NANOTECHNOLOGY, EXPLAINED
Our nano coating solution consists of nano particles that transform the molecular structure of materials to permanently modify their properties, enhance their resistance and extend their lifespan by 10 to 15 years.
Surfaces fail from the outside in
A shingle does not fail because its fibreglass mat gives out. It fails because UV radiation cooks the asphalt binder, granules wash away, the exposed mat starts absorbing water and the next freeze pries it apart. Concrete follows the same script: porous surface, absorbed moisture, expansion, spalling. Wood: absorbed water, swelling, rot.
Every one of those chains starts with a porous surface. Nano treatment interrupts the chain at step one. Because the particles are orders of magnitude smaller than the pores they enter, they can occupy and modify the surface layer without changing how the material looks or breathes.
The result is a material that behaves like a newer version of itself: it reflects more UV, absorbs far less water, resists impact better and gives biological growth nothing to hold onto.
SIX THINGS THE CHEMISTRY DOES
Molecular bonding
Particles measured in nanometres are small enough to travel into the pore network of a material. Once inside, they bond with the substrate rather than resting on it, so the new properties belong to the material itself.
Penetration, not film
Traditional coatings form a film on the surface. Films expand and contract at a different rate than the substrate, which is why they eventually crack, peel and flake. A penetrating treatment has nothing to peel.
Hydrophobic barrier
Treated pores repel liquid water while still allowing vapour to escape. Water beads and runs off instead of soaking in, which removes the fuel for nearly every deterioration mechanism.
UV reflection
Reflecting ultraviolet radiation lowers surface temperature and slows the photo-oxidation that dries out asphalt binders, membrane surfaces and wood lignin.
Freeze-thaw defence
Water expands about 9% when it freezes. If it cannot enter the material, it cannot expand inside it — which is what ends spalling in concrete and cracking in shingles.
Biological resistance
Dry, non-porous surfaces are hostile to moss, algae, lichen and mildew. Preventing regrowth keeps granules and fibres intact for years after cleaning.
Shingle classes explained
Impact resistance is measured with a steel-ball drop test. One nano treatment moves typical Class 1 shingles into Class 3 performance, and two treatments into Class 4 — a 50.88 mm (2 in) steel ball dropped from 20 feet left treated roofs with no cracking or damage.
Least resistant standard shingle.
Moderate impact resistance.
Reached with one nano treatment.
Highest rating, two treatments.
What the particles are made of
Nanosilica is an inorganic nanomaterial related to silica but distinguished by an exceptionally high silica content — up to 99% density. It is produced synthetically by precipitation, by hydrothermal or solvothermal reaction under high pressure and heat, or by thermal reduction at 1700 °C to 2300 °C.
Its performance comes from pozzolanic reactivity: a chemical process that lets the particles fill pores and improve material strength. On asphalt shingles the reaction fuses organic and inorganic material into new chemical links — S1 particles — which bond granules to each other and each shingle to the next, working from the inside out.
The nanoparticles we apply measure 40 to 60 nanometres. For reference, a sheet of paper is about 150,000 nanometres thick.
Safe for the environment and for people
Classified in accordance with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards. As hail storms intensify, impact-resistant roofing becomes a necessity rather than an upgrade — and restoring instead of replacing keeps material out of landfills.