Lotusan® paint

About the Product

Company: Sto
Product Phase: Available
Product Type: Self-cleaning coating

Inspiring Strategies

Wing surface self-cleans: Morpho butterfly > Hydrophobic surface allows self-cleaning: sacred lotus >

Product or process

The wings of many large-winged insects such as butterflies and many plant surfaces remain dirt-free without chemical detergents or expending energy, simply by how their complex surface topography interacts with the physics of water molecules. Lotusan® exterior coating uses these same micro-structural principles to regain its cleanliness automatically after the mere rinse of a rain shower.