Decking ral. Types of polymer coating. RAL Classic standard and color coding in it

The main criteria for choosing a profiled sheet are its purpose, dimensional characteristics, type of protective coating. If the use of this material also pursues decorative and decorative purposes, then its appearance and color become decisive when purchasing.

1 Color catalogs - RAL and other standards

Not only galvanized. Almost on most of this material, a layer of polymer or special paint is also applied over the zinc, which serves as additional protection and significantly increases the service life of the corrugated board.In addition to this, it is very important for the construction industry that the polymer coatings of profiled sheets can be of almost any color. Due to this, the scope of such material is significantly expanding, extending to its use in the implementation of original, bold design solutions.

To make it easier to navigate in the variety of shades, various colors of the profiled sheet coverings, all of its colors have a certain individual marking and are summarized in a single table.

These unified color scales have been developed by experts from leading manufacturers. Currently, in Europe and Russia, 4 such standards are most common:

• RAL - German, developed by the very first institute for quality and certification in 1927. Includes the widest and most varied standardized range of colors for professional sheets. Each shade has a digital marking. This standardization is used most often, and by a wide variety of manufacturers.
• RR - owned by the Finnish company Ruukki. Includes 24 colors, has a two-digit digital designation, is quite popular.
• PRELAQ - developed by the Swedish concern SSAB. 16 colors, which are marked with a three-digit numerical code, are also quite common.
• HPS - English, from the HPS200 catalog. It is found less often than all the others, the designation is four-digit numerical and sometimes with one Latin letter.

Color palettes of all standards are quite different from each other. When choosing a professional sheet by color, as a rule, you have to deal with the RAL standard and its shades - it is the most popular among the manufacturers of this material. To simplify the procedure for the selection and purchase of a profiled sheet of the desired color, retail outlets offer special sets of cards or tables, in which each sample of a certain color is indicated by a corresponding code.

2 RAL Classic standard and color coding in it

RAL colors differ in saturation and brightness. In addition to the digital code, each shade of the palette has an individual name. There are 4 RAL catalogs and each has its own characteristics:

The Classic standard is usually applied. Today it has over a thousand shades. In its four-digit index, the first digit denotes a certain series of coating brands by the main color: 1xxx - shades of yellow, 2xxx - orange, 3xxx - red, 4xxx - purple, 5xxx - blue, 6xxx - green, 7xxx - gray, 8xxx - brown, 9xxx - dark and light (black and white). This classification allows you to quickly and with high accuracy select the required color of the profiled sheet, excluding the dependence on its specific manufacturer.

3 The most common profiled sheet colors

When making a colored profiled sheet, not all shades of the modern RAL range are used, but only the most frequently used, popular ones. As the existing practice shows, from the offered by the manufacturers most often the customers prefer green, burgundy and brown shades. However, profiled sheets of stone and wood color are also popular. But the black and white material is not in favor. The greatest demand is for the following RAL colors:

• signal blue with code 5005;
• 3005 - wine red (dark red);
• 6005 - moss green (dark green);
• 7004 - signal gray;
• 7024 - graphite gray (dark gray);
• 8017 - chocolate brown (dark brown).

Profiled sheet in the color of vegetation, used for facing the facade of a house or a fence, helps to compensate for the lack of trees and greenery. Yellowish-brown and light gray shades fit into the environment of nature no less successfully. Blue and light blue colors evoke the association of coolness, and orange invariably evokes cheerfulness, which is what attracts. Warm browns, burgundy and reds, or cold blues and lilacs can instantly change the entire familiar look of a building we know. Gray, being essentially neutral, can be used alone or in combination with any others with almost no restrictions. Various shades of gray can make a house, another object unobtrusive, or vice versa, make it stand out from the rest of the exterior - it all depends on the combination with the latter and the profiled sheet, a material of a different color.

4 Matching colors for the roof and other parts of the house

The roof sheeting can be chosen in any color - from black to white. But it should be remembered that any structure should be harmonious in itself, and also fit into the surroundings of other buildings and the natural environment. In addition, although the profiled sheet does not require special care (it is enough just to wash it under running water, even without detergent), the product should be as practical as possible in color. The last condition is least of all white material, even when installed on the roof.

