Revolutionizing Everything: Spray-on Liquid Glass

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Spray-on liquid glass is about to revolutionize almost everything

(PhysOrg.com) -- Spray-on liquid glass is transparent, non-toxic, and can protect virtually any surface against almost any damage from hazards such as water, UV radiation, dirt, heat, and bacterial infections. The coating is also flexible and breathable, which makes it suitable for use on an enormous array of products.

...Liquid glass spray is perhaps the most important nanotechnology product to emerge to date. It will be available in DIY stores in Britain soon, with prices starting at around £5 ($8 US). Other outlets, such as many supermarkets, may be unwilling to stock the products because they make enormous profits from cleaning products that need to be replaced regularly, and liquid glass would make virtually all of them obsolete.

http://www.physorg.com/news184310039.html

On the company's website it states;

Certificates and expert’s reports by accredited independent institutes and labs have documented the following properties:
* Physiological harmless
* Food safe
* Compatible with skin and mucosa
* Free of nano particles
* Environmentally friendly

http://www.nanopool.eu/couk/ultra_duenn.htm

So what do you guys think, is this a load of bollocks? Or is it entirely plausible and will likely become a revolutionary product?

Also what would happen if you people started spraying it on food and fruit. Would you wear the enamel on your teeth away faster? What would happen if it got into your lungs? Could it crystallise and turn into nano shards like asbestos?

Discuss.

Late edit by Ivan: Please quote only excerpts in order to avoid copyright infringement.

 

[pallidin]

Definitely an interesting product if the claims are true.
Should be available for purchase/testing soon.

 

[Doug Huffman]

SiO2, except for inhalation, is innocuous. Inhaled, it causes silicosis. It is a component of the mineral asbestos that is particularly hazardous for various mechanical properties.

I can imagine flakes of this glass coating having similar mechanical properties to asbestos.

http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/169/4/489

Conversely, an increase of 10 mg/day in silica intake was associated with a reduced risk of dementia (adjusted relative risk = 0.89, P = 0.036). However, geographic exposure to aluminum or silica from tap water was not associated with dementia.