SpeedDeck Building Systems has enhanced its Vitesse steel-faced architectural wall cladding products by offering an optional self-cleaning surface.

The Dobel Clean coating, which contains a silicon additive, acts as a surfactant, preventing dirt from bonding with the building’s facade and allowing rainwater to wash away a far greater proportion of the dirt than would otherwise be possible. The concentration of the silicon-based surface modifier in the top layer of the coating forms a hydrophilic surface approximately 50 nanometers thick.

Vitesse is a RockWool cored, insulated wall panel system with 15mm recessed joints, designed to provide flat, clean lines for building envelopes.