Longboard® is a premium, aluminum alternative to wood. It is designed to easily achieve a clean, contemporary look. Long-term durability and sustainability are defining features of this maintenance-free product.

1. Product Knowledge Course
Introductory Level
PREMIUM ALUMINUM 101

2. Longboard® is a premium, aluminum
alternative to wood. It is designed to easily
achieve a clean, contemporary look.
It is a great way to create architectural
interest on structures, residential or
commercial, where wood would be
impractical or vulnerable to the elements or
other damage, and it’s completely non-
combustible.
Long-term durability and sustainability are
defining features of this maintenance-free
product.
Objectives
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By the end of this course, you will
understand:
1. What is Longboard?
2. How is it made?
3. Longboard Overview
4. Advantages of Longboard
5. Typical Applications
6. How Longboard is installed
7. Colours and woodgrain options
8. Where to go for inspiration
9. Ordering and Support
Premium Aluminum 101

3.  Exterior system including extruded aluminum and
accessories in a wide range of woodgrain finishes.
 Enjoy the rich textures of woodgrain style
without the maintenance.
 Pre-treatment and coating process is 100%
Chrome-free, meaning Green and up to the highest
standards of environmental responsibility.
 Longboard is also LEED qualified; can help you get
LEED credits for your projects in 8 different areas.
 No long term maintenance; freedom from repairing,
staining, painting or replacing soffit and siding.
 Coating is anti-graffiti. Graffiti can be easily
removed with acetone, which is very beneficial to
commercial applications.
Better than wood
What is Longboard?

4. 1. Extruded from aluminum profiles
2. Profiles, pre-treated with a corrosion-resistant base coat, are bagged in a film
that has the wood grain patterns
3. Film is vacuum-sealed to the extrusion
4. Extrusions are put into an oven where the ink penetrates the bag and tattoos the
pattern on the profile.
How is it Made?

5.  ~1/8”, extra thick aluminum
 24 foot lengths for long, unjointed runs
 Concealed fasteners
 Built-in rain screen clip system
 Low maintenance
 Non-combustible
 100% recyclable
 VOC free
 LEED compliant
 15 year non pro-rated warranty
 Trim pieces are colour and texture-matched
Longboard Overview

6. With the patented Longboard system, you are never going to see
the effects of exposure to the elements like wood siding and trim
will.
No unsightly hardware, warping, insects or weathering
Advantages of Longboard

7. Soffit & Siding Privacy Screens
Back Framing Systems
How Longboard is Used

8. The Longboard Siding and Soffit line includes:
3 Profiles
 4” V Groove
 6” V-Groove
 6” Channel
A multitude of different component profiles:
 Starter strip
 Outside corners/inside corners
 J-track for around doors and windows
 2 piece finishing strip
 2 piece expansion strips
 2 ½” venting profile
 Quick-Screen Clip™ – Rain screen
solution
Soffit & Siding

9. • Light Commercial
• Commercial
• Residential
• Horizontal & Vertical Siding
• Curved Design (de-tempered
J-track)
• Non-combustible Build
• LEED Compliant Designs
Typical Applications

10. Typical Applications

11. Longboard® was designed with installers in mind.
• Similar to a vinyl siding install with starter strips, outside corners, inside
corners, j’s around windows and doors, and a two-piece finishing strip.
• All siding and soffit is installed with the Longboard® Quick-Screen Clip™
– Rain screen solution
• All components are hard fastened with self-tapping screws
• Can be installed vertically
How Longboard is Installed

12. All Longboard® wood
grains are designed to
have color and grain
variation to mimic the
look of real wood.
Real Wood
Colour and Woodgrain Options

13. Ordering and Support
To order, contact Mitten’s customer service department at
1-888-MITTEN4.

14. • enVISION it! online tool helps a customer design their home improvement project
• Outputs a list of items needed for project which facilitates the ordering process
• Found at www.mittenbp.com
• Upload a photo of your own house or use one of our many stock photos
• Mask it yourself, or pay a nominal fee to have it done professionally
Quiz
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