For Science!

[Kyanbu The Legend]

I can think of so many uses for this.

So much fun I'll have spraying stuff with this. So much fun.

[mauve]

The whole "lasts one year" thing intrigures me. What happens to it as time passes? Does it chip away over time? Does it weaken and gain imperfections or something? If that's the case, woud it really be a good idea to use this stuff, as they suggest, in an oven or on other surfaces that come in contact with food?

I wasn't able to read the whole article due to internet stupidity, but is this product going to be dispensed in spray cans? If so, what kind of inhalation threat does this pose?

[Kyanbu The Legend]

Originally Posted by Mauve Mage

The whole "lasts one year" thing intrigures me. What happens to it as time passes? Does it chip away over time? Does it weaken and gain imperfections or something? If that's the case, woud it really be a good idea to use this stuff, as they suggest, in an oven or on other surfaces that come in contact with food?

I wasn't able to read the whole article due to internet stupidity, but is this product going to be dispensed in spray cans? If so, what kind of inhalation threat does this pose?

If it sprays out like water then it probably won't have a fume. Though I'm guessing it either.

dissolves harmlessly into the air

or

melds into what ever it's sprayed on.

But my money's on it simply losing its protective properties and transparency.

[Hanuman]

This brings me back to watching a version of the time machine, where the main character went into a 1970's diner and fixated on the laminated counter, "I've NEVER seen a material quite like this!"

First thing that came to mind is mirrors, combine mirror spray with glass spray and we could have spraypaint mirrors... they talked about how sprayglass could help minimize graffiti... what if we apply the spray-on glass AFTER the spraypaint?

Here was the major red flag to me though:

The liquid glass coating is breathable, which means it can be used on plants and seeds.

WHAT.

[Bob The Mercenary]

That's what I was thinking. I can see the commercials now.

"Have you or someone you know been involved in a job using SiO2 and now suffer from a physical condition such as emphysema or lung cancer? You may be entitled to a huge cash settlement..."

[Hanuman]

"Have you or someone you know been involved in a job using SiO2 and now suffer from a physical condition such as emphysema or lung cancer? You may be entitled to a huge cash settlement..."

It sure is going to be a brave new era in humanity, think of what we will start to come up with in the late 2010's?
Quantum _______?

[Kyanbu The Legend]

There's no true way for them to know if it won't cause any medical problems unless someone inhales the stuff.

[Viridis]

Which is exactly why we start coating rats with glass like macabre art.

[Kyanbu The Legend]

I was thinking of something much bigger then that.

[bluestarultor]

You know guys, by "breathable," they meant that air can get through, not that you, y'know, inhale the stuff.

Kind of like cotton is breathable, where leather isn't?