Snow/Ice adhesion on coated cars

[kb2ehj]

So this will be my first winter with a coated car and I'm curious as to easily snow and ice will 'release' from the paint that has been coasted.
We don't get tons of snow and ice but enough to like to know what to expect.

Subject: 09 Honda Element (Hood, Roof and back section only. Keeping sides uncoated for now so that I can play with other products)
Coating: Duragloss Enviroshield
Coated September 2017
Maintenance: Wipe down with CarPro Ech2o as needed (almost daily and it's amazing the crap that it lifts off)
Location: Central North Carolina

~Mark

[FUNX650]

•Does DG’s Enviroshield have any
“icephobic” property/properties?

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•Hydrophobicity is, basically, the measure
of (unfrozen) water-beads’ contact angle on
a given surface—generally speaking: >90°.
-By now we (should) know of the many bene-
fits of a hydrophobic (“fear” of water) Coating.

•IMO:
-The measuring of icephobicity, on the other
hand, is not quite as easily accomplished.
-In order to measure a Coating’s icephobicity
(its “fear” of frozen water particles)—that is:
to quantify its effectiveness to a Coating’s
attributes—it does:
-require a more in-depth research and under-
standing of the phenomena called nucleation.
In particular: ice nucleation.



Bob

[Trip]

If any snow builds up on the roof or trunk or slides off easier. The only thing different you will notice with a coated car is the ease you can wash of evening a quick water only powerwash. My dailies are coated in Polish Angel Viking Coat and I couldn't be happier

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[dcjredline]

I will be finding out right along with ya EXCEPT I am gonna see real snow and ice up here in NY

[hoyt66]

Same here. First winter in Michigan with a coated car. My outback has exo and csl coating

[kb2ehj]

I will be finding out right along with ya EXCEPT I am gonna see real snow and ice up here in NY

What part of CNY?

[dcjredline]

Near Rochester

Buffalo/Syracuse area

[kb2ehj]

Near Rochester

Buffalo/Syracuse area

Ah yes, I know the area. Lived in Cortland for 25 years before moving to North Carolina 23 years ago.

[Britsdaddy]

That's a pretty big area. Where in Rochester? I have family in Farmington and the city

[Trip]

Here is a picture of my trunk it's not the hood were it gets melted and slides off. Seems to have stayed as a sheet, even after opening and closing the trunk it stayed the same. Polish Angel Viking Coat. The trunk is also much colder than the actual interior.

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