just to add...,
The latest marketing hype over the last few years in the polish/wax game is contains "Teflon".
The fact of the matter is, that Teflon does absolutely nothing, except add some slickness to the paint surface, until the first washing. Then it's gone.
Teflon is a snow white powder that is not soluble in any part of the polish system. It is only dispersable in the solvents. Teflon cannot bond to the paint surface, unless it is subjected to at least 600 degrees and higher.
Dupont several years ago released a press statment about their trade mark product Teflon. In a nutshell, they said the Teflon added nothing to waxes or polishes as Teflon can and will only bond to metal while heated to very high temps. Basically what they were doing was giving a disclaimer for all of the
polishes and waxes hitting the market making claim after claim about how superior their product was just because it was supposed to contain Teflon. This came out about the time the debacle about PTFE resins and the Slick 50 product that also turned out to be a big farce.
To point to some concrete evidence regarding Teflon. This comes from Professional Carwashing & Detailing magazine, January, 1989, page 110.
A direct quote:
"My conclusion is based on the information I have gathered in the past year from representatives, lab technicians and chemists from many leading car care product companies, including DuPont, the maker of Teflon. According to G.R. Ansul of DuPont's Car Care Products Division, "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 fluorpolymer resins is beneficial in car waxes, and we have not seen data from other people that supports this position."
Ansul also notes that, "Unless Teflon is applied at 700 degrees F (371 degrees C), it is not a viable ingredient, and it is 100 percent useless in protecting the paint's finish."
As we can all see, DuPont answered this question once and for all in 1989,
over 10 years ago! Let's use the advice of the manufacturer of Teflon that it is no good in a car wax (except for marketing reasons) and move on.
Also, I never pay for dealership paint sealants and advise my customers not to, see below:
All it is is a polish/wax. Sometimes acrylic based. It doesn't last 3 months let alone three years. It's applied by the dealer or an outside shop. It costs the dealer about $10.00 if they apply it themselves or approx. $60 if farmed out to an outside shop. It's a great money marker for the dealer considering the additional 300 to 400 to 500 bucks they tack on to the sale of the car and salesmen joke about it all the time. The guarantee is useless and hinges on the laws of average. Don't waste your money. If these systems could ever work they'd be formulated in the paint or applied at the factory.....
] He told me that I could get my little screamin' yella SVT done for probably under a $100., and since it wouldn't be subjected to the harsh environments that his work truck normally is, I should easily be able to get about 5 years of life out of the teflon job before having it redone. (The cab of his truck, btw, looks great!)
