The rapid development of the contemporary world economy and industrialization has led to a sharp deterioration of the earth's environment, and serious pollution threatens the living space of humanity. "Green" and "environmental protection" have always been topics that people attach great importance to and are also the development direction of coatings.

For a long time, organic coatings have been widely used for their good decorative properties, variety, and low prices. However, since the main raw materials of organic architectural coatings come from natural resources such as coal, oil, and natural gas, a large number of by-products, volatile solvents, and residual monomers will be produced during processing, causing environmental pollution and waste of resources. Not only that, organic coatings are applied on the surface of the wall and form a coating film with the exterior wall. After some time, the wall coating may appear hollow, bubbling, or even peeling.

Inorganic coatings have good air permeability, anti-pollution, and excellent comprehensive environmental protection performance. As people's requirements for the performance and environmental protection of architectural coatings become more and more stringent, both at home and abroad attach great importance to the performance research, production, and application of inorganic coatings and have done a lot of work in these aspects.
 

Inorganic coatings, also known as all-inorganic mineral coatings, are widely used in daily life fields such as construction and painting. As early as thousands of years ago, people in western China used it for painting and architectural decoration, and it is still well preserved today.

In 1768, German poet and playwright J.W. Goethe discovered through experiments that when pure quartz is dissolved in an appropriate amount of a certain strong alkali, it releases a transparent glass-like silicate liquid------water glass, which is the original main raw material of silicon paint. Later, German scientist Keim mixed water glass (potassium silicate) with inorganic pigments and successfully made a kind of paint. This paint can penetrate the mineral base and can be integrated with its surface.

It can beautify buildings, increase the life of buildings, and has super strong protection for buildings. Its superior quality is unmatched by other paints.

This paint is-----all-inorganic silicate mineral paint. Keim developed silicate solution into silicon paint (mineral paint), realized industrial production, and obtained a patent issued by King Ludwig I on August 10, 1878. The exterior walls of several classical buildings in Traus, Germany, and Switzerland are painted with mineral paint, and the color is still bright and beautiful after 100 years. It can be seen that the flame retardancy and weather resistance of inorganic mineral paint are extraordinary!

Organic Coatings Vs Inorganic Coatings

What are the advantages of inorganic paint?
 

1. Healthy and environmentally friendly-derived from nature

The environmental protection of inorganic paint is like "taking from the people and using it for the people." It is taken from nature, such as silica sol, silicate, and other paint-based materials. Its main raw materials come from seasonal ores. Natural materials are very rich. The inorganic paint in the production process is non-toxic, odorless, and pigment-free. It is friendly to the environment and harmless to human health.

Inorganic paint can react quickly with the iron atoms on the surface of steel structures to generate inorganic polymer anti-corrosion coatings with dual physical and chemical protection. It is firmly bonded to the matrix through chemical bonds. It is pollution-free to the environment, has a long service life, and its anti-corrosion performance reaches the international advanced level. It is a high-tech replacement product that meets environmental protection requirements.

2. Antibacterial and mildew-proof

Inorganic coatings have alkaline properties. They are antibacterial and mildew-proof. They can resist Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Candida albicans, and other bacteria and have a certain antibacterial effect on the indoor environment. The use of inorganic coatings can effectively isolate viruses and bacteria from the outside world. It is a safety guard at home and better protect our health.

The advantage of external walls is that they can kill bacteria and moss spores. Because they are natural ingredients (no nutrients), moss and algae microbes cannot grow. Especially after the epidemic, antibacterial and mildew-proof is a very important thing to protect your health.

Inorganic coatings have alkaline properties and are more suitable for use on the same alkaline cement, gray sand, and other bases. They can penetrate permanently and chemically combine with mineral walls (including lime cover) and can penetrate the wall 0.5-2mm, forming a waterproof and acid-proof silicified surface layer with strong penetration and adhesion. In addition, it has the same expansion and contraction coefficient as the mineral wall, so it can avoid cracking caused by heat.

3. Water-resistant and breathable - good anti-fouling performance

Inorganic coatings are water-resistant and breathable, similar to human skin. Water cannot enter, but sweat can be discharged so that the moisture inside the building wall evaporates naturally and keeps dry. Especially in the south, the weather is wet everywhere, and water-resistant and breathable meet this requirement. The wall is dry and does not generate static electricity to attract dust and accumulate into the dirt, so the wall will not be covered with dust and has an anti-fouling performance, killing three birds with one stone.

At the same time, it has the filtering effect of alkaline substances, which can prevent the coating from bubbling, thermal cracking, flaking and peeling, and alkaline pollution after construction.

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4. Class A fireproof - temperature resistance of 1300℃ and non-combustion

Inorganic coatings have the characteristics of inorganic substances, and their temperature resistance is particularly good. Not only will they not burn at a high temperature of 1300℃, but they are also flame retardant, which can prevent casualties and damage to the wall itself.

5. Weather resistance - avoid whitening and fading

Due to the long-term influence of different environmental factors in the outside world, it is exposed to wind, rain, snow, and frost all year round, and the weather resistance of inorganic coatings avoids moss, "whitening," fading, accumulation of dirt, and even falling off, and even fading. In addition, for exterior walls, inorganic coatings are alkaline, so the wall surface does not attack them, nor will they cause stains, powdering, and falling off. and are even not affected by acid rain and automobile exhaust, industrial pollution and other acid rain attacks, so inorganic coatings are also a good choice for exterior wall decoration materials.

Inorganic coatings are taken from nature and do not contain chemical raw materials. Therefore, inorganic coatings have stable performance, no chemical reactions, and no volatile toxic gases. Inorganic coatings have undergone special oxidation modification treatment, which can completely prevent the radiation of the sub-appearance, and are natural pigments. The color has unique super weather resistance, so the coating color is long-lasting and does not fade, and the indoor decoration performance is more advantageous.
 

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