Coatings Solutions for New Home Construction

New home construction projects require specific coatings expertise. Touchup ability, batch-to-batch product consistency, and world-class color support are requirements for a successful paint partnership. Keep your home-building projects moving, homeowners happy, and your reputation strong by partnering with PPG.
Now, more than ever, homeowners are conscious of the types of materials they bring into the home. Our low-odor and low- or zero-VOC* paints provide the necessary peace of mind.
As a paint pro, you can rely on batch-to-batch color consistency with PPG paints, from the time a home is built to when it needs a touch-up coat. Explore our selection of on-trend, ready-mix colors - including: Commercial White 1025-1, Shark 1006-2, Whiskers 1025-3 – along with other popular colors used in new home builds below.
Reference our New Home Construction flipbook for more on our interior, exterior and specialty coatings solutions.
*Colorants added to base paints may increase VOC levels significantly depending on color choice.
PITTSBURGH PAINTS™ BUILDING RENEWAL™ NeverFade® Fade Resistant Topcoat - Metal Base
The NeverFade Metal Restoration Topcoat with KYNAR AQUATEC® coating system is one of Building Renewal’s most advanced, field applied topcoat chemistries for the architectural industry. This water-based and low VOC product is engineered specifically for aluminum, steel, decorative metals and other ferrous and non-ferrous metal building products, offering high resistance to UV degradation. Offered with a 15-year transferable warranty on color fading, NeverFade has proven its longevity in protecting and preserving metal exteriors with a in harsh UV-prone environments while maintaining color vibrance- even with dark colors and earth-tones. Along with color performance, NeverFade protects surfaces against abrasion, dirt pickup, and stains and does not chalk or break down overtime like traditional exterior acrylic latex coatings, powder coatings, and urethanes. Natural elements, such as sunlight, water, wind, and air, drastically break down coatings overtime. The heart of the KYNAR AQUATEC® ARC emulsion technology, the key ingredient, is the carbon-fluorine (C-F) bond. The C-F bond is one of the strongest bonds known and it is the basis for extreme weatherability, with standing harsh thermal, chemical, and ultraviolet environmental conditions.
View ProductPITTSBURGH PAINTS™ BUILDING RENEWAL™ NeverFade® Fade Resistant Topcoat - Original Base
The NeverFade Original Topcoat with KYNAR AQUATEC® coating system is one of Building Renewal’s advanced exterior topcoat chemistries for the architectural industry. This water-based and low VOC product is engineered specifically for stucco, masonry, EIFS, fiber cement, concrete, and other composite building products, offering high resistance to UV degradation. Offered with a 15-year transferable warranty on color fading, NeverFade has proven its longevity in protecting and preserving facades in harsh UV-prone environments while maintaining color vibrance- even with dark colors and earth-tones. Along with color performance, NeverFade protects surfaces against algae, fungus, abrasion, dirt pickup, and stains and does not chalk or break down overtime like traditional exterior acrylic latex coatings. Natural elements, such as sunlight, water, wind, and air, drastically break down coatings overtime. The heart of the Kynar Aquatec FMA-12 emulsion technology, the key ingredient in the NeverFade Original Topcoat, is the carbon-fluorine (C-F) bond. The C-F bond is one of the strongest bonds known and it is the basis for extreme weatherability, withstanding harsh thermal, chemical, and ultraviolet environmental conditions.
View ProductPITTSBURGH PAINTS™ BUILDING RENEWAL™ Universal Primer
Universal Primer is multi-purpose and high performance acrylic primer ideal for exterior use. The product is engineered to have excellent adhesion to a wide variety of substrates, is water-based in composition and contains low VOC content. Universal Primer also provides excellent early water resistance and does not flash rust. It is often used as a barrier primer to block tannins and reduce efflorescence.
View ProductPITTSBURGH PAINTS™ BUILDING RENEWAL™ Bonding Primer
BR-W1650 Bonding Primer is high performance coating ideal for exterior use over steel and factory coated surfaces such as KYNAR® 500 and silicone polyester. The product is engineered to have excellent surface adhesion and intercoat adhesion to Building Renewal’s topcoat systems. BR-W1650 is water-based in composition and contains low VOC content. It also provides excellent early water resistance and does not flash rust. It is easy to apply via conventional spray equipment, brush or roller.
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PPG’s unique position as a global color leader enables us to observe and translate emerging global color trends that can be brought into new home construction. Today's homeowners use paint color as a form of personal expression. Explore our most popular colors in this segment.

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