In the case of your home and the desire to completely revet it with a colored profiled sheet, there are the following options: the material for the roof is selected to the shade of the facade, and the wall profiled flooring, if there is a roofing one, is chosen to match the color of the roof. must correspond to the general color composition and design of the building. The most common shades of brown, green, burgundy and gray. They are in harmony with almost all facade materials.

For private construction, most often they purchase a profiled sheet of the following colors from the above: RAL 8017, 3005, 6005. This is largely determined by the fact that these shades are perfectly combined with facade materials and are perfect for both the roof and the fence (especially the first option) ... You shouldn't use these colors for facade cladding - they are too dark and the house will most likely make a rather depressing impression. And for finishing the basement, other individual elements, they are perfect.

Colored corrugated board 8017 as a roof covering harmonizes very well with almost any siding of light shades, especially relevant in the case of a facade clad natural stone or brick. The shades 3005 and 6005 are most suitable for the roofs of wooden buildings.

For fences, material of color 7004 is often used. A fence made of corrugated board 7024 with beige-brown and decorative bricks looks very original and aesthetically pleasing.

Varieties of relief coatings, the protective coating used, the thickness of the corrugated board and, of course, color can be considered as the main criteria for choosing a particular corrugated board. Color is often the main selection criterion for the consumer.

In the event that the consumer wishes to fully cover own house corrugated board, usually the color of the selected material for the roof is selected based on the color of the facade and, conversely, the color of the selected material for the facade is selected based on the color of the roofing.

If you need to choose the color of the future fence, you need to focus on the general color scheme and, of course, the design of the structure.

Standard color schemes for corrugated board

There are several color standards that corrugated board can have - HPS, RR, RAL. The most commonly used color catalog is RAL.

It is an international and officially recognized by all standard, in which the ratios are distributed as follows: each color has a unique digital designation - in fact, a four-digit code.

By the way: If you know the exact color code in the RAL palette, you can pick and find it in the palette without much difficulty.

Today there is a huge number of all kinds of colors and different shades from the RAL color catalog. It is easy to find a table of these colors on the Internet and familiarize yourself with it.

That is why it is quite easy to change the color of the roofing or facade coating of the house when choosing the required digital code. In addition, it is possible to match the colors of all kinds of strips and accessories in the same way. The colors from the above catalog have a huge number of all kinds of shades, and therefore you can choose a color even for the most demanding and demanding consumer.

If a coating such as polyester is used - one of the most popular coatings - then almost all colors from the RAL catalog can be used for it. Almost all manufacturers of corrugated board use this coating.

If a coating such as plastisol is used - which differs in thickness and strength, as well as laying even during the manufacture of corrugated board, then the following colors from the color catalog are most often used: 8017, 9010 or 1015.

The most popular colors are:

In the case of using a prism coating, almost all primary colors from the color catalog can be used. And when using the "metallic" coating, which is a slightly modified version, special colors are used based on the coating - blue, pink, copper, golden, lilac, dark blue.

Price of painted corrugated board

The price of painted corrugated board is somewhat more expensive than the cost of galvanized material. If you need to buy a corrugated board of the desired color, you can purchase an ordinary galvanized corrugated board and a special paint with which you can paint this corrugated board yourself.

The main thing is to try to choose the right color in the right way!

Colored corrugated board at a price of about 30% more expensive than galvanized, but a significant part of buyers choose it. The color palette of the corrugated board that is offered modern manufacturers, opens up possibilities for a variety of design solutions. However, it is not always easy to choose the color of the corrugated board in each specific case.

In our review, we'll offer some general tips on the topic, as well as how best to use the most popular colors.

RAL - German color standard

Before you buy corrugated board with a colored coating, you need to decide on the shade number. To designate the exact color, domestic manufacturers most often use the German RAL standard. This color catalog, developed back in 1927, is used in the global paint and varnish industry, as well as in other industries where accurate color matching is important. Each shade is indicated here with a four-digit number. Moreover, the first number indicates the group of the base color: 1 - yellow, 2 - orange, 3 - red, 4 - purple, 5 - blue, 6 - green, 7 - gray, 8 - brown, 9 - black and white.

By designating the color of the corrugated board according to RAL, manufacturers make it possible to match the color to the color of the fasteners and construction Materials: siding, colored panels, paint.

