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Electric Comet

06/03/2017 7:59 PM

self cleaning finishes

not sure if they are available yet but i would bet they are not far off

self cleaning finishes formulated to be similar to the roof material

saw a video about the new stadium in georgia and specifically the
camera shutter like retractable roof

amazing engineering there and mostly it is the material

i might be wrong but i think it is made of etfe

rain washes away everything that settles on it

very close to self cleaning with only the requirement of rain






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Leon

in reply to Electric Comet on 06/03/2017 7:59 PM

09/03/2017 7:49 AM

DerbyDad03 <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Monday, March 6, 2017 at 11:00:04 PM UTC-5, Electric Comet wrote:
>> not sure if they are available yet but i would bet they are not far off
>>
>> self cleaning finishes formulated to be similar to the roof material
>>
>> saw a video about the new stadium in georgia and specifically the
>> camera shutter like retractable roof
>>
>> amazing engineering there and mostly it is the material
>>
>> i might be wrong but i think it is made of etfe
>>
>> rain washes away everything that settles on it
>>
>> very close to self cleaning with only the requirement of rain
>
> Leon could install sprinklers and never have to dust that library room he's building. ;-)
>

When you build something that is tall, if you can't see the dust, there is
no dust. :-)

Dt

DerbyDad03

in reply to Electric Comet on 06/03/2017 7:59 PM

10/03/2017 10:11 AM

On Thursday, March 9, 2017 at 8:49:53 AM UTC-5, Leon wrote:
> DerbyDad03 <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Monday, March 6, 2017 at 11:00:04 PM UTC-5, Electric Comet wrote:
> >> not sure if they are available yet but i would bet they are not far of=
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> >> amazing engineering there and mostly it is the material
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> >> i might be wrong but i think it is made of etfe
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> >> rain washes away everything that settles on it
> >>=20
> >> very close to self cleaning with only the requirement of rain
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> > Leon could install sprinklers and never have to dust that library room =
he's building. ;-)
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> no dust. :-)

That reminds of something I saw on a website the other day.

My area got hit with that Great Lakes windstorm earlier this week. One news=
paper's website
had picture of a 100+ year old tree that fell on a really nice brick house.=
The article mentioned=20
that no one was home at the time.

In the Comments section, many people were commenting about what a shame it =
was.
Beautiful house, beautiful tree, glad no one was hurt, etc. One wise ass po=
sted:

=E2=80=9DIf no one was home, did it make a sound?=E2=80=9D

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Sonny

in reply to Electric Comet on 06/03/2017 7:59 PM

07/03/2017 5:44 AM

On Tuesday, March 7, 2017 at 6:32:47 AM UTC-6, DerbyDad03 wrote:
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> Leon could install sprinklers and never have to dust that library room he's building. ;-)

I didn't realize Festool made plumbing tools, also. ;-)

Sonny

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whit3rd

in reply to Electric Comet on 06/03/2017 7:59 PM

06/03/2017 11:41 PM

On Monday, March 6, 2017 at 8:00:04 PM UTC-8, Electric Comet wrote:
> not sure if they are available yet but i would bet they are not far off
>
> self cleaning finishes formulated to be similar to the roof material
>...
> rain washes away everything that settles on it

The traditional solution is chalking. Some paints are intended to
let loose of the top layer of pigment in normal weathering, which
exposes a clean surface underneath, so to speak. Application thickness
control is very important... There's trees around here is with sticky pollen, that
kind of paint would make the problem wash off easier.

Dt

DerbyDad03

in reply to Electric Comet on 06/03/2017 7:59 PM

07/03/2017 4:32 AM

On Monday, March 6, 2017 at 11:00:04 PM UTC-5, Electric Comet wrote:
> not sure if they are available yet but i would bet they are not far off
>
> self cleaning finishes formulated to be similar to the roof material
>
> saw a video about the new stadium in georgia and specifically the
> camera shutter like retractable roof
>
> amazing engineering there and mostly it is the material
>
> i might be wrong but i think it is made of etfe
>
> rain washes away everything that settles on it
>
> very close to self cleaning with only the requirement of rain

Leon could install sprinklers and never have to dust that library room he's building. ;-)

EC

Electric Comet

in reply to Electric Comet on 06/03/2017 7:59 PM

11/03/2017 1:03 PM

On Mon, 6 Mar 2017 23:41:27 -0800 (PST)
whit3rd <[email protected]> wrote:

> The traditional solution is chalking. Some paints are intended to
> let loose of the top layer of pigment in normal weathering, which
> exposes a clean surface underneath, so to speak. Application

the etfe material they are using is water loving

spray on water and anything on the surface comes off

any surface that had this would be easily cleaned without
mechanical washing and no other surfactants are needed to clean









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