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Archive for April 15th, 2010

This time around we are blessed to be able to interview Evan Bybee as our new Entrepreneur in Business Xcelerator. It is such an honor to be able to interview someone with such deep understanding in trade and life experience, not forgetting accomplishment. And besides that, Mr. Bybee is a very fascinating chap to talk with.

He was employed as a tanker as well as a police officer in the Nevada National Guard for practically ten years, he was an experienced oil drilling professional, and made millions in the nutraceutical/cosmoceutical engineering as one of the founders of Basic Research. Sounds really remarkable, nevertheless the very essence that makes him unique is that he does not stop. His days are made even more hectic than ever with his new awe-inspiring R&D organization, Mirage Products that is located out of Orem, Utah, and their important product, Xylexin. What is Xylexin all about? Their website stated that it is one of a kind crossbreed of stubborn glue and harsh resistance of non organic based resins and the elasticity and robustness of organic polymers. What exactly does this imply and why is it any extraordinary? Go on and read!

BX: Tell us a about the history and development of Xylexin.

We negotiating a contract with them to where they received all the commercial retail rights to market their product, and we can had rights to any industrial application if they weren’t already doing it themselves. It worked out great, we never had any conflicts with them and we were doing a lot of residential jobs coating siding to the tune of around 400 homes between Utah and Southern California.

We arranged for an agreement with them to where they obtain all the marketable retail rights to sell their services, and we can be a part of any manufacturing application if they hadn’t already worked on it themselves. It turned out good, we were in good terms with them and we did a lot accommodation jobs coating siding to the tune of more or less 400 shelters between Utah and Southern California.

BX: That sounds awesome. Is this still a fraction of what you are working on?

In the end, although we own all of the rights to the PPG product, they said that they had no interest to continue making it because they couldn’t get it right. So, got another entity making a product that was based on different concept but, it has many of the same characteristics and then some cases even better characteristics than what we referred to the old Xylexin (the product made by PPG).

Therefore with the brand new Xylexin, we get a better adhesion, better elasticity, and better sturdiness according to what we want for what application. We have also appended the friction capability that uses a nano size atom sufficient to get a better coeeficient of frictions and still keep up the similar lucidity of the transparent product.

Thus with the new Xylexin, we possess greater adhesion, greater plasticity, and better power depending on what we wish to use for what purpose. We have also mad the friction capability that uses a nano size particle just enough to get hold of the higher coefficient of frictions and still uphold the identical clearness of the transparent product.

BX: So the fresh and new Xylexin isn’t even an outdated product at all, it’s your latest discovery?

Evan Bybee : That’s right! And with the new and improved Xylexin, we now can monopoly the whole market of floors’ coefficient of friction coatings. The gout dilemma is no more a problem — it will be spotless clean and can be cleaned effortlessly without any problem. This gout problem has been going on for years and that is the reason why there is a company called Gout Doctor to work on cleaning the gout extensively on a monthly basis.

BX: Grout? My wife HATES that problem. You’re expanding to broader applications!

Evan Bybee: That is one of our problems, and that’s one of the reason why we’re now at Cheesecake Factory smearing it on all of their Jerusalem stone tables. And now they have a nice polished glow on them. And the thing is, even though the tables are no more at risk to the substance that makes their tables clean, which is actually the problem with grout sealers because they tend to make the grout dirt again, but with Xylexin, you do not have to worry about getting your grout dirty all over again! Of course, Cheesecake Factory is very satisfied with Xylexin! Now that we’ve covered the tables, we will now move on to Cheesecake factories’ floors, bathrooms and kitchens.

BX: Any other exciting applications in the works?

Currently because of the noise about the VOCs (volatile organic compounds) in the oil-based paints, the LDS Church is having to move away from the oil-based coatings. So, they’ve made a commitment to move away from these oil-based coatings which left them with what they thought was their only alternative; water-based coatings. Well, the oil-based coatings could go for 3 years before needing to be redone, but with water-based they were down to 2 years at best, but they wouldn’t be able to wait the full two years. This doubled the amount of times they need to recoat all of their cultural halls and is of course a huge expense.

Evan Bybee: Our latest job at the moment would be with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) to get the job done on the floors in the cultural halls (editors note : the LDS Church has to be refurnished every once in a while for most of the 17,000+ towers all over the world). In our conversations, they wanted us to remove the stops and work on putting in all the bells and whistles just so we can meet the latest environmental standards in the States.

BX: What a bummer for them…

So we are a game changer for the LDS Church’s cultural hall floors; we help them meet their environmental commitment, and have a more durable product that lasts longer. Win-win.

We are the person responsible to change LDS Church’s cultural hall floors; from a product that is environmental friendly through to a product that is durable. It’s a win-win situation.

We have also gotten the job done for LDS Church’s huge conference hub. The hub needed coatings twice every year last time. It is the sort of floor where tires from the vehicles and enormous air bags roll on every day. Naturally this causes the paint to break. And for your information, it has been two years now since we last coated Xylexin on the very same floor, and they have not peeled a bit and they are very satisfied with it!

BX: Sounds like a satisfied customer.

Currently UV degradation on fiberglass gives it a 7 to 10 year lifespan before it starts to crack and yellow, so they are in the middle of having to redo the Mt. Timpanogos temple. We’re going through accelerate weather testing and showing them that we can significantly slow that degradation down if not stop it altogether. We took current samples from the temple and sent them off (some coated and others uncoated for split testing) and put them in an illuminometer and a weatherometer. They expose these pieces to high amounts of UV light, a certain force of wind, salt water, and other elements. From there they determine that so much time in this accelerated exposure is equal to so many years.

Evan Bybee: They definitely are. Currently we are collaborating with them to preserve a few of their more holy structures. We are collaborating with them to protect the fiberglass arrangements on their place of worships. The places of worships are stone-built, but a large number of the modern temples architecture are more complex and made of fiberglass and painted to go with the stone of the main architecture.

Evan Bybee: They absolutely are. At the moment, we are working hand in hand with them to protect some of their more divine architectures. We are working hand in hand with them to uphold the fiberglass architectures on their holy places. The holy places are made from stone, but a huge number of the modern day architecture temples are more complicated and built of fiberglass and painted to suit the stone of the main structure.

Presently UV degradation on fiberglass causes it a 7 to 10 year duration before it begins to wear out and change in color, so they are in the midst of redoing the Mt. Tempanogos place of worship. We are going to expedite the weather testing and demonstrating to them that we can drastically lessen the degradation if not bring it to an end altogether. We got hold of the current samples from the place of worships and sent them out (some coated, some are not) for split testing purpose and position them in an illuminometer and weatherometer. They exposed these pieces to high density of UV light, a certain force of wind, salt water and a couple of few other samples. From there, they will see that a lot of the elements tested are similar to a few years.

BX: It sounds like after a few ups and downs, it turned out great for this awesome product.

Evan Bybee: Honestly, it is not the hottest invention that we’ve owned, but there is a number of other amusing things here that’s coming near us soon. We’ve had architects who were happily having a good time on the job in Hawaii that are pushing us. Thus, it has been amusing and pleasing, but the most important thing is that we have had such fantastic specialists to show up on behalf of the company throughout the course. Manufacture an excellent product, appoint all the right staffs, and everything will fall right into pieces.