Sto Product Creates “Home Sweet Home” on First Lotusan® House in Canada
“We are extremely pleased with Lotusan® and continue to recommend it to everyone that stops to ask about our quality stucco and paint,” said Nadia Rizzuto of Ancaster, Ontario, Canada. “We were the first house in Ontario to use Lotusan® and the response from neighbors and visitors has been tremendous.”
The Rizzutos knew they needed to paint their house. They had used Sto Powerwall® Stucco for the cladding on their home so they were familiar with Sto Corp. and its products. They spoke to Eric Trueman, the sales rep in their area, and he told them about a new product, Lotusan®, an exterior coating with a pronounced self-cleaning effect.
Their seven-year-old home is 3,100 square feet and painting the home, using Lotusan®, was a great job for Rob Flokstra, a contractor in Ontario. He applied Lotusan® with a roller and brush, just like any other paint.
“The work-ability is great,” said Flokstra. “What a difference it made after it was painted. The color really made the house jump.”
There are a lot of windows in the home and Flokstra used a double coat around the windows and walls of the home. “I think Lotusan® is a really good product and it provided awesome coverage,” said Flokstra.
According to Rizzuto, a year later people continue to comment on the house and ask what type of paint was used. “Three other homes in our court have now used Lotusan® and they all look great,” said Rizzuto. “Our neighbors across the street painted a year ago with something else and it already shows dirt, mildew and mold.”
Not only are Rizzuto and her husband, Anthony, happy with the product, they are pleased with the service they received from Sto. “Eric was unbelievable,” said Rizzuto. “He and the company really stand behind their product. It’s wonderful!”
Lotusan® is an exterior wall coating modeled on the microstructure of the lotus leaf. This BIONICS™ technology, engineered by Sto Corp., imparts super-hydrophobic properties – the Lotus-Effect® - to the coating. The features of Lotusan® include high resistance to soiling, pronounced self cleaning effect, high resistance to mold, mildew and algae, excellent weather and chalk resistance, and high water vapor permeability.
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About Sto Corp.
Sto Corp., based in Atlanta, Georgia, is an innovative world leader and producer of a broad range of versatile cladding and coating systems for building construction, maintenance and restoration. Sto Corp. is ISO 9001 certified and operates production plants strategically located to serve more than 200 distributor shipping locations across North America. At research and development laboratories in the U.S. and Europe, Sto continues to revolutionize the industry with the highest quality products and application technology. For more information, visit www.stocorp.com or call toll free (800) 221-2397 or (404) 346-0755. |