure coating goes on quickly and

2023 Solar Roofing Special Section

Solar power is continuing to grow in popularity thanks to a combination of rising energy costs, new incentives, and an increased desire to generate energy from renewable sources. This surge in solar is ripe for opportunity – if roofing contractors are properly prepared. In RC’s 2023 State of the Industry report, 56% of residential contractors expect

Coatings Continue to Climb

The popularity of roof coatings in the marketplace was already climbing when the post-pandemic shortages in roofing materials gripped the industry for roughly 18 months. During that time, facility owners looking to capitalize on the moment — and roofing contractors eager to keep their projects and businesses on track — turned to readily-available coating solutions.

Q&A: Counting on Coatings

The supply chain issues that plagued the roofing industry following the COVID-19 pandemic have begun to ease. Record inflation has also waned, yet remains persistent, as does a sense of general economic uncertainty. While talk of a “soft landing” that the Federal Reserve has been intimating seems attainable, the jury is still out on whether

How Inland Coatings Averted Irrelevance

The history of using coatings in roofing has an interesting, if not somewhat checkered, past — a burst of innovation battling against cheap imitations and improper use by those unfamiliar with its appropriate application.  Like most nascent industry subsets, wheat separates from chaff, and the coating and sealants space is no different. Similarly, just as