What's with all the car detailing products claiming to have teflon to protect your car's finish?

If nothing sticks to teflon, how is it supposed to stick to your paint? :lol:

Teflon only sticks to the bottom of the frying pan because of a process using very high heat. There are also chemical processes that can cause teflon to stick, but they likely aren't occuring in a bottle of wax. So why all the hype?

Even if you could spread a thin layer of teflon across your car's surface, what you might get in protection would be negated by the fact that teflon has a dull look. Therefore, to get a good shine from any of these products it is likely that only a miniscule amount of teflon is in there. It simply allows the manufacturer to claim the product has teflon.

But here's were it gets interesting. A few years back, DuPont, the maker of teflon, issued the following statement "The addition of a Teflon fluoropolymer resin does nothing to enhance the properties of a car wax. We have no data that indicates the use of Teflon is beneficial in car waxes."

Despite this admission, teflon in car care products has become such a profitable marketing gimmick that even DuPont couldn't resist getting in on the action.......

http://shop.store.yahoo.com/rodi/tecarwax16oz.html

Ironically, they don't mention this product anywhere at dupont.com. :lol:

:roll:

 

Good questions. When my wife got her Matrix, they offered some Teflon protectant that we could have applied to the car before we drove it off the lot. We decided to get it and in my opinion it definitely keeps the car cleaner. My wife never parks in a garage and her car almost always looks very clean, and it's a black car. I've only washed it about 4 times since we bought it (she never washes it) and it seems to stay cleaner than my Crossfire does.
It could be all my imagination, but it seems to work. I've never waxed her car, so it's definitely more dull than my car, even when just washed.

 

I wish the same could be said about my black car! My car too stays outside and it gets dirty as hell. It LOOKS shiny from all the wax I've put on her... as long as you don't get too close, then you can see she's dirty as hell...

 

I seem to have good results with the DUPONT Teflon spray wax. It leaves the best finish I have come across as of yet. The rag just slides off the rear body flares,which is the finish I was looking for. Is there any other wax product that can do that? I would certainly try it .

 

i've used various polishes and waxes over the years and most of them provide an excellent shine and extremely smooth surface when applied to a clean finish. i'm not doubting that the products that have teflon in them don't provide a nice shine - just like many other non-teflon products. but does anyone believe that it has anything to do with the teflon? if dupont says it won't stick to anything unless it's heated to 700F, how can it stick to your car's finish?

i guess what i'm saying is that while there might not be anything wrong with product containing teflon, i wouldn't pay more for one thinking that there is any benefit from the teflon.

 

Teflon has been a gimmick product for years in the auto industry. Newer polymer sealants in the market that don't contain Teflon,or Acrylics are much more durable and actually last on the paint.

Glass polymers like CrystalGuard are the wave of next generation paint protection systems. These are very popular in Japan and now people here are starting to take notice of these products.

 

Does anyone remember where to get that 3-m tape kit for crossfire quarter panels

 

here you go...

http://www.invinca-shield.com/asp/genkit.asp?kit=832

 

Andrew,

Thanks for the info on the 3-m tape kit,I just got off the phone to order the delux kit

Mike L

 

anytime...money well spent. just make sure you have it professionally installed...not a diy job.

cheers!

 

Has anyone out there bought the invince-a-shield 3-m tape kit for the crossfire and had it installed?

How did it turn out? Did you do It or have done? Bought the kit but have yet to put it on.

Mike L

 

i have it on my crossfire....looks great if you have a professional install done.