Spray-on liquid glass is about to revolutionize almost everything

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15 points·dmmalam··7 comments

Sounds great. I hope when pieces of it fall of the surface they won't have similar effec on human as asbesthos.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicosis

This article is from Feb 02, 2010... What happened since?

It seems to be a little harder to commercialize than the PR would have you believe, but it is still going. See this page with news from this year from a British supplier of the coating.[0] From that company's FAQ: "NP Liquid Glass is applied by our fully qualified team, we do not sell the product separately as application by untrained individuals is ineffective."

[0] http://npliquidglass.ie/news/

Interesting, thanks for the link. It seems like a highly useful material, but the fact that this is not a consumer product limits its practicality a lot. I would love to have my complete apartment coated and do it myself.

I'm not sure, but I think that this is colloidal silica. It's super-easy to make (from a $3 bag of finely-milled silica from a ceramics supply store, and some water). It's also commonly available as a filler for epoxy resin.

I'm sure they put a lot of work into the uses and research and all, but colloidal silica has been around for a long time and it, if it was so revolutionary, it would have been more more widely used already.

Sounds a bit unpleasant to inhale... hope it isn't applied as an aerosol

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