Water-hating coating could mean easier car washes, LASTS 10 YEARS!!!???

[Deep Gloss Auto Salon]

Something I came across on another site....

Engineers looked at a lotus leaf easily shedding water and said, "Hey, we could do that." And so they did, with a revolutionary coating named superhydrophobic (http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_6246551), which simply means it really dislikes water.

The technology works by creating a surface with lots of peaks and valleys. These create microscopic air bubbles that shed liquid. In a video on a GE engineer's blog, you can see honey running right off a treated surface..............


To read more and watch the video click on the url

here's the url Water-hating coating could mean easier car washes, more - Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com/2007/06/29/water-hating-coating-could-mean-easier-car-washes-more/)

[whitespy9]

Video doesn't show any honey pouring for me.....

[Deep Gloss Auto Salon]

Video doesn't show any honey pouring for me.....

You gotta click on the url to be taken to the full article and that's where the link to the video resides, I only pasted a snippit of the article...

[klumzypinoy]

The vid doesn't work for me but oh well. This stuff sounds interesting.

[whitespy9]

It isn't working on the full article's website.


You gotta click on the url to be taken to the full article and that's where the link to the video resides, I only pasted a snippit of the article...

[Deep Gloss Auto Salon]

That's strange.. I see it just fine???

[Al-53]

I seen the honey test...very interesting how it just rolled of the test media...a product like that is a car owners dream....just have dirt and grime and water just roll off and not stick....I guess it is product that's incorporated into the paint it self...basicly making it non stick...

AL

[whitespy9]

hrm... I'm using firefox?

[Al-53]

try this link From Edison's Desk - Global Research Blog (http://www.grcblog.com/fullview.php?blog_id=18)

Al

[whitespy9]

Look at the comments on that link. Seems other people can't get the video to work either...

[BetaB]

Ok, sure this technology uses a hydrophobic surface, but what happens when hydrophobic compunds and liquids come into contact with the surface. I would almost like to have a slightly hydrophillic surface so that it might be easier for micells to attack the hydrophobic compounds, but hey, what do i know.

[Thejoyofdriving]

the video doesnt work in fire fox, boooooo :(

[YoMike]

Won't be getting a shine out of that surface and time soon!
LEFT click on link, save link as (download) and than play (open).
http://www.grcblog.com/bloggers/2/files/honey_sh.mpg

[Thejoyofdriving]

unfortunatly, you make a good point mike. :(

[ScottB]

funny .. this technology is noted on the newest Megs qd'er --- see Ultimate Quik Detailer bottle.

Meguiars Ultimate Quik Detailer (http://www.autogeek.net/meguiars-ultimate-quik-detailer.html)