EH Smith

Hydrotect

Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is baked onto the tile surface as catalyst at high temperature and effects a reaction between light, oxygen and air humidity. Activated oxygen is produced, and the result is a hydrophilic (= "water-friendly") surface with the following advantageous properties:

Antibacterial: microorganisms such as e.g. fungi, algae, moss or germs are decomposed.

Extremely easy to clean: instead of being repelled, the water spreads to form a thin film, which washes down the dirt

Odour-eliminating: unwelcome or harmful odours and atmos-pheric pollutants are eliminated - both indoors and outdoors.

The effects are permanently conserved and activated by light again and again. Titanium dioxide is non-toxic as well as free of irritating substances and can even be added to food.

Hydrotect acts reliably and permanently through the power of light. Even normal room lighting is sufficient in order to activate the catalyst, titanium dioxide (TiO₂), that is contained in the coating.

The consequence: the surface tension of water that is to be found on the tile is reduced and, as a thin film it even rises off stubborn dirt like lime scale and grease. At the same time, the photocatalytic reaction leads to the activation of oxygen in the atmosphere. As a result, bacteria are destroyed and renewed growth reliably prevented.

Conventional Tiles

Water droplets form...	...and dirt is left on the surface after drying.
Hydrotect-coated Tiles

The water spreads as a thin film on the surface and lifts dirt form the surface …	… which can then be easily removed. Result: a clean surface.

Dirt and pollutants stick to the surface coating and wash off with the rain as the water sticks to the tile, rather than being repelled:

The Hydrotect Video to Download

This video shows the benefits of the Hydrotect system and is available in the following formats:

440 x 330 Pixel as wmv (25,5 MB)
640 x 480 Pixel as wmv (30,7 MB)

Please note:
In case you have problems playing the video-file online, we request you to please download the respective file to your local drive using the right mouse function "save target to" and then playback the file from your local drive.

For further information, please request our Hydrotect documentation.