The use of antibacterial and antiviral varnishes and coatings in construction, interiors and for the protection of office and industrial surfaces.
The issues of protecting people and their surroundings from viruses and bacteria have become a pressing problem nowadays. Human communities are trying to maintain social distance, governments are leading the fight against viruses by introducing restrictions and regulations to limit their spread. The negative effects of pandemics affect both the global economy, human health and our social lives. Individually and collectively, we are trying to protect ourselves from diseases carried by viruses and bacteria and their economically crippling effects around the world.
The new normal
Man, through his carelessness, has significantly raised the risk of spreading dangerous and previously unknown viruses and bacteria and the diseases they cause. For years, doctors have been alerting societies and their governments about the increasing antibiotic resistance of bacteria used to treat humans. In the face of the increasingly realized post-covid and post-antibiotic era, measures to directly combat viruses and bacteria on surfaces in contact with the human body are becoming even more important.
Rescue in technology
The SPLinx Jacek Bisiorek company, to meet these important and pressing social needs, has introduced into its portfolio a wide range of biocidal varnishes and coatings (antibacterial and antiviral) offered in two basic groups of coatings:
- those containing pigments that carry silver ions, and
- coatings with active nano substances that degrade viruses, bacteria, pathogens, molds and fungi.
Coatings with silver ions
In the first option, silver ions show high effectiveness against viruses and bacteria. Silver, known as a killer of viruses and bacteria, has been successfully used for years in the production of products aimed at combating these microorganisms, which are so dangerous to humans.
The carrier of silver ions in our varnishes is glass pigments. The inorganic material is characterized by high resistance to high temperatures, lack of volatility and is safe and gentle for the human body. One of the properties of glass is its ability to hold biocidal metals in the form of ions. In the presence of water or moisture, glass gradually releases silver ions acting as an antibacterial and antiviral material. The greatest advantage of the products is the proven bactericidal and virucidal activity of 99%.
SPLinx vir ucidal paint can be applied over an old stable paint coating to achieve a resistant coating that kills viruses. SPLinx biocidal coatings come in transparent and colored versions. The company has several biocidal offerings ranging from the antiviral and antimicrobial wall coating itself to complete microbicidal painting systems often consisting of three products and having resistance to mechanical exploitation and, above all, to the most common disinfectants.
Coatings with active nanosubstances
In the second version, microbicidal coatings are based on nano-sized additives of substances that perfectly absorb and degrade all organic substances including microorganisms such as viruses, bacteria, molds fungi, etc. It is possible to add nanoplatelets with nanotubes to the current combination of nano components which will increase the biological activity of the components causing an even stronger biocidal effect.
Thenanostructures filling our biocidal coatings have a lightning effect, annihilating all dangerous microorganisms in an extremely effective and immediate manner. Their additional, extremely important advantage is their exceptional ease of application, as they can be very easily sprayed on the surfaces we want to protect. Nanometer-sized particles do not need a coating that has the property of adhesion (sticking) to the substrate as is the case with ordinary paints and varnishes. This is because their size ensures that they penetrate and fuse into a single structure with the surface to be coated. The nano particles become, as it were, part of the coated material after application.
Versatility and ease of application
We can use microbicidal coatings basically wherever dangerous microorganisms can be transferred into the human system. Above all, they can be used as coatings for walls, floors and other surfaces in public buildings, especially in healthcare-related facilities.
Varnishes and paints with silver ions can be applied in the traditional way using a brush or gun. Just a small amount of coating will provide a microbicidal effect. An alternative to such a solution is to use a nano biocidal substance, which simply needs to be sprayed (fogged) in the room you want to protect. The molecules of microbicidal nanostructures will penetrate into any surface they reach, creating a protective barrier that destroys all viruses, bacteria, molds and fungi. In this way, we can protect all kinds of surfaces, buildings installations, elements of our environment not only from dangerous activities but also from the transmission and spread of dangerous diseases and infections.
Neutral for interiors and health
An important point on this subject is that microbicidal coatings work as if in the background, not interfering completely with any visual aspects of the spaces thus protected. The coatings are completely transparent, odorless and neutral to human health by which they do not alter in any way the character and appearance of the coated surfaces. The undisturbed message and idea are supported in this case by safety guarantees for human health and life.
For more information, visit the company's SPLinx Jacek Bisiorek page on the A&B portal.