In the RAL catalog, the colors of the corrugated board are indicated not only by the number, but also by the name, which is also the same for all manufacturers. For example, corrugated board "Green moss" - a specific shade No. 6005.

What colors of corrugated board are there?

Each manufacturer of corrugated board has its own color scheme, but it, as a rule, includes all popular shades.

Attention! Along with the standardRAL manufacturers use other color catalogs:RR - from the Finnish manufacturer Ruukki,SSAB - from the Swedish manufacturer Plannja and others.

For buyers of corrugated board, choosing a color is very important. Gone are the days when the material was used for temporary structures or buildings without an aesthetic load (sheds, hangars, warehouses).

Now with the help of colored corrugated sheet they make country fences, roofs country houses, gates, balcony parapets. They are sheathed with trade pavilions, kiosks, shops and other objects that should look attractive.

An unsuccessful color can make a structure look boring, ridiculous, clumsy, annoying, or in combination with other colors, there will be an obvious dissonance. For manufacturers of corrugated board, the price does not depend on color, unless it is a sheet with a decorative photo-printed coating.

Basic principles of color matching:

Rule # 1

In a corrugated board for a country fence, it is better to make the outer side dark, and the inner light. Dust is not visible on a dark background, and the shades themselves look noble and attractive. A light shade from the side of the site will visually increase the space, while with a dark fence, the site will appear smaller.

Rule # 2

When choosing a roofing sheeting, the combination of colors must obey one of the following principles:

• Light facade and dark roof. - the most common combination in which it is easiest to choose shades
• A dark facade (stone, brick cladding, natural logs or beams) and a deep dark color roof (dark blue, brown, dark red, dark green).
• A dark facade and a roof in a light gray or metallic shade are the most difficult to choose a successful combination.

In the color of the roof, you can arrange window frames, shutters, door frames, vertical and horizontal tape elements of the facade. If the walls of the house are faced with siding, keep in mind that over time it will fade in the sun, while the polymer coating of the roofing sheet will retain its color.

Attention! The use of dark corrugated roof sheeting in regions with hot climates is not recommended, since the material is very hot in the sun, which contributes to the rapid destruction of the polymer coating.

Rule # 3

When facing facades of pavilions, warehouses, hangars, shops, it is best to use corrugated board of two or three matching colors. Large one-color facades look boring.

Popular colors of corrugated board

Green corrugated board presented in several shades. Of these, the most popular is professional flooring " green moss»- RAL 6005. The color fits perfectly into the green landscape, is combined with the shade of the earth, therefore it is often used in country fences made of corrugated board, as well as for covering the roof. "Green moss" - good option for a house clad with brick / brick panels. The dark green roof is organically combined with gray, beige and pale yellow facades.

Another popular shade is “ lawn grass»(RAL 6002) - juicy and bright. It will suit you if you need to create a "fun" fence or noticeable facade.

White corrugated board, and corrugated beige and gray not very suitable for roofing. Dust and dirt are too visible against a light background. In addition, a white or beige roof is nonsense in terms of design. Gray (professional flooring RAL 7004) has a right to exist.

Light colors found their application in the decoration of facades and balcony parapets. So, corrugated board RAL 9003 - signal white - is the most popular in facade decorationas it can be combined with any companion color except dark shades. Cream or beige ivory corrugated board (RAL 1014, 1015) is a delicate, warm and more practical shade than white. With its help, you can give the facade a cosiness. The gray facade in the correct color frame looks strict and noble.

Gray and beige corrugated board is often used for fences. These fences look light and expand the space nicely, but you will have to wash them quite often.

Brown corrugated board confidently registered on the territory of suburban summer cottages. This is the ideal corrugated board for fences and roofs. The most popular color of corrugated board is RAL 8017 "chocolate". What is its advantage? A rich and noble shade, on which dirt is almost invisible. Chocolate decking fits perfectly into the natural landscape.

Roofs made of brown corrugated board in combination with a delicate light facade look especially cozy. Brick or wooden facade they are also "friends" with him, if, of course, not too dark. In short, it is a color that is very easy to find the right combination for.

For those who love bright solutions, it is impossible to pass by corrugated board red shadein. Here, most often they mean corrugated board RAL 3005 "red wine" or "cherry". The noble ruby \u200b\u200bcolor will make your structure visible among many others. The classic combination is a wine red roof and a light yellow facade.

