VietNamNet Bridge - A local company has successfully produced fireproof, bulletproof paint made from rice husks, with the price one third of foreign products of the same kind.

Test of Kova fireproof paint.

Vietnamese paint company Kova this May launched its nano fireproof and bulletproof paint made from husks. The new products have attracted attention of local and foreign scientists and enterprises.  

Husk is an agricultural by-product, often used as fuel, to make fertilizer. Dr. Nguyen Thi Hoe, Chairwoman of the Kova Paint Group, has used this by-product to produce special product – fireproof and bulletproof paint.

Hoe said the fireproof paint is active in the temperatures of 800-1,200oC and it does not create toxic gas. Tests prove that the quality of this product is even better than similar products of Singapore and Germany.

Notably, this product can work 360 minutes, exceeding the highest level of Vietnamese standards for fireproof products.

Kova bulletproof paint is praised by experts as it helps reduce the weight of bulletproof vests from 60% to 70%.

According to Hoe, 12 tons of rice husk can be burned to have 1 ton of ash, which is processed by hi-tech to create nano paint. 1kg of nano paint can cover 1.5 m2 of surface.

Meanwhile, bulletproof paint is praised by experts as it helps reduce the weight of bulletproof vests from 60% to 70%.

Besides nano bulletproof paint, Kova has also launched a number of new products made from rice husks, such as antibacterial paint, self-cleaning paint and fire-resistant paint of high quality.

Dr. Nguyen Thi Hoe hopes these products will be welcomed by many countries.

She said that the use of husks as main material will help save fuel, and increase productivity for Vietnamese farmers.

The products have been successfully tested and used by many firms in Vietnam.

T. Tung