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Well, it’s actually fire retardant, but it can stop fire for up to one hour. That’s a long time. It was developed by British Envirograf, and it has been further developed by a Norwegian company called Biokjemi Norge. There are two versions of the paint; one that prevents flames from spreading (mostly used in corridors and evacuation lanes), and one that that actually stops fire altogether. It’s available in white or clear and both can be painted over with regular paint so you can have the color you want. It has been used in places like the Buckingham Palace in London, on 200 temples in Beijing for the Olympic Games, and the new Opera House in Oslo, Norway. To test and document the paint’s fire retardant properties the Norwegians made an experiment on an old building that was to be demolished anyway. (above). The house had two doors; the one on the left was treated with two coats of the fire retardant paint and another smart invention – heat sensitive expanding insulation strips, the other (on the right) was left as it was. After 7-8 minutes the untreated door was virtually gone. After 20 minutes the treated door was showing cracks, but had not let any fire through. This feels like the thing to get if you have something really valuable and fire-prone in the house.brbr