Also, the facade can be made beige, light gray, pale pink. Red roof - the best way for home from natural wood... This color is not suitable except for a red brick house, since similar shades will not create the necessary contrast. Also, excellent fences are obtained from corrugated board 3005. They are not stained, not too dark, and green vegetation against their background looks even juicier and brighter.

Also a popular shade is corrugated board 3011 - terracotta (red-brown). It has even more southern mood, as the color resembles the shade of the tiles of seaside towns.

Available in several popular shades. Among them is RAL 5005 corrugated board - signal blue. A bright refreshing shade is perfect for the facade of a city building, shop, warehouse, pavilion, industrial workshop, small architectural forms (kiosks, etc.). It is combined with white, beige, gray corrugated board.

It is recommended to make a fence made of blue corrugated board in the country house only if the roof of the house is painted in the same color. The fact is that blue colour does not match at all with the green and brown colors of the landscape. If you decide to make a blue roof, then the best color the facade will be white, light gray, light blue, beige, light yellow. Red and sand bricks will look good, but a cold signal blue shade does not combine well with wood.

Another popular shade corrugated board "sea wave" (RAL 5021) is much less in demand, since it is difficult to find the right combination for it.

Cheerful yellow corrugated board - RAL 1018 "yellow zinc" - suitable for a bright facade or fencing. It is rarely used for the roof. The color invariably attracts attention and goes well with blue, green, purple, gray shades. It should be used with caution with black (associated with danger) and red (both colors are too bright).

Black professional flooring (RAL 9004) is rarely used. It can usually be found on facades in combination with other material colors (white, gray, etc.).

In conclusion, we will say that our advice on choosing the color of corrugated board is just a generalization of experience. You can always take a chance and find a new original combination of shades that will make your object unique.

If you approach the choice of the color of the corrugated board with all seriousness, then you will be helped by special programs and applications that allow you to model a future building and "try on" different colors on it, as, for example, in the following video:

The fence is an important component of the house, it is able not only to protect it from prying eyes, but also to decorate, emphasize its status.

And a fence made of painted corrugated board in this case can be very useful. The decisive factor for success is the right color.

The secrets of popularity

Decking is a very popular material in construction today. And the secret of this popularity has 3 main components:

1. Profitability: optimal price-quality ratio.
2. Durability... Serves for a long time, does not require special care.
3. Aesthetics... Due to the color and beautiful wavy profile, it can greatly decorate the structure.

If we add to this that the corrugated board is simple and easy to install, and its quality characteristics continue to develop and improve, you should not be surprised that today not only roofs and fences are made of it, but also gazebos, garages, sheds, sheds and other outbuildings.

Which color should you choose?

When choosing a corrugated board, they are repelled, first of all, from the goal and task - what will be made of it.

Roofs and fences require different metal thicknesses and the type of profile for them will also be different. But the choice of the color of the corrugated board is no less important.

At first, the colored coating changes the quality characteristics of the corrugated board. Due to the fact that the coating is of different thickness and structure and is made with different paints, the life of the material changes.

Secondly, the aesthetic appearance of the house, the site, the entire ensemble as a whole depends on the design of the fence. The wrong choice of the color of the corrugated board for the fence can "kill" the entire landscape gardening design. And you can make the house play and look much more solid.

How to choose a fence color: 7 rules

You can easily choose the color of the corrugated board for the fence if you know the simple rules.

1. The main rule: the color of the roof is matched to the facade of the house, and the color of the fence is matched to the roof. It is also possible for the building as a whole. But here a lot already depends on the taste of the owner. For example, the Mediterranean style with light pastel colors is in vogue today. In this case, a fence made of light gray profiled sheet will look very harmonious with a bright blue metal roof.
2. Customer's desire... What does he strive for: surprise, distinguish himself from his neighbors, or do “like everyone else”? Each task has its own shade.
3. If the fence posts are stonethen the color choices are usually limited to chocolate brown or beige. It turns out very elegantly.
4. If the yard is small, then a fence made of corrugated board gray will help to visually increase the space.
5. If you want security, and the size of the yard differs in scale, then feel free to choose a dark shade of the profiled sheet.
6. If the house is tiled with wild stone, if he has a white or gray plastered facade, then a fence made of red profiled sheet will be a bright accent and decoration.
7. If you want the fence to blend in with the environment, then you do not need to choose a fence from green corrugated board, choose from blue, to match the color of the sky. The blue corrugated fence, in addition, looks very elegant.

