For the average home owner the fact that this Ultra-Ever Dry requires a coating with two different products, and the use of high tech air filters,
Spray guns, chemical gloves and cleaning right away with xylene, makes this seem too daunting to use and may be bad for the environment.
They state that you can not use Detergents, Soaps, Solvents or high pressure water on the surfaces or the coating will fail.
Also they state not to touch the surface with your hands--(The oils in your hands will cause the surface to fail?)
The video is really cool to watch.
XYLENE
Summary of toxicology
1. Effects on Animals: Xylene exposure produces central nervous system depression and irritation of the eyes and skin in animals. Xylene is also fetotoxic and teratogenic in several species of experimental animals when administered by the oral or inhalation routes [RTECS 1989]. The LC(50) in the rat for a 4-hour xylene inhalation exposure is 5000 ppm, and the oral LD(50) in the same species is 4300 mg/kg [RTECS 1989]. The meta isomer may be more acutely toxic than the o- or p-isomer: mice exposed for 24 hours to 2010 ppm of the m-isomer or to 3062 ppm of the o-isomer died, while exposure for the same period to 4912 ppm of the p-isomer did not cause death [Proctor, Hughes, and Fischman 1988, p. 511]. Rats exposed to a 1600-ppm concentration of xylene (isomer unspecified) for 2 or 4 days showed signs of irritation, became uncoor-dinated, lost weight, had an increased red blood cell count, exhibited signs of narcosis, and died [Proctor, Hughes, and Fischman 1988, p. 511]. Rats exposed to a 980-ppm concentration of xylene for 7 days developed leukopenia, and autopsy revealed kidney congestion and hyperplasia of the bone marrow and spleen [Proctor, Hughes, and Fischman 1988, p. 511]. In contact with the eye, xylene causes irritation of the conjunctiva, tur-bidity of the cornea, swelling, and tearing in rabbits [Clayton and Clayton 1981, p. 3292]. Repeated application to rabbit skin of a 95- or 100-percent solution of xylene causes redness, moderate irritation, and slight necrosis [Proctor, Hughes, and Fischman 1988, p. 511; RTECS 1989]. Rabbits exposed for 40 to 55 days to a xylene concentra-tion of 1150 ppm developed a decrease in their red and white blood cell counts and an increase in thrombocytes, but these effects were reversible [Proctor, Hughes, and Fischman 1988, p. 571]. In chronic inhalation studies, rats and dogs exposed to 800 ppm for 6 hours/day for 65 days showed no measurable ill effects [ACGIH 1986, p. 637]. No signs of carcinogenicity were noted in long-term gavage studies in rats and mice [Proctor, Hughes, and Fischman 1988, p. 511]. Administered subcutaneously to rats at 300 mg/kg/day for 6 weeks or at 700 mg/kg/day for 9 weeks, xylene failed to cause hematopoietic effects; earlier reports of xylene's myelotoxicity appear to have been based on exposures to xylene contaminated with benzene, a known myelotoxin [HSDB 1986; ACGIH 1986, p. 637]. The offspring of pregnant rats inhaling 50 mg/m(3) xylene for 6 hours on days 1 to 21 of pregnancy or 250 or 600 mg/m(3) for 24 hours on days 7 to 15 of pregnancy had an increased incidence of musculoskeletal abnormalities, and the offspring of pregnant mice administered xylene by inhalation or oral dosing also showed developmental abnormalities [RTECS 1989].
2. Effects on Humans: Xylene is an irritant of the eyes and mucous membranes at concentrations below 200 ppm, and it is narcotic at high concentrations [AIHA 1978; Proctor, Hughes, and Fischman 1988, p. 511]. The estimated oral LD(50) for humans is 50 mg/kg [EPA Health Advisory, 1987, p. 4]. Of three workers exposed to xylene concentrations of approximately 10,000 ppm for 18.5 hours, one died and two recovered slowly after a period of unconsciousness and retrograde amnesia; disturbances of liver and kidney function were noted in these workers [ACGIH 1986, p. 637; Baselt 1980, p. 286; Clayton and Clayton 1981, p. 3292]. Ingestion of xylene causes gastrointestinal distress and may cause toxic hepatitis [Clayton and Clayton 1981, p. 3294]. Aspiration of xylene or acute exposure to high vapor concentrations of this substance may cause chemical pneumonitis, hemorrhage into the air spaces, and pulmonary edema [Clayton and Clayton 1981, p. 3294; Klaassen, Amdur, and Doull 1986, p. 351]. A worker exposed to the vapors of a solvent containing 75 percent xylene (approximate airborne xylene concentration of 60 to 350 ppm) developed giddiness, anorexia, and vomiting [Proctor, Hughes, and Fischman 1988, p. 511]. After inhalation of high (not further specified) concentrations of xylene, workers may become flushed, feel hot, and experience confusion, dizziness, tremors, and other signs or symptoms of central nervous system toxicity [Clayton and Clayton 1981, p. 3294]. Blood dyscrasias that have proven fatal in at least one case are reported to have been the result of chronic xylene exposure, but these hematopoietic effects are now believed to have been caused by benzene, formerly a common contaminant of xylene [ACGIH 1986, p. 637]. Chronic exposure to xylene may cause central nervous system depression, anemia, mucosal hemorrhage, bone marrow hyperplasia, liver enlargement, liver necrosis, and nephrosis [Clayton and Clayton 1981, p. 3295]. Repeated contact of the skin with xylene causes drying and dermatitis [Clayton and Clayton 1981, p. 3295].
