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Automotive Service & Repair
2012-08-02 11:02:22
What about teflon car wax?
A- My guess is that you have not been impressed for good reason.
While using the Teflon name makes the car wax sound attractive, when you think about it, you have to wonder how it could possibly work as you think it should. Here is why: The consumer wants a great, durable wax; and what could be better than Teflon? Nothing would, in theory. However, to apply Teflon to any object, the object must be heated to several hundred degrees in order for the Teflon to adhere to the surface. This works great with frying pans, but not with cars. To apply Teflon to a car it would have to be heated the same way, which would cause the paint to burn off—right before causing your car