Thermo-Shield – Fluid Applied Ceramics
A Superior Technology
Why do the ingredients make Thermo-Shield Ceramic Coatings a superior product in the world’s coatings market? What makes Thermo-Shield Ceramic Coatings so different when compared to paints and other roof coatings? These are questions we are frequently being asked.
It took General Industries Corp. of Colorado Springs, Colorado, 7 years of preparation, testing, and changes to develop their “perfect” roof coating, a product designed with the goal to cure all roofing problems.
General Industries was not working alone:
Rohm and Haas, the resin supplier worked closely in developing and providing the very special resins needed to accomplish this task.
3-M worked with General Industries to determine what the ideal ceramic particles were to be most efficient for insulation of buildings and to best reflect solar radiant heat. These ceramics were an off-spin of the NASA space shuttle technology. They are similar in that they are hollow ceramic micro-spheres having tremendous ability to reflect and dissipate heat and act as nonconductors of heat. The ceramics we used differ because the needs of a building are different from the requirements of a space shuttle. On buildings we concentrate on solar heat, where the space shuttle is concerned mainly with heat from friction. Also, it is not practical to put ceramic tiles all over a building, so Thermo-Shield was developed incorporating the ceramic bubbles in an easy to apply elastomeric coating. Different methods, but the same end result, a great insulative coating.
Much of the NASA commissioned Space Shuttle technology was developed in the Colorado Springs Area. Some of their engineers were available for consultation to help determine how this space age information could be incorporated into building coatings to make homes and business more energy efficient.
How Do Thermo-Shield Coatings Differ From Common Products?
All of the ingredients are synthetic. Most other coatings use organic materials (Natural ingredients) that are broken down by nature: Thermal Shock, Extreme Heat or Cold, Chemicals, Ultra Violet Light, Ozone Decay, Blistering, Weather such as Wind, Rain, Snow, Hail, Sand Abrasion. Other coatings get hard, crack, peal, and decay and turn chalky or simply decompose. Thermo-Shield’s unique ingredients overcome all these problems. The three basic components are: resins, the “glue”, fillers, the “body”, and pigments, the “coloring”.