Rennicks UK has released a new dew resistant sheeting product for traffic signs, designed to improve driver visibility at night by reducing the formation of dew and allowing normal retroreflectivity. Nikkalite Dewtect DT142-S was developed with Nippon Carbide Industries.

Rennicks UK's Dewtect dew-proof road sign sheeting improves visibility and therefore safety for motorists

"When dew forms on traffic signs at night, it can reduce the reflective properties to such an extent that signs appear to 'black out', making them illegible to motorists," explains Dr Iain Borthwick, managing director of Rennicks UK.

"Dewtect dew resistant sheeting works by attracting water droplets together to form a membrane across the surface of the sheeting, allowing normal retroreflectivity to occur."

Additionally, Dewtect features 'a unique surface formulation' which means surface protection does not need to be cleaned off once it has been installed, which Rennicks states avoids planning and safety issues, and lessens costs and installation time,

"This water membrane also performs a double duty, washing away most surface contaminants as water runs down making each sign self-cleaning, with the hydrophilic surface coating and rain fall acting to loosen and remove surface contamination, including carbon deposits," adds Borthwick.