The Appeal of Matt Surfaces

Brillux offers various solutions for permanently matt surface coatings. The water-based, two-component 2K-Aqua Mattlack 2390 polyurethane acrylic enamel paint is available in all required Scala shades and can be used as a transparent coat indoors as well as on objects, such as wood.

Softfeel is perfectly suitable to lend a transparent finish to all indoor surfaces treated with acrylic and alkyd resin enamel paint. The paint can be used in shopfitting and trade fair design, on shop floors, in domestic living spaces and for decorative design elements as well as radiators and wall surfaces.

Weather-resistant Mattlasur 618 is suitable for application on all hardwood and softwood surfaces. The natural character and genuine look of the matt material consequently remains both perfectly visible and outstandingly protected.

The challenge isn't to apply a matt finish to a wall, but to guarantee its matt character over a long period of time – despite cleaning and mechanical stress. For this reason, Brillux offers high-quality, pure acrylate interior emulsion Sensocryl ELF 266 for demanding applications, such as in hospitals and medical practices, as well as in high-quality private living areas. Vetrolux ELF 3100 special interior emulsion guarantees permanently matt intense color shades – suitable for use in areas subject to mechanical stress. Highly transparent, functional filler material additionally and reliably protects pigments from damage. The so-called writing effect is largely reduced, any marks that appear can be removed with a microfiber cloth – the underlying pigments are not damaged, the surface is not affected.

Permanently silk matt floor surfaces are a great challenge. The durable, silk matt effect is put to the test by the extreme degree of exposure of the surface – processing and subsequent cleaning processes are risk factors that must be adequately taken into account.

The two-component, transparent and silk matt Floortec 2KPurolid T 876 sealer on polyurethane basis was designed for resistant flooring in the interior and exterior. It can be used on a variety of floor coatings – as well as for additional design options with Decochips 843. The covering can be used as a protective sealer in system build-up with Floortec 2K-Mineralico SL 470 and flooring plaster Luxury Vinyl Tiles 3055.

The Floortec 2K-Purolid F 878 variant boasts the same properties and is also available for delivery in a color shade of your choice. This creates a homogeneous surface that is just as durable as it is aesthetically pleasing.

Why is Matt Now Considered Sophisticated?

Ultimately, you would think that proverbs like "it's not all gold that glitters" would indicate that a shine and gloss signals value. Glossy, shiny surfaces develop if a surface reflects the light at the same angle that it reaches the surface. However, this only works for very smooth surfaces. Natural surfaces tend to be mainly uneven and scatter the light hitting them in various directions which creates the matt effect. That's the simple reason why there are so few glossy surfaces in nature.

There are cultural and historic reasons for the fact we deem matt surfaces as more sophisticated and elegant than glossy surfaces nowadays, especially in the interior. In the old days, high-gloss surfaces indicated wealth – just think about the piano lacquer surfaces of high-grade, antique furniture. However, as part of minimalism and the trend to be visually unobtrusive, moving away from chrome, a high-gloss finish and artificial character, glossy surfaces became a thing of the past. Authentic material, a genuine feel and tangible structures have suddenly become all the rage and these elements have thus been accepted as the new trend reversal.