Sunseeker Enterprises, Inc. DBA Sun FireDefense reported that the US Patent and Trademark Office issued the business patent #11441076 for its fire prevention coating formula on September 13, 2022.
The innovation can be used to protect residential premises in wildfire-prone areas, business structures, and electric pole assets.
When the long-lasting solution is applied to a surface, dried, and cured, it penetrates into the substrate, reducing the potential of combustion for years to come.
SPF3000 from Sun FireDefense is a clear liquid that may be added to paint or stain or sprayed onto the exterior of a structure. The company has a history of saving homes in some of California’s most devastating disasters.
The patent describes SPF3000 as a fire protection coating that can be applied to wood, polymers, metals, textiles, fiberglass, and plastics to help prevent a fire from starting and spreading.
The method employs a protective barrier that expands, deprives the fire of oxygen, and eventually self-extinguishes. The liquid is sprayed or brushed on and, once dry, inhibits and prevents the spread of fire across those surfaces.
The US Department of Energy, Environmental Consulting, Inc., and NTS Laboratories, Inc. have all tested the idea. NGC and Guardian Fire Testing Laboratories, Inc. (both on Cal Fire’s list of approved third-party testing) tested the formula to ASTM-2768 criteria.
The test assessed a product’s capacity to prevent the spread of flame on its surface for 30 minutes. The formula met the classification criteria given in ASTM-2768-11.
During the initial 10-minute test period, the test specimen had a flame spread index of less than or equal to 25, and the flame front never advanced more than 10.5 feet beyond the centerline of the burners.
Turner McClaine Environmental Consulting also evaluated wood treated with the dried solution to determine whether it posed an environmental or health risk. During the test, the laboratory decided that all results for Volatile Organic Chemicals were “non-detect” (VOCs).
During the Woolsey fire in 2018, a client in Malibu’s Corral Canyon explained: “We were being attacked by a wall of fire, as well as spot fires on the left and right. All four of my neighbors’ houses are now in ruins. Our house was damaged from three sides and survived.”
During the 2017 Skirball Fire, Tom Kimball, the Project Manager for a Bel Air property, stated: “Four homes burned down in a firestorm just 150 yards away. We barely had a few hours to clean up after that.”
