Lotus-Effect® Coatings
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Facade coatings with Lotus-Effect Sto Building with conscience.

Keeping your facade clean with a paint or render finish: StoLotusan Color and StoLotusan K/MP. Nothing compares with nature’s perfection. And nature has long been discovered as a veritable “treasure chest” of ideas which can be applied to cutting-edge technology. Sto has also drawn on nature’s model. Our rigorous research and development efforts have enabled us to combine biology and technology in an innovative manner to produce the new facade coatings with Lotus-Effect®. The sludge test demonstrates the effect: The surface coated with StoLotusan facade render stays clean and attractive.

The Lotus-Effect®: Dirt runs off with the rain. As seen under the electron microscope: On the left the surface of the lotus leaf and on the right the virtually Identical surface of StoLotusan. Conventional facade Conventional facade coating: The surface is less hydrophobic and thus more susceptible to wetting with water Dirt particles find It easier to obtain a hold. with Lotus-Effect* work contact area for dirt and drops roll off the surface only loosely deposited dirt particles with them. It's an all too familiar story: Soiling on facades becomes increasingly conspicuous and the facades...

(Right) With StoLotusan Color protection, dirt runs off each time it rains to leave a beautifully clean and dry facade. StoLotusan Color Outside walls coated with StoLotusan Color are simply washed clean by the rain, providing ideal protection even for facades which are severely exposed to the weather. Area of application: Suitable for coating old and new render substrates on outside surfaces. Priming with Sto-HydroGrund. StoLotusan K/MP The latest innovation in the render sector: StoLotusan K/MP is the first facade render to incorporate the Lotus-Effect® No additional coating is required,...

Lotus plants in full bloom: Mother nature provides the template for many technologies. Like water off a duck’s back: Water droplets simply carry dirt particles away with them as they roll over a lotus leaf. The Lotus-Effect® – modelled on nature. The Lotus-Effect® is a natural phenomenon dating from time immemorial which is manifested on the lotus plant. The leaves of the lotus plant are immediately clean and dry again after every rainfall. Water is unable to wet the leaves, and dirt runs off with the rain. The phenomenon of the so-called Lotus-Effect® The self-cleaning effect of the lotus...

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