Monday, December 15, 2008

Paint protection coating

In your lifetime, you should have owned at least one vehicle in your lifetime. Be it a sport car of your own, your own truck, your own motorcycle or even aircraft. They are the source of your own personal pride. The importance of protecting the surface integrity is very important, because basically, you are paying for a big premium ticket item once in your lifetime. The discipline in your own maintenance is important because there are many corrosive substance trapped in the air. If we don't keep a proper regular washing or preserving the car paint of your car. The car paint will fade and lose it's attractiveness for a long period of time.

In search for the navigation for the various products, they are called waxes, polishes, sealants or simply paint care treatments, keep in mind that that main cosmetic problem that caused your vehicle to fade so easily is due to its oxidation. Oxidation is first initated by UV rays, and then is propagated by the interaction between oxygen, along with environmental pollutants, and the organic materials that makes up your vehicle's paint and clear coat. This also means that the cleaner your vehicle remains the greater is in the surface integrity, and ultimately is it's face value.

Most family of non-silicone based resins that utilize the latest advances in nanoparticle technology to form protective, glossy layers of ceramic like matrices on vehicle finishes, including; paint (clear coat), glass (windows and windshields), plastic (automotive trim, light lenses, paneling, bumpers and aircraft windscreens), rubber (tire sidewalls) and metals (aluminum and chrome wheel wells, aircraft "brightwork") These proprietary ingredients include ceramic polymers that cross-link and covalently bond to advanced nanoparticle technology, selected specifically for the surface material to be enhanced, protected and preserved.

The family of surface treatment products is the latest standards in the vehicle. (auto, aviation and marine) care and maintenance industry. The gloss and protection that most paint protection coating imparts is far beyond that of ordinary car, aircraft, or boat waxes, polishes or sealants. Indeed, a record of producing superior results for car, truck, motorcycle, boat and aircraft owners places the solution in the realm of surface coatings, making it the ultimate source for vehicle enhancement, care and cleanliness.

Ceramic Polymer
Most paint coatings form a genuine polymeric film of specially modified nanoparticles with adhesion to the surface supported at molecular level. Instead of resting on the pores of the surface. They form molecular attractions between atoms of the coating resins / particle matrix and those of the surface material. Within minutes a chemical bond is formed that fills in the porous voids of the paint exterior. This greatly increases the physical properties of the paint finish, enhancing it with a deep rich gloss that is protected by a ceramic-like membrane for years.

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Wax-based products have no film forming abilities and will oxidize upon exposure to UV. In addition, waxes require solvents to etch into the paint to secure adhesion. The result is often a permanent marring of the finish as seen when the wax is removed.

Hydrophobic Nanoparticles
In addition to unparallel protection, the ceramic like polymer of most paint protection also retains long-term release properties and a high-angle of contact-the angle generated by a liquid bead resting on the surface. For example, water on the coatings will bead to form an angle of 110 while on the uncoated surface the angle of contact may be 80. A nearly self-cleaning surface is created, that usually only requires water and a microfiber cloth needed to maintain the cleanliness of the vehicle.

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Hydrophobic Soft Plastic Particulates
PTFE / Telfon in any vehicle wax or polish comes in the form of a powder or particulate suspended in water and functions primarily as an aid in the application ( post-buffing) of the product. By the very nature of its chemistry, PTFE is non-reactive. It can only be held in place by means of entrapment with organic binders that eventually oxidize. Since it is easily abraded from the surface once the protective layer is removed. Therefore, PTFE / Telfon only temporarily adds to the protective and release properties of the product before it is lost to the environment.

Complete Chemical Inertness
By chemically adhering to the finish while maintaining even greater ineternal bonding properties, the resins and the matrices they form with nanoparticles will not breakdown or migrate from the surface. That's because these linkages and their internal forces are maintained in a 3 - dimensional polymeric matrix, unlike the weaker 2 - dimensional silicone arrangement. The result is a ceramic-like membrane of protection and enhancement that seals out all oxidative elements while sealing in a deep-gloss shine for years. In addition, the incredible depth of gloss and layer of ceramic like protection of most paint protection coating is totally unaffected by all types of acidic and alkaline materials, from acid rain, tree sap, and bug guts to road salt and bird droppings.

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Chemically / UV Degrading
Silicone
based products are made up of small pre-polymers of silicone that are co-reacted with organic materials to form polymeric films linking together many of these units or "mers" to create " polymers." Yet, once the organic binders are oxidized, the silicone backbone decomposes at the surface leaving an inorganic siliceous (silicate-like) residue.
If the film undergoes premature breakdown due to exposure to moderately alkaline materials like some kinds of road grime (with a ph of 9 or greater) or more acidic pollutants like acid rain (ph of 3 or lower) , the silicone resins will migrate from the finish making for incomplete protection and difficult removal. Regardless of how well maintained or how often the surface is cleaned, eventually the organic binder will oxidize due to UV exposure. Hence the need for periodic reapplications.

Molecular / Anatomic Bonding
The chemical bonds that hold coatings together and to the surface are called " covalent bonds", the stronger type of bond. In addition, further bonding strength is derived from the forces of attraction provided by incorporated nanoscale chemistries. It is this superior bonding strength that allows paint protection coating to provide a lifetime of protection and enhancement for some applications like that on vehicle paint finishes.

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Ionic and Static Charge Attractions
Non-polymer, non-organic type products usually exist as crystalline structures (e.g. salts or silicates) and are held together and crystallize on the surface by ionic bonding forces, a weaker type of bond. While initially capable of maintaining continous films, these forces are not strong enough to prevent re-crystallization of the silicate upon exposure to water and moisture. Hence any protection afforded is a result of the silicate salt blooming to the surface of the polish before it si abraded from the paint finish.

The only line of protection for your car. Paintwork
Basically the paintwork is like your face, it creates the first impression of what others view of you. For example, you need to meet your clients, and yet your car doesn't seem to be as impressive as what your client might have thought of. I always advice my customers that, how your car is groomed, really reflects what kind of mentality you are yourself. If you car is well taken care of, it also shows your personal attitude and discipline. At the same time, the paintwork of your car is like your face, it will be blemished if it is not cleansed and treated thoroughly regularly.
For a long period of time, we have always thought that waxing is the long term solution for protection of your car, but however, due to the latest research, waxing has shown that it does not really last as long as it seemed to be. Residing in a climate in our Singapore, especially the hot temperament, the wax disintegrate faster (about 3 car washes or 2 weeks). Soon the paintwork is fully exposed to the elements once again and worse still, the disintegrated wax acts like magnet attracting dirt and grime which can potentially damaged your surface paintwork deeper, if left untreated for long period of time.
One thing to note is that, if the paintwork is not properly being applied to the surface, the leftover acidic dirt will be trapped onto the surface, after certain prolong period, it will ultimately "attacked the surface integrity deeper" into the paintwork.

Conclusion
The main cause of failure of any organic based product is oxidation and the damaging effect it has on the bonds to the paint surface and within the material itself. In contrast, the bonds making up by most paint protection coating are strengthened by oxidation. The result is that oxidation destroys other paint care treatments, it actually fortifies most paint protection coatings, increasing their durability to form the most durable paint protection and enhancement system for your vehicle.
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