East Lake Metals Touts Textured Metal Benefits Of  WeatherXL™ Crinkle Coat

Ken Krawcheck Jr.

By Ken Krawcheck Jr., Director of Sales & Business Development
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Whiting, IN — The world of textured metallic is changing, and East Lake Metals has expanded its product range to include WeatherXL™ Crinkle Coat to stay ahead of this trend. This textured finish for metal is not just a protective shield, but it could be the next thing you hear from aesthetically minded clients. Textured metal has become more popular than ever, thanks to the bolder designs, building materials, and sophisticated aesthetics of modern homes and businesses. East Lake Metals stocks a collection of five colors and 26-gauge materials. Crinkle Coat is a popular paint finish that comes with a 40-year warranty.

WeatherXL™ Crinkle coat, and other textured metallic is created by paint companies who use a technique in which additives are cured to form regular texture patterns. The crinkle finish reflects light and brings building panels to life. This is not only a protective coating, but a visual upgrade that transforms the ordinary into something much more. This is an easy solution to add a dynamic look to vertical walls and exteriors.

The adaptability of WeatherXL™ Crinkle Coat to enhance projects in siding, wall panels, and soffits and trim, has come to bring contemporary residential buildings now featuring board-and-batten-shaped panels with textured metal. Designers combine WeatherXL™ Crinkle Coat to create buildings that have a modern, contemporary feel. They use bold colors, wood beams, and glass. Warehouses in America's downtowns are being transformed into industrial landscapes that embrace uniform straight lines, modern aesthetic standards, and use board-and-batten siding. The buildings are a marriage between style and substance while retaining a hint of tradition.

It's not just about aesthetics. It's an investment that will last for years and ensure the durability and appeal of your structures. The textured metal panels also resist "oil canning", which is a deformation causing a horrible wavy pattern on flat metal panels. WeatherXL™ coatings come in a variety of colors, from white to black. Many of them are also available as Solar Reflective (SR), which meets CRRC-1 certifications and LEED. East Lake Metals is a leading supplier of prepainted steel and aluminum sheet and coil products. They are committed to enabling roofers and contractors to explore the possibilities of textures and materials to create an exterior that stands out.

About East Lake Metals

East Lake Metals is a leading provider of prepainted and mill finish steel and aluminum coil and sheet products to fabricators and independent formers of metal roof and wall systems for commercial, industrial, and architectural applications. For projects in coastal regions, the company distributes ZAM® coated steel products under the Armored Coast™ label. East Lake has in-house slitting and sheeting capacity and a network of partners to supply a wide range of accessories, fasteners, underlayment and roll forming machines. To learn more visit www.eastlakemetals.com.