Kubilay Ultra Hygiene Series
The first antiviral wood coating system in
the world has been awarded funding from The scientific and the Technological
Council of Turkey. It has been awarded the “Seal of Material Excellence” by
Material ConneXion
Ultra Hygiene Antimicrobial Varnish
COVID-19 has become more than a health
crisis. It had destructive consequences such as cultural, social, economic and
political effects. The pandemic has changed how we clean and disinfect office,
schools, and hospitals while returning to new normal.
The virus is transmitted after infected
people sneeze, cough on or touch surfaces, such as tables, doorknobs and
handrails. Other people may become infected by touching thee contaminated
surfaces, then touching their eyes, nose
, mouth without having cleaned their hands first .
Antiviral, Antibacterial and Antifungal
Wood Coatings
Turkish wood coatings manufacturer Kubilay
Boya has successfully developed an antiviral, antibacterial and antifungal wood
coating system. This new coating system showed efficacy against human
coronavirus NL-63 – an enveloped, single stranded RNA virus used as laboratory
model to SARS-CoV-2 – as well as bacteria including Escherichia coli and
Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella typhimurium, Listeria monocytogenes,
Klebsiella pneumoniae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and fungi such as Candida
albicans and Aspergillus brasiliensis.
Antiviral wood coatings are promising
candidates to keep wooden surfaces hygienic continuously. Furthermore, growing
concern regarding surface hygiene will lead to a higher demand for
antimicrobial wood coatings in the near future.
In many
antimicrobial coatings in the market today, antimicrobial activity is acquired
by addition of an active ingredient. However, there is no antimicrobial agent
that has efficacy against the entire spectrum of microorganisms. Kubilay Boya
has carefully designed its new product to have antimicrobial activity
especially against enveloped viruses such as coronavirus and bacteria causing
hospital-acquired infection including K. Pneumoniae, P. Aeruginosa, E. Coli, S.
Aureus and other harmful bacteria causing typhoid fever, S. Typhimurium.
