Nanocoatings have come a long way. Once relegated to the industrial and aerospace sectors, they now dominate surface protection in the auto detailing industry. But don’t take that dominance to mean all nanocoatings (also known as “ceramic” coatings) are perfect. Despite their popularity, most aren’t doing everything they can be to preserve the health of a vehicle.
Most coatings aren’t doing everything they can be to preserve the health of a vehicle.
Automotive nanocoatings aren’t especially good at pushing water off a vehicle’s exterior. Their hydrophobic qualities may bead up water well, but they fail to actually move those beads off of the paint. This leads to a myriad of problems, ranging from etching water spots to poor self-cleaning. Many are not as durable as they could be, either, requiring layer upon layer to protect longer than a few years.
Dr. Beasley’s nanotechnology overcomes these limitations through total surface modification. Rather than simply bonding with the surface, the nanocoating becomes part of it. That fusion gives the surface a nanostructure specifically engineered for minimal sliding angle and high durability. Essentially, it completely changes the surface’s characteristics semi-permanently. In this article, we’ll delve deeper into how this technology works and to what ends it can serve.
Building A Nanostructure
The foundation of Dr. Beasley’s nanotechnology is the three-dimensional nanostructure we mentioned above. After the coating is applied to an area and wiped down, the nanotechnology fuses along microscopic hills and valleys in the surface. This fundamentally alters its characteristics, creating an engineered nanostructure.
As the coating continues to cure, the nanostructure starts to take shape. Like we said earlier, rather than layering on top of the surface, this nanostructure becomes an extension of it—two become one. This total transformation is part of what makes Dr. Beasley’s coatings so durable. Because the surface and the coating are one and the same, there’s no bond to be broken. Durability, however, is not the only advantage of this complete surface modification.
Nanoengineering For Low Sliding Angle
While most nanocoatings bead up water well, they don’t always push those beads off the surface. If a coating can’t actually move water, its hydrophobicity is useless, if not damaging. Water beads remaining on the coating dry into stains that will etch the finish. And if they’re not moving, beads won’t self-clean the surface either. For that to work, bead needs to glide past a contaminant and absorb it, so it’s removed as the bead falls off the edge of the surface.
If a coating can’t actually move water, its hydrophobicity is useless, if not damaging.
This is problem is most obvious with low-volume water sources. Think about it: If you blast a huge amount of water from, say, a pressure washer, water will slide off a coated car pretty easily. But wet a coated car with water from a sprinkler, garden hose or light rain, and you’ll have tons of little beads just sitting around. This is the problem that Dr. Beasley’s nanotechnology overcomes.
By engineering a nanostructure optimized for low sliding angle, Dr. Beasley’s nanotechnology gets even tiny water beads moving on their own. Where other coatings stop at forming tight beads with high contact angle, Dr. Beasley’s nanotechnology takes the next logical step and actually repels those beads away from the vehicle.
Implemented Across All Dr. Beasley’s Coatings
This high performance nanotechnology isn’t just for our “Pro” coatings. All Dr. Beasley’s nanocoatings utilize this very same tech to deliver semi-permanent durability and mobile water repellency. From Formula 1201 all the way up to Nano-Resin Pro, Dr. Beasley’s nanotechnology is present. It’s even utilized in our non-paint coatings, with our film coatings, Plastic Trim Coating, and even Fabric Coating and Leather Lock Pro. Fabric, leather, plastic—this nanotechnology’s surface modification stretches across a wide range of substrates.
All Dr. Beasley’s nanocoatings utilize this very same tech to deliver semi-permanent durability and mobile water repellency.
Keeping Your Finish Healthy
As automotive care professionals, we prioritize the health of your vehicle above all else. Other coatings aren’t taking this into consideration. Their manufacturers only care about making your car shine and bead for the lowest cost to them possible. That’s something we can’t accept and won’t accept. That’s why we’ve poured so much time into formulating a nanotechnology that’s engineered to push water off instead of retaining it. If a coating can’t keep your finish healthy, there’s no point in having it on your car.
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