Archive for the ‘Car Wax’ Category

New Extreme Shield Car Wax from Armor All

Thursday, January 5th, 2012

Armor All(r) have announced the details of their new Extreme Shield Car Wax.

New Armor All Extreme Shield Car Wax

This new car wax which is to be officially launched in the Spring has been developed to provide a “no haze” formula that is both simple to wipe on and wipe off. With a revolutionary polymer formula that provides protection from the elements and supreme beading the manufacturers sought to develop a (more…)

New Superhydrophobic technology leads way for “self cleaning” cars

Friday, December 2nd, 2011

A new breakthrough in surface technology could soon make life a whole lot easier for millions of motorists. The latest development in “superhydrophobic” coating materials could see a new breed of car care products that when applied to your paintwork makes it so slick that it effectively becomes “self cleaning”.

This new coating material is so repellent that any liquid placed on this coating simply rolls off without touching the underlying surface. The developers also claim on their website that when grime or dirt  accumulates on the surface, a simple light spray of water grabs the dust and because the water is repelled by the superhydrophobic surface, it then also simply rolls away. Video demonstrations of the new coating material show some very impressive results of this in action. (more…)