Spray-on liquid glass to revolutionize almost everything

[Ste]

Spray-on liquid glass is transparent, non-toxic, and can protect virtually any surface against almost any damage from hazards such as water, UV radiation, dirt, heat, and bacterial infections. The coating is also flexible and breathable, which makes it suitable for use on an enormous array of products.

The liquid glass spray (technically termed ?SiO2 ultra-thin layering?) consists of almost pure silicon dioxide (silica, the normal compound in glass) extracted from quartz sand. Water or ethanol is added, depending on the type of surface to be coated. There are no additives, and the nano-scale glass coating bonds to the surface because of the quantum forces involved. According to the manufacturers, liquid glass has a long-lasting antibacterial effect because microbes landing on the surface cannot divide or replicate easily.

Liquid glass was invented in Turkey and the patent is held by Nanopool, a family-owned German company. Research on the product was carried out at the Saarbr?cken Institute for New Materials. Nanopool is already in negotiations in the UK with a number of companies and with the National Health Service, with a view to its widespread adoption.

The liquid glass spray produces a water-resistant coating only around 100 nanometers (15-30 molecules) thick. On this nanoscale the glass is highly flexible and breathable. The coating is environmentally harmless and non-toxic, and easy to clean using only water or a simple wipe with a damp cloth. It repels bacteria, water and dirt, and resists heat, UV light and even acids. UK project manager with Nanopool, Neil McClelland, said soon almost every product you purchase will be coated with liquid glass.

Food processing companies in Germany have already carried out trials of the spray, and found sterile surfaces that usually needed to be cleaned with strong bleach to keep them sterile needed only a hot water rinse if they were coated with liquid glass. The levels of sterility were higher for the glass-coated surfaces, and the surfaces remained sterile for months.

Other organizations, such as a train company and a hotel chain in the UK, and a hamburger chain in Germany, are also testing liquid glass for a wide range of uses. A year-long trial of the spray in a Lancashire hospital also produced ?very promising? results for a range of applications including coatings for equipment, medical implants, catheters, sutures and bandages. The war graves association in the UK is investigating using the spray to treat stone monuments and grave stones, since trials have shown the coating protects against weathering and graffiti. Trials in Turkey are testing the product on monuments such as the Ataturk Mausoleum in Ankara.

The liquid glass coating is breathable, which means it can be used on plants and seeds. Trials in vineyards have found spraying vines increases their resistance to fungal diseases, while other tests have shown sprayed seeds germinate and grow faster than untreated seeds, and coated wood is not attacked by termites. Other vineyard applications include coating corks with liquid glass to prevent ?corking? and contamination of wine. The spray cannot be seen by the naked eye, which means it could also be used to treat clothing and other materials to make them stain-resistant. McClelland said you can ?pour a bottle of wine over an expensive silk shirt and it will come right off?.

In the home, spray-on glass would eliminate the need for scrubbing and make most cleaning products obsolete. Since it is available in both water-based and alcohol-based solutions, it can be used in the oven, in bathrooms, tiles, sinks, and almost every other surface in the home, and one spray is said to last a year.

Liquid glass spray is perhaps the most important nanotechnology product to emerge to date. It will be available in DIY stores in Britain soon, with prices starting at around ?5 ($8 US). Other outlets, such as many supermarkets, may be unwilling to stock the products because they make enormous profits from cleaning products that need to be replaced regularly, and liquid glass would make virtually all of them obsolete.

https://www.physorg.com/news184310039.html

Sounds quite good, especially the bit about supermarkets not liking it because it'll make virtually all their cleaning products become obsolete.

[stinkwheel]

The DNA damaging wavelength of UV light is short but not that short. 260nm as I recall.

This would almost certainly pass through a 100nm glass coating
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[killa]

Sounds like Nex gen WD40 to me.

We'll be spraying it all over the fucking place and it'll eventually cause cancer and we'll shrivel and die.
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[Robby]

I wonder if it's petrol resistant. Would be a good top coat over lacquer.

I also wonder how you would remove it, or how dangerous it would be to inhale. A coating of vaguely breathable stuff over the inside of my lungs that can't be broken down by my body could be a nuisance.

That said, I want some. The woman could spend less time (complaining about) cleaning, and more time sucking me off.

[Carl_steveo]

I honustly don't think I would go out and buy this. Unless they would put it in a cleaning product that would mean you only had to clean the coffee table once a month then maybe I would.
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[cyberglass]

Protects against infection.....
So if i spray my bellend and shag a bird with chlamydia im safe SWEEEET
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[Clanger]

What would happen if you got it on your skin? Would it react with your skin (like PVA glue) and just peel off. Is it something the common man/woman could use or would qualified people have to do the applicating?
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[pa_broon74]

Can I drink a vodka and lemonade out of it?

No?

Then it's not glass.


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[GhostRider]

Not so sure abou their supermarkets going bust in the cleaning department claim.

My dog can lick my plate clean, but that doesn't mean it goes straight back in the cupboard ready for the next meal. They may claim bacteria does not grow on it but who is really going to take the risk and not wash their plates and cups etc for weeks on end?

Same with the chod bin.

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[Ste]

[GhostRider]

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[GSF Jamie 600]

So you could just cover your bike with this and just spray it and it will be squeeky clean!
Happy days

[pa_broon74]

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[s44678]

I don't really understand the part about it destroying the market for cleaning products.

So you spray something with a layer of this 'liquid glass', then you still have to clean the crap off the layer you just added. Crap isn't going to be magically repelled from something just because it's got this on it.

Also can't imagine that coating all your clothes with this stuff would make them feel particularly nice to wear.

Pretty sure that Unilever aren't losing any sleep over this.

[Clanger]

It's being used in the cultivation of certain plants, to make the bud heavier. Inhaling glass, cannot be a good thing...
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