Thermo-Shield – Fluid Applied Ceramics
How Do Thermo-Shield Coatings Differ From Common Products?
Resins: We use Acrylic Elastomeric resins, which add these benefits:
They remain elastic - move with any changes in the building, covering cracks and preventing new cracks from appearing. They stay elastic when very cold (Lab tests show the coatings will not crack at -37° C).
They cover the entire surface with a seamless membrane preventing water or air penetration. When applied at the recommended thickness, the roof coating will stand up to prolonged ponding of water, a property we have not seen in other elastomeric coatings.
They are very resistant to nature’s breakdown processes. Laboratory accelerated weathering tests indicate that after long exposure, our coatings actually get tougher and maintain their elasticity (Other coatings deteriorate in these tests).
When you stretch a Thermo-Shield coating, it will draw back into its original shape. When a hailstone hits it, it will cause dents, but the coating will immediately spring back. The coatings are very resistant to hail, protecting the substrata from damage.
The resins are made up of very complex polymers that have the ability to hold onto huge amounts of solid particles and still have great adhesion (Normal resins lose much of their adhesion as solids are added). We add huge amounts of our ceramic micro-spheres, which want to float to the surface, but are held in suspension by the polymers. Some of our competitors claim to have similar ceramic benefits, but use solid ceramic beads instead of bubbles because they cannot keep the bubbles in suspension. The solid particles do not have the insulative benefit of the micro-spheres.
The resins give Thermo-Shield its UV protection; they get tougher and more elastic with UV exposure, ensuring long life.
The Roof Coat resin has a very special property that makes our roof coating unique from any other type of roofing product we have seen. It has “VARIABLE PERMEABILITY”. When conditions are wet, the polymers swell up becoming completely watertight. When conditions are dry the pores in the Roof Coat open up and trapped moisture can breath out. This is of great importance!. Other roofing products are watertight all the time. Moisture will work up through the substrata and become trapped under the waterproof material. When this moisture heats up it turns water to vapor, expanding many times, causing blistering and destroying adhesion, or it freezes which also breaks down the adhesion, leading to roof failure.