AZ company says its gel can protect your home from fire

Click the play button on the video window to the right to see the story Armed with a 2,000 degree blowtorch, Chad Nelson walks up to a square piece of plywood promising the wood won't catch fire or even burn. Nelson is the manager of a company called Thermo-Gel aimed at protecting homes from fires. Thermo-Gel is made of 99.5 percent water, has a consistency of hand lotion and comes in a one gallon container that connects to a garden hose. "Thermo-Gel is made with polymers that are microscopic chains designed to hold several hundred time their weight," said Nelson while holding the blow torch up against a single pane of glass sprayed with his product. After several minutes of direct heat and flame, the glass never shatters and the wood surrounding it never burns. For several hours, Nelson and other Thermo-Gel representatives... [read full story]