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Most popular colors (in harmony with nature):

• Brown and dark brown;
• Dark green and green;
• Burgundy or wine red, Brazilian cherry color;
• Blue;
• Light gray.

The most risky colors for the fence (you need to be able to work with them):

• Red;
• Yellow fence made of corrugated board.

The latest ideas for colored sheeting:

• Sheets with a pattern that imitates the texture of wood.
• With a pattern that imitates the texture of a stone, brick.
• With camouflage pattern.

How does corrugated board acquire color?

A colored polymer coating is applied to the galvanized metal sheet. It not only has an aesthetic function, but also a protective one, increasing at times the service life of the material.

Recently, corrugated board with a pattern imitating the structure of wood (bog oak color, alpine pine), natural stone, military camouflage has appeared.

It is obtained by applying the desired pattern with offset technology on a galvanized sheet.

Fact: Ordinary galvanized sheet resists corrosion for 20 years. And painted, with a polymer coating - up to 50 years.

Also recently, decking, painted on both sides, has been popular. It is not much more expensive than a one-sided one, but the fence from it loses its “wrong side” and is equally beautiful, both from the outside and from the inside. Painted corrugated board for the fence adds not only aesthetics to the fence, but also strength.

Types of polymer coating

There are several types of polymer coating. The most durable of them - plastisol... The thickness of this type of coating is 200 microns. It has excellent anti-corrosion performance.

If your fence is exposed to active environmental influences (for example, the seashore with salt spray), then you need to choose corrugated board with a polymer coating made of plastisol.

But the palette in this case not diverse - white, black, cream and burgundy colors.

• Polyester or polyester paint.One of the most popular with the consumer. The color table of this type of coating is very diverse, which gives a large selection of colors for corrugated board for the fence . The standard thickness of this coating is 25 microns for glossy and 35 for matte.
• PVDF (acrylic paints) - coating thickness 20-40 microns. The modern leader. The super anti-corrosion properties of PVDF are appreciated.
• Pural - polyurethane-polyamide paint.

Important! The cost of each type of coverage is different. Colored corrugated board for a fence coated with plastisol, pural and PVDF is more expensive than corrugated board with polyester coloring.

Why paint corrugated board?

There can be several reasons to paint a fence made of corrugated board:

• The sheet was scratched during transportation.
• To extend the life of galvanized sheet.
• Faded paint needs to be renewed.
• Painting a fence made of corrugated board is sometimes required for aesthetic reasons, dictated by a design decision.

5 paint technologies:

1. Electrostatic painting - suitable for painting sheet with wavy and slightly corrugated surface.
2. Powder coating is the most durable. It can withstand minus 60 degrees and plus 150. But this method requires a heat chamber.
3. Pneumatic painting - high paint consumption. Suitable for painting profiled sheets at home.
4. Airless Paint - Good for flat surfaces.

RAL color palette

In order for the customer and the contractor to understand each other in such a delicate matter as a shade of color, a common classification system is needed that excludes errors in cases when someone sees yellow as "not quite yellow, rather ocher" or does not distinguish tones at all.

There is a single standard created specifically for the paint and varnish industry. It was invented and developed by the Germans back in 1927, calling it "RAL".

The entire RAL standard is divided into color segments, each of which is clearly indicated by numbers, assigning a 4-digit index number to each shade. Digital designation turned out to be very convenient, in all languages \u200b\u200bthe numbers look the same.

Today the RAL table has 213 colors, 17 of which are metallic.

All catalog colors are divided into 9 series - yellow, orange, violet, red, blue, green, brown, gray, black and white. Each series has many shades.

On this scale, you can choose the colors of the corrugated board for the fence - this is very convenient and simple to do. And although the German color scale is not the only one in existence (there is the Finnish RR and the Swedish PRELA), it is the most popular.

Conclusion: a fence made of painted corrugated board is better than unpainted. Not only are colored fences beautiful. With the right shade, they acquire not only character, but also strength. And these two components are very important in construction and design.