No more shack fires in informal settlements - Michael of Breathecoat

Michael Tostile

Fires wreak havoc and devastation in informal settlements as most shacks are made from wood, cardboard and even plastic sheeting. These materials burn easily and fires can spread uncontrollably – especially during the dry and windy months.  Life and possessions are lost.

Painting with FIRE RESISTANT BreathCoat paints can give one the valuable time needed to remove children and valuables and attempt to douse the fire (up to 30 min).  Furthermore the shack material will only smoulder as the fire spreads to adjacent buildings.

Have a look at the “Fire Retardency Video” on http://www.breathecoat.co.za

BreatheCoat paints are safe for the environment and people, and manufactured on site in Somerset West.  The water based VOC free “Textured fire resistant paint” is available in powder form making 5 liters paint when mixed with water on site. This makes it easy to transport.

Further benefits include:
•    Solvent and VOC free - children won’t suffer from chronic bronchial tract infections
•    It covers well on planks and cardboards
•    It fixes leaking roofs and seals wind coming through
•    Makes people feel at home
•    Brushes and rollers are cleaned with water

Make your home beautiful, free of allergic irritants and save to live in.

To find out more have a look at http://www.breathecoat.co.za

The Paint Problem Panel

Welcome to the BreatheCoat Paint Manufacturers Blog, where you’ll find answers to all your coating problems

Siegfried Domröse
International Polymer Scientist
and inventor of Breathecoat

Q.   Are there any paints that are totally safe for environment?
A. Most paints use the same basic recipe to do the same sort of job. They need solvents and chemicals that can evaporate to put down a surface layer of plastic or other material. Then the solvents and chemicals, which are usually poisonous or toxic, leak out into the atmosphere as the paint dries. Cleaning painting tools also may need solvents and toxic chemicals to get them clean.

Only one paint is easily available that does not have Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) that are used in most paints, and that is BreatheCoat. BreatheCoat uses tiny  polymer fibres to make a surface coating that is better than paint, because it can breathe, just like your skin, but keep water out at the same time.

So if you’re looking for an environmentally safe paint, get BreatheCoat, the problem-solving paint. Delivered to you by courier.