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Deco HT

Guardian Deco HT®

Back-painted glass for long-lasting beauty

Don’t let its refined, uniform appearance fool you: Guardian Deco HT back-painted glass is durable enough to stand up to Chicago’s Michigan Avenue winter after winter. Its ten-year warranty extends the life of designs, and its tempered quality adds safety wherever it is needed. Spandrel Glass Guardian Deco HT back-painted glass brings true, uniform color to curtainwalls and structurally-glazed designs. A cutting-edge proprietary coating brings superior durability to conventional frits prior to heat-treating. The coating is permanently bonded to the glass—offering the pleasing characteristics of a ceramic frit. Guardian Deco HT spandrel back-painted glass is easy to cut and fabricate. Highlight your design Deco HT brings harmony, contrast and a bold look to interior and exterior settings. Created using a proprietary coating system, Deco HT glass is both durable and eye-catching with true, uniform color. Its tempered quality ensures it can define spaces for years to come. Higher opacity and a smooth, uniform finish perfectly accent any design. State-of-the-art technology Deco HT back-painted glass uses a sustainable, cutting-edge process that blends beauty and performance. Instead of a brush or roll application, high-precision curtain coating gives Deco HT glass its superior consistency. Heat treatment then fuses paint to the glass to achieve a uniform appearance in three widely specified colors – white, warm gray and black.

Product information

SUBSTRATES

  • Clear Float/6 mm (1/4″) other thickness’ available on request
  • UltraClear/6 mm (1/4″) other thickness’ available on request

APPLICATIONS

  • Spandrels and Decorative Applications
  • Wall covering
  • Splashbacks
  • Furnitures
  • Walls and Partitions
MANUFACTURING OPTIONS
  • Tempered
RECOMMENDED COATING POSITIONS
  • Surface #4, Surface #2, Surface #3
MAXIMUM SIZE
  • 96″ x 130″, 100 x 144″
EDGE DELETION
 
  • No
GLASS TYPE
 
  • Painted Glass
GLASS FUNCTIONS
  • Decorative
  • Spandrel
FABRICATION OPTIONS
  • Monolithic

APPEARANCE

  • White
  • Black
  • Gray

Design Guidelines

Complementing the Vision Glass: For best results complementing or harmonizing appearance (color & reflection), the insulating glazing make-up should remain consistent (the same exterior glass color, SunGuard coating, etc.) and substitute the inboard lite with warm gray Deco HT or a neutral colored ceramic frit/paint on the fourth (#4) surface. This will minimize the contrast of the vision and spandrel under various lighting conditions.

Contrasting the Vision Glass: For a more dramatic contrast choose from Guardian’s white or black* Deco HT. While both colors can provide a strong contrast to the vision glass, they also have design considerations to complement building conditions. White can simulate the look of window blinds and black may be a more appropriate if the building has a deep interior.

Limitation of Use: Deco HT should not be used in vision applications or any other application where daylight or an artificial light source is transmitted through the glass and the coating can be viewed from the opposite side. These applications could cause imperfections, striations or small pinholes to be observed from the inside, even when the coating meets all specifications for the intended design use.

* Use of black spandrel with high visible light transmitting coatings could increase glass temperatures. Please consult Guardian for a product recommendation based on glass make-up.