Up your readiness.
Together, we can keep them flying, sailing and driving longer, and help ensure maximum preservation when it’s time for repair.
3M Surface Protection & Weathering Solutions
With the right material solutions, we help maximize the service life of your platform even in harsh and challenging environmental conditions. When it’s time to bring them back in for service, our temporary surface protection solutions can help you preserve your assets and keep everything running smoothly.
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PreventionEvery component must be built to prevent damage whenever possible while exposed to harsh conditions. Our proven solutions span electrical powder resins that protect and insulate metals, electronic grade coatings, adhesive sealants that repel water and dust, as well as fluoropolymers and elastomers for O-rings, hoses and profiles, metal bonded seals, gaskets and other components requiring chemical resistance, weight reduction and thermal stability.
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ProtectionNot all damage can be prevented, but you can protect components to last longer and increase uptime and time between maintenance across your vehicle platforms. Erosion, corrosion, heat, weather, lightning strikes, chemicals, chafing between metals and composite plastics—we have helped designers address a wide variety of challenges with films, tapes, sealants and other materials in virtually every critical area of their design—and we can do the same for you.
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60X better erosion protection than paint.SEE HOW (PDF, 4.96 MB)
3M™ Cocure Films can extend the life of composite parts on aircraft and withstand extreme temperatures up to 400°F.
Product Solutions
Protect your platform from environmental, chemical and other weathering conditions with solutions designed to enhance the performance life of your components. Tapes, films and composite materials are just some of the many ways we can help you prepare your vehicle for harsh conditions.
Corrosion Protection
Protecting paint, wiring and surfaces from corrosion is possible with our film and tape solutions. From ships to aircraft and land vehicles, we offer technologies that have been tested and proven to perform under the harsh environmental conditions of military applications.
Surface Protection Films
We are experts at bonding to metals, protecting them from corrosion and helping prepare them for coatings and paint. We have continually pioneered the development of polysulfide sealant technology for lighter weight, easier shop handling and minimal shrinkage.
Nextel™ Ceramic Fibers and Textiles
Our Nextel™ ceramic fibers and textiles are uniquely designed for abrasion and impact resistance, thermal shock resistance, fire and chemical resistance and electrical resistance at elevated temperatures. They are used in varied applications including seals and gaskets, electrical insulation and composite reinforcement.
Fluoropolymers and Elastomers
Seals and parts that survive heat, harsh chemicals and extreme pressures. Transparent membrane structures that withstand all kinds of weather. This high-performance family of fluorinated elastomers, fluoroplastics and compounds are used in a wide variety of industries to enhance performance and productivity, and to expand freedom of design.
Connect With Us
Customer Service
866-556-5712
Call Monday - Friday 7AM to 5PM
Central Time
Customer Service
866-556-5712
Call Monday - Friday 7AM to 5PM
Central Time
3M Government Markets St. Paul, MN
Building 225-4N-15
St. Paul, MN 55144-1000 USA
3M Government Markets Washington D.C.
Suite 300 1425 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005-3565 USA
