Stay/Steel

Stay/Steel® stainless steel flake pigments are fine metal pigments. The products consist of AISI 316L stainless steel milled to a uniform particle size. The pigments act chemically and mechanically. Chemically, the stainless steel flake pigments resist rusting and aggressive ultraviolet radiation. Mechanically, these pigments are strong, hard and highly resistant to abrasion. Being non-leafing pigments, the Stay/Steel® products contain flakes that build up a multi-layer structure tightly bonded to the substrate. Over time, the coating binder is gradually lost and the stainless steel particles become more and more exposed, providing continued protection for the remainder of the coating and the substrate beneath. The result is a coating with very long service life and outstanding appearance. Newly developed low nickel Stay/Steel® stainless steel flake pigments have been introduced to the market due to regulatory demands, with the nickel content being less than 0.1%. These low nickel pigments offer similar functional properties to standard Stay/Steel® pigments but have slightly different optical effect, having a bluer shade (less yellow).