Pilkington Activ has a specially developed coating on the outside that has a unique dual action.  When exposed to daylight, the coating chemically reacts in two ways:

  1. It breaks down any organic dirt deposits using a ‘Photocatalytic’ process, the coating reacts with ultra-violet rays present in natural daylight to break down and disintegrate dirt.
  2. Rain water ‘sheets’ down the glass to wash the loosened dirt away.  When rain water hits the glass Pilkington Activ is ‘hydrophilic’ which means that instead of forming droplets, the water spreads evenly over the surface and as it runs off takes the dirt away.  The water also dries off very quickly without leaving unsightly ‘drying spots’.

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