Pilkington has launched OptiShower, a range of anticorrosive and durable glass, to support designers specifying glass for use in high-moisture environments.
It is said to be easier to keep clean thanks to a special pyrolytic anti-corrosion coating which acts as a barrier on the surface of the glass.
The glass has a wide range of residential and commercial applications, such as shower cubicles or back plates against cooking surfaces in kitchens.
OptiShower’s anti-corrosion properties also make it suitable for marine applications, such as aquariums, where it provides transparency while resisting the ‘cloudiness’ which can start to show over time when a glass surface begins to deteriorate in harsh moist or humid conditions.
It meets stringent EN 1096-2 standards, which certifies the products as able to withstand challenging outdoor weather conditions and abrasion.
The range is coated ‘on-line’, meaning the anticorrosive coating is applied while the glass is still hot, rather than as a post-manufacture spray. This makes the product easier to process, as well as harder and more robust when in use.
Kirk Green, regional sales manager at Pilkington UK, said: “Pilkington OptiShower has become a go-to glass for designers specifying in high-moisture areas where the glass needs to maintain its transparency, from shipbuilders to shower cabinet makers.
