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Liquid Glass – Coming to a Store Shelf Soon?

Coffee Cup Treated with Liquid Glass
John P.

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How Liquid Glass Works

How Liquid Glass Works

A company is Germany has developed what they claim to be one of the most innovative, world-changing, technologies of all time. “Liquid Glass” is a product that supposedly can be applied to almost anything, and which coats the surface with a 100 nanometer thick layer of flexible, breathable, glass. Oh, and its completely harmless and even safe to use around food.

Coffee Cup Treated with Liquid Glass

Coffee Cup Treated with Liquid Glass

Think about this for a minute. You know how easy it is to clean a window? Now imagine your carpet was that easy to clean! You could spray this stuff on everything from shower walls, to car parts, to coffee cups, shoes and kitchen knives. How about lining the concrete surface of a swimming pool with it before filling it with water?

Since they claim the coating is heat resistant to 450 degrees Celsius (842 degrees Fahrenheit), you could actually coat your grill with it, or the engine of your car, to keep them shiny and clean since they are exposed outdoors. I guess you could also treat most cookware since they rarely get used above that temperature.

According to the company:

Intelligent surface coating from Quantum LiquiGlas® is based on ultra thin layering technology. In essence the technology allows us to deposit a nano scale layer of molecular, particle free glass, on the surface of most surfaces. The molecules of glass (silicon dioxide) come from pure quartz sand, which is one of the most abundant substances on the planet.

Just like domestic glass the coatings are chemically inert and resistant to acid, alkali and solvents; however Quantum LiquiGlas® is also stunningly different. It is flexible, breathable, highly durable, anti microbial and has non stick characteristics.

The application of the Quantum LiquiGlas® coating is very straight forward. 
After pre-cleaning, the coating can be applied in seconds to the newly cleaned surface. Items coated with the ethanol based liquids can be used within minutes.

Since they say it’s harmless to humans, I wonder how long it will be before swimmers start greasing up their bodies with Liquid Glass before hopping in the water? I mean, you know they are going to coat boats and things like that since this will reduce their drag signifigantly…

Big question is… how long does the coating last?

The treatments are all very durable and they will last for many months or even years. We expect the hard surface coatings to last for at least 6 months in domestic environments.

Anyway, here is a little coverage from Reuters. Personally, if this stuff is for real, I’m going to by gallons of it and coat everythign I own. Hopefully we won’t find out a few years later that it causes cancer, or testicular shrinkage, or something like that.

Of course, the prankster in me imagines doing all sorts of stuff with this new treatment:

Towel Treated with Liquid Glass

Towel Treated with Liquid Glass

  • Spray it on your little brother’s notebook so whenever he tries to write on it the ink won’t stick!
  • Douse your roommate’s towel with liquid glass. Let’s see you dry off now!
  • Spray it on a squeegee. Would glass on glass actually work?

The problem with this kind of invention is that one of two things usually happen:

  1. The product turns out to be a sham
  2. The manufacturer never actually gets the product into the hands of the consumer

If you think about it, as great as this product could be, it would take massive scale production to get it into the hands of all the consumers who would want it. Which is like… every single person on the planet. So they are either going to have to build some unbelievably large facilities or they are going to have to partner with large consumer products companies through a licensing deal.

Anyway, I’d love for this story to be true, and I’d love to believe that they are beginning to ship it early next year… but forgive me for being a skeptic.

What would you do with it if you could get your hands on some Liquid Glass?

Comments

  1. Hi , I am an agent for Liquid glass in Southern Cape region of South Africa and I started applying it to Motorcycles and helmets. I have experienced incredible results eg. on rear wheels when applying chain lube, the lube spray wipes off with a dry rag and the results on helmets are amazing. The only drawback I found is that when applied to a glass showerdoor, is that it fog up sooner than the untreated surface. But, there is a product to cure that too. For that reason I do not treat the inside of the helmet visors. Awesum product. Should you need more info, contact me, if I dont know I’ll put you in touch with somebody that will.

    • Hi Johan,

      We’ve spent 3 years testing this technology from various suppliers over the world and have a very good idea where and when the coating can/should be used.

      Check out our site, and get in touch – we’re always looking to collaborate!
      Peter

  2. I first heard the term “Liquid Glass” in a news items on the Japanese nuclear problems. They said that Liquid Glass was used to stop leaks. Did anyone else see this and is it the same substance?

    • Hi Tim,
      the term ‘Liquid Glass’ is unfortunately used quite loosely:
      – In Japan they actually used Sodium Silicate (also known as ‘Water Glass’) with the chemical formula: Na2SiO3
      – The ‘Liquid Glass’ which Nanopool coined (and falsely claimed to have invented!) refers to SiO2 Nanotechnology. That’s nano-Silicon Dioxide (quartz glass) which is formulated using a sol-gel chemical process and with a bit of industry secrecy turned into a spray-on-glass coating that does what Scothgard, Teflon or Rain-X does but better and longer lasting. It’s impossible to seal big cracks with (nano-SiO2) Liquid Glass as the film is it’s thinner than our eyes can see!
      – Lastly, ‘Liquid Glass’ is also a brand of car detailing products, trademarked in the US. Except it’s fluorocarbon based (PTFE/Teflon essentially).

      Hope that clears up the confusion!

  4. there is such thing as liquid glass and you can buy it anywhere its also known as sodium silicate. it expensive about 10.00 per pint but it is real look it up on the net

  5. If I got this product, I would pretty much be lame, and use it for what they say it can be used for. I am not too experimental when it comes to this sort of thing. I also agree that some good ideas never get put to good use, so I am hoping they can bring this to market, and do it well.

  7. The applications seem limitless, but I bet the medical field will benefit the most. Nanotechnology is just starting to verge the horizon. I wonder if you could mix this with some type of nano-LED technology to allow you to make a TV/Monitor out of anything? hmmm.