Teflon protection

[tbops]

Hey
After I booked the maser in for weds ive goneand got a dirty great big stone chip. While gettinga place to sort it i have been told about teflon protection. Anyone heard ofthis? its apparently a spray on protection where they ionise the paint. Ifanyone has any experiance please say as its gunna be in the shop for the chip might aswell kill 2 birds with obe stone.

ps my spacebar has died

[G3 GRM]

tbops said:

Hey
After I booked the maser in for weds ive goneand got a dirty great big stone chip. While gettinga place to sort it i have been told about teflon protection. Anyone heard ofthis? its apparently a spray on protection where they ionise the paint. Ifanyone has any experiance please say as its gunna be in the shop for the chip might aswell kill 2 birds with obe stone.

ps my spacebar has died

tbops - run for cover mate, I can see the replies now, if you can afford an Enzo, Phantom, SLR et al surely you can afford a PC with a working spacebar....



Not heard much about the Teflon Coating I'm afraid, although seems to make good sense

[K321]

picked up merc cls yesterday with some kind of coating on the paint that the dealer specifically put on it, could be teflon will check tonight

[jon-]

Anything that sprays on won't work as well as anything you stick on like paintshield. Spray on coats are usually wax replacements and a good wax won't protect against stones, just bird crap and tree sap etc.

Anything that you stick on to protect from chips ends up looking pretty rubbish around the edges.

Edited by jon- on Friday 2nd November 15:40

[tbops]

i was just advised by my grease monkey that its the new thing. some sort of spray on stuff. Said it looked brilliant and worked as good as paint sheild. He dont do it but as im gunna have the front sorted i thought id check it out.

[jon-]

tbops said:

i was just advised by my grease monkey that its the new thing. some sort of spray on stuff. Said it looked brilliant and worked as good as paint sheild. He dont do it but as im gunna have the front sorted i thought id check it out.

Report back then please tbops, I'm always interested in new techniques to protect paint from stone chips!

Think of it this way though, paintshield works because it adds a strong yet flexible layer over the paint which can absorb stones instead of chipping. I'd have thought that anything that sprays onto the paint will take on the same brittle properties of the clearcoat already on there.

Will be interesting to hear if your grease monkey is barking up the wrong tree.

[ehasler]

Sounds a bit like Permagard?

http://www.permagard.info

I know a couple of people who have had this done (TVR T350 and Ferrari 360), and both have been very happy with it.

[jon-]

ehasler said:

Sounds a bit like Permagard?

http://www.permagard.info

I know a couple of people who have had this done (TVR T350 and Ferrari 360), and both have been very happy with it.

Again, this is protection from the elements and designed as a polish / wax replacement for the lazy. It won't stop stone chips.

[J4MIE_P]

ehasler said:

Sounds a bit like Permagard?

http://www.permagard.info

I know a couple of people who have had this done (TVR T350 and Ferrari 360), and both have been very happy with it.

Permagard does offer paintwork protection, however it does not contain Teflon and is applied using low speed oscillating polishers rather than sprayed on.

As mentioned it wont STOP stonechips like armourfend (plastic film) and the like but it may help to reduce there effect.

Glad your friends are happy with there treatments.

Jamie

[andy355]

i almost bought a 1988 porsche 944s back in the early 90s that had teflon paint protection, so i dont think its new. no idea if it works or not

[DELLSMITHUK]

Ok i was told when i purchased my car it had the "Teflon" coating but as it was "invisible" how was i to know?!!
But it must have as i have now done over 10,000 miles in it and there are hardly any chips at all! I have see another Gallardo with a lot less miles than mine (25,000) and it looked a right mess with loads of large chips etc!! So yes i think it's great stuff

[jon-]

DELLSMITHUK said:

Ok i was told when i purchased my car it had the "Teflon" coating but as it was "invisible" how was i to know?!!
But it must have as i have now done over 10,000 miles in it and there are hardly any chips at all! I have see another Gallardo with a lot less miles than mine (25,000) and it looked a right mess with loads of large chips etc!! So yes i think it's great stuff

Not wanting to play devils advocate (but doing so anyway) don't you do a lot of your mileage in the G during "unsociable" hours along fairly empty roads? Might this account for the lack of stone chips?

Sorry, I'm just very sceptical of anything that's "invisible" that can protect against chips.

[Nuisance_Value]

I recently had my car serviced by a guy who recommended some Teflon spray wax called Interflon (I think). It does NOT protect against stone chips but it IS a wax treatment replacement. Very easy to apply and the finish really is amazing. My car and paintwork is 10 years old now, but looks brand new again. All I did was wash and rinse the car then gave it a quick dry off, then sprayed the Teflon stuff on, buffed it a little bit and job was done. Water just runs off it after you've finished and it can be used on glasswork and alloys as well, and it really helps with stopping road grime/brake dust sticking to the alloys and bodywork. 1 can lasts ages as well (I've given it a couple of Teflon's now and it gets better with each application) If anyone wants the details, drop me a IM and I'll put you in touch with the guy.

[Nurburgsingh]

andy355 said:

i almost bought a 1988 porsche 944s back in the early 90s that had teflon paint protection, so i dont think its new. no idea if it works or not

Deffo not a new thing, we had a 964 and an E30 M3 teflonned by Dick Lovetts in Swindon in the early 90's. Was dirt cheap at the time as well IIRC. ~£100

Made cleaning the cars to showroom shine a 10 min job. Honestly 99p Petrol station jet wash and the car was spotless. 2 mins with a chami to dry it and that was it.

Will be sending my car to this lot when its come out of the paintshop...

http://www.paintsealdirect.com/index.html