Made with High Quality Vinyl Resins & Copolymer
Liquid Vinyl Siding™ is not like any paint. Composed of virgin vinyl resin, an expensive component not commonly found in other coatings, this unique coating is in a class by itself. Liquid Vinyl Siding™ is manufactured using a complex process. It's made by suspending vinyl resins and copolymer in an acrylic emulsion using emulsion polymerization. To add more beneficial properties quality components such as titanium dioxide is added, a crystal that reflects heat causing rays from the sun to enhance energy efficiency, stabilize color and increase the tensile strength of the vinyl film. Components that inhibit the growth of mold and mildew, reduce chalking and in general, make the coating tough, durable and more resilient than paint are also added making a truly exceptional exterior coating. Liquid Vinyl Siding™ provides a higher level of protection for your home than paint and other coatings.
Vinyl particles in the coating creates breatheability and enables the film to shed water. As the coating dries, solid matter suspended in the emulsion migrates through the liquid portion and aligns in a specific pattern to form the film. Vinyl particles are spherical. The rounded edges leaves minuscule gaps between particles. These gaps turn out to be very beneficial by creating a mechanism for vaporized moisture to escape. Small vapor particles are able to squeeze between the gaps and pass through the coating film whereas water molecules (much larger in size) are unable to penetrate. This creates a highly breatheable membrane that also can shed water. Liquid Vinyl Siding™ is rated at 15.3 perms.
EMULSION POLYMERIZATION PROCESS - Emulsifiers are used to disperse vinyl chloride monomer in water.
Emulsion polymerization produces very fine non-porous grains in the range of 1 micron creating the advantage of a coating without a
graininess surface. Surfactants are used in the polymerization of vinyl chloride to increase the surface tension and conductivity until it
reaches the critical micelle concentration (c.m.c). At this stage, the emulsified molecules organize in way that their hydrophilic groups
are at the outer space contacting with water and hydrophobic groups are gathered inside the micelle. Most of the vinyl chloride monomer
droplets get dispersed in the micelle using water soluble free radical initiators.
The Perm Rate is defined as the 'RATE OF FLOW OF A GASEOUS LIQUID THROUGH A POROUS MATERIAL'. ( also referred
to as permeability or breathe ability)
The scientific measurement is 1 grain of water vapor per hour, per square foot, per inch of mercury measured in units called PERMS.
1 US Perm (0.659045 Metric) = 57.2135 ng.s‑1.m‑2.Pa‑1
