Finish Color Chart

PAINT VS PIGMENTED GEL COAT

FRP (Fiberglass Reinforced Polymer) doors are designed for use in corrosive environments.  Since they are highly resistant to most chemicals as well as water (fresh or salt), they are well suited for a multitude of applications.  Individual installations may require the use of FRP door's corrosive resistant properties at interior or exterior locations and in some instances, both.  Regardless, the applications are usually commercial in nature and the doors are designed for heavy use and abuse.

FRP doors can be finished in two ways, by applying a gel-coat pigment in the desired color or painting it with high quality paint. Both provide a very similar visual appearance.

Painting the doors (rather than gel-coating) has some distinct advantages:

·        Painted doors can be easily repaired and touched up in the field. Touching up gel-coat on site is difficult.

·        Doors can be factory primed for field painting and then field finished to ensure an exact match with the rest of the project.

·        Exterior applications pose some problems for pigmented gel-coat doors. One of the few enemies of FRP is ultra-violet rays from the sun.  Even a gel-coat with UV inhibitor eventually breaks down.  Painted FRP doors are protected by the paint. As long as the paint is properly maintained UV rays will not affect the FRP.  This makes painting an excellent choice for exterior applications.     

The Cor-Guard door comes standard finished with a primer coat of paint much like a hollow metal door.  This allows field painting to match other products on site. Oshkosh Door also offers a full line of factory applied standard and custom matched paint colors.