I m talking about paint that stands up to rain freezing temperatures high humidity and salt.
Bullet proof house siding.
Many ballistics materials companies now make fiberglass panels that are solid enough to reinforce your walls against a bullet.
The bank of san antonio agreed to finance the siding for customers who qualify for home improvement loans said bank vice president dan bierstedt.
Will your house wall protect you as well as a 299 bulletsafe bulletproof vest.
There are ways to add bulletproof sheathing but the materials are once again expensive and the look can be alarming unless covered with wallpaper or paneling.
Depending on the thickness of the fiberglass you choose for your house it can stop ammunition of up to 7 62 mm rifle fire.
Bierstedt estimates the cost of an average project as ranging from 5 000 to 7 000.
Fiberglass is one of the most popular bullet resistant materials on the market.
These panels are made from super tough fibers such as kevlar which are then woven and layered onto a mat using a synthetic resin.
When a bullet hits these panels they absorb the energy and stop it from passing through.
Police had no comment on the bullet resistant siding.
It is made of woven roving and high strength epoxy.
In actual fact the exterior walls of a frame house are surprisingly thin and vulnerable when it comes to the impact from a bullet.
Through a proprietary manufacturing process combining woven roving fiberglass with resin armorcore bullet resistant fiberglass panels are precision assembled and cured in a press with heat and pressure maintaining quality and consistency.
That has superior adhesion provides excellent hide and gloss retention.
Can you be shot through the walls of your house.
Each framed section then holds a panel made from a sheet of three quarter inch plywood epoxied to a sheet of bullet resistant fiberglass that is in turn covered by a thin finishing veneer.