At Aexcel, we’ve engineered our traffic paints for superior performance in the most demanding environments. You can find our paints on roadways and parking lots from Alaska to Florida—and just about anywhere in between. We’ve built a diverse customer base that relies upon our wide variety of waterborne and solvent-based high-grade traffic paints for their most challenging applications.
Most of our specialty traffic paints and eco-friendly traffic paints have evolved from custom formulations and product development for our long-standing customers. In this piece, we will highlight the selection of traffic paints that Aexcel has to offer.
Most solvent based paints emit higher VOCs, but you can lower the number of VOCs by incorporating Acetone as a portion of the solvent. Although these are not the ecofriendly option, they do provide a durable coating with a smooth film that helps with dirt pick up resistance.
Cleaning up solvent paints requires the use of specialized solvent thinners such as toluene, acetone, or MEK. Unlike water-based coatings, these paints can be put down in temperatures as low as 35°F. Putting these coatings down at very high temperatures is not recommended because it can significantly speed up the dry times, causing bubbles in the film.
Water based coatings are mainly made up of latex and water, causing it to emit less VOCs. With that, you could say Water based coatings are more ecofriendly compared to solvent based coatings. These coatings can be sprayed, and, in some cases, hand rolled if using something like Aexcel’s Regular Dry. When using these coatings in your machine, you can clean it easily with water.
Although water-based coatings are easy to clean up before drying, they have their limitations due to temperature restrictions. They must be applied and stored at 50°F, and dry times will vary with temperature and humidity.
At Aexcel, we have a wide range of high-performance traffic paint products to suit any need.
Roadzilla® Methyl-Methacrylate (MMA) from Aexcel Corporation is a high- performance MMA traffic marking paint that combines a mix of quality polymers to deliver excellent durability of up to 8 years, if inlayed in the road surface, even when exposed to snowplow traffic and harsh environmental conditions like those in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. Drying in 15 to 30 minutes, this two-component product is ideal for crosswalks, intersections, stop bars, roadways, and other high-traffic locations. This product is available in a wide array of colors and has received DOT approval in Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California, and Nevada.
These solvent-borne, single-component acrylic coatings offer long-lasting performance. Easy to apply, quick-dry Gorilla paint is a rapid and versatile solution for creating lines on any pavement type. Available in black, white, yellow, red, and blue, this paint has high color retention and durability to increase the time between restriping applications in locations like parking lots, airports, crosswalks, and more. It's also highly successful at repelling dirt to retain its clean appearance. Our Gorilla products are available in waterborne paint formulations, as well.
To help clients comply with VOC regulations while still using a durable product, Aexcel created its ToughLine® traffic paint. With less than 100 g/L of VOCs, ToughLine offers the best durability of all our low-VOC traffic paints. It dries in as little as 15 minutes, repels dirt, and is an optimal choice for parking lots, roadways, and auxiliary markings. Our Toughline paint comes in black, white, yellow, red, blue, and bike path green.
Like our Toughline paints, this also boasts a low VOC content of under 100 g/L, all while delivering excellent performance on all pavement types. With acetone as its base, it comes ready to spray without requiring thinning and dries in less than 10 minutes. The paint comes in all our standard colors, and adding glass beads improves reflectivity for better visibility at night. This acetone acrylic paint meets Federal Specification A-A-2886B Type II.
This paint is formulated using chlorinated rubber and provides both superior durability and adhesion on an array of pavements. This zone marking paint is quick to dry, and it is available in all our standard colors. As for VOCs, it contains less than 450 g/L. These paints also comply with the federal performance standards for AASHTO M-248 Types F and N, TT-P 115E Type III, and GSA A-A-2886B.
Our Regular Dry Alkyd traffic paint has been a staple in widespread traffic applications for years, even with its high VOC. It is available in our five standard colors and meets performance requirements for federal specifications as follows AASHTO M-248 Type S, TT-P-85E, TT-P- 115 Type I, and GSA A-A-2886B
Aexcel's two-component LaneLite® polyester traffic paint is formulated for long-line projects. The paint leverages its field-reactive, catalyst-based formulation to address common issues in handling, applying, and storing polyester paints for traffic applications. It is available in white and yellow and is 100% solids, making it a low VOC product.
What Aexcel offers goes far beyond innovative traffic marking products. For over 60 years, our attentive customer service and on-time production and deliveries have helped drive results for many customers. This combination of high-performance products, timely production, and personalized customer support has set us apart from our competition in the traffic and zone-marking paint industry. If you prefer a true partner rather than a standard vendor, you will do well to select Aexcel as your traffic paint supplier.
Whether you’re a traffic paint distributor looking to serve your marketplace better, a municipality hoping to restripe your roads and parking lots with less frequency, or a striping contractor aiming to minimize paint failures and rework, Aexcel is ready to help you achieve your goals. To learn more about our traffic paint offerings, please contact us today.
