Nanotech...
The buzzword of the future. All chemistry is nanotechnology, it seems, since it works at the molecular and atomic levels.
Everett, I'm more interested to hear what you think about those heading this direction, both in new products, and in application. What are your opinions, and why do you hold them?
I admit I'm not through reading the site, and haven't spoken with anybody there, but it just sounds like another vegetable oil, and polystyrene to petrify a deck with.
No tints, no serious discussion about what it does better in, on, or for, the wood; nothing new except the recipe. It looks to me like there is a risk that people hear, "soy" and assume it must be a "good product". Then add the words, "recycled polystyrene" and the homeowners feel like Captain Planet saving the world.
Are you saying that Flood is selling a similar product? Or are you saying that the techniques for manufacturing the two products are similar? I get that VOC compliance is important, but aside from that I see no real advantage to this product. Am I missing something? I'm no woodie, and your opinion in this field carries a great deal of weight, so please clear a few questions up for me:
I'm not clear what technology you say will apply to all wood from now on, that hasn't before. When I referred earlier to the future being now, I was being facetious: I was trying to imply that this doesn't seem a lot different than linseed, or tung oil products, in that for thousands of years humans have used oils and fats to coat and "treat" wood against moisture. By the same token, applying one type of plastic or another doesnt seem so new either.
After all, neither composite lumber substitutes (Wood and polymers combined) nor akrylic stains represent new technology. What is new here that I don't see.
I guess if you think this is actually the wave of the future, and a good type of product, I'd be interested in starting to use it sooner rather than later.
