Benefits of Nanotechnology & Nanocoating Solutions in Cleaning

Nanotechnology is a relatively new technology for making materials or solutions that are extremely small, often less than 100 nanometres. This technology has several applications in many industries such as medical devices, electronics, construction, automotive and recently cleaning solutions. Nanotechnology is helping to build the future of the commercial cleaning industry. Nanocoating solutions have several benefits that can change cleaning solutions and practices and are a great step forward toward reducing the environmental impacts of cleaning.

In this article, we’ll discuss how nanotechnology helps the commercial cleaning industry and what benefits nanocoating solutions have.

Nanotechnology & Coating Solutions

Nanotechnology has enabled cleaning supplies manufacturers and brands to create revolutionary products generally called nanocoating solutions. Nanocoating solutions have recently opened their way into the market and are becoming a good eco-friendly cleaning solution for domestic and commercial cleaning.

When you apply these coating solutions on a surface, it creates a very thin layer, often less than 100 nanometres thick, on the surface. This thin layer may seem insignificant but it has several protective and hygienic characteristics that we will explain in this article.

Cleaning with Nanocoating Solutions

Nanocoating cleaning solutions are easy to apply. There are several ways you can apply them on almost any surface and benefit from their advantages. Most commercially available nanocoatings are prays and liquids that you can spray on surfaces or dip a microfibre cloth and apply on surfaces.

Stronger nanocoating solutions, often used by commercial cleaning companies, require special fogging equipment. Like fogging machines for sanitation and deep cleaning, these equipment create a vapour deposition of nanocoating solution on surfaces.

Nanocoating solutions are good for most surfaces. They are regularly used to clean, sanitise and protect floors, desks, bathrooms, kitchens and many high-touch areas like counters, ledges, window sills, door handles and stairway handles.

Benefits of Nanocoating Solutions

Applying nanocoating solutions has several cleaning and protective benefits. In this article, we divided the most important benefits of nanotechnology cleaning supplies into 5 major categories.

#1 Repellent & Self-Cleaning Properties

The first major benefit of nanocoating solutions is their self-cleaning characteristic. Self-cleaning comes into two forms when we’re talking about nanocoating cleaning solutions.

Nanocoaing solutions make surfaces liquid-repellent or hydrophobic, which protects the surface from stains, oils and other liquids that may damage or make the surface dirty. If nanocoating solutions are applied correctly on surfaces, liquids will simply slide off without leaving marks.
Many nanocoating solutions have photocatalytic characteristics, which make surfaces self-cleaning. Photocatalytic coating breaks organic matter like microbes, germs and viruses.

There are other benefits with self-cleaning and repellent characteristics of nanocoating solutions. They also make surfaces hydrophilic, which spreads water evenly across the surface, preventing streaks and water spots. It also prevents fogging which is especially useful for glass surfaces like mirrors, windows or vehicle windshields.

In general, when you apply nanocoating solutions correctly on surfaces, it lasts for a long time and makes subsequent cleaning much easier. After application, you may only need a damp cloth to wipe the surface without the need to use any harsh cleaning chemicals.

#2 Protection & Durability

Nanocoating solutions protect the surfaces against viruses, germs and microbes. Their anti-microbial and anti-viral characteristics will eliminate viruses and microbes, effectively making the surface sanitised without the use of harsh disinfectants. This comes in handy for cleaning high-touch surfaces or general cleaning during a pandemic.

Nanocoating also improves the surface durability and protects it against UV or scratches. UV protection is useful for protecting window frames or building facades that are constantly bombarded by the sun’s UV rays. Think of it as sunscreen for surfaces.

One of the specific uses of heavy-duty nanocoating solutions is to protect the exterior surfaces of buildings against graffiti. Surfaces that are protected with nano-coating solutions don’t allow spray paint particles to stick on them, protecting the surface from vandalism and graffiti. This also protects the surface against mould growth, fouling and deposition.

#3 Reducing Cleaning Frequency & Cost

Cleaning with nanocoatings can effectively reduce the cleaning frequency and subsequently reduce cleaning costs.

Applying commercially available nanocoating solutions on surfaces is relatively easy and doesn’t require special equipment. When applied correctly, they often protect surfaces for a long time, which reduces the frequency of cleaning and cleaning costs in the long run.

Cleaning surfaces that are coated with nanotechnology cleaning solutions is easy. You only need water or very mild cleaning solutions to clean such surfaces.

As discussed before, nanocoatings protect surfaces against UV and scratches, which reduces maintenance costs like floor scrubbing or maintaining window frames and sills.

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#4 Reducing Environmental Impacts of Cleaning Chemicals

By reducing the frequency of cleaning, you can reduce the environmental impacts of cleaning as well. Cleaning requires certain chemicals and solutions that have certain impacts on the environment. When you reduce cleaning, the use of such chemicals is reduced as well.

Applying Nanocoating Supplies on Windows

Surfaces that are covered with nano-coating solutions require less cleaning, and when they do, you can wipe them quickly with water or mild cleaning solutions with minimal environmental impact. This is why nanocoatings are becoming a popular cleaning system for many businesses that are trying to lower their environmental impacts.

#5 Better Air Quality in Closed Spaces

Nanocoated surfaces trap pollutants and particles and can eliminate organic matter. This will greatly improve the air quality in closed spaces like offices, classrooms or retail stores. This also reduces the maintenance costs of HVAC systems and reduces the frequency of cleaning air ducts and air vents.

Conclusion

Nanotechnology is making a lot of changes in various sectors like healthcare, automotive, construction and electronics. It recently found its way into the commercial cleaning industry. Nanocoating cleaning solutions are becoming popular cleaning supplies. Applying nanocoating solutions on surfaces has several benefits. We discussed the most important and major benefits of using nano-coating solutions in this article.

The information in this article can help you understand how nanocoating can affect your business and reduce cleaning frequency and costs as well as the environmental impacts of cleaning in your office, classroom or retail store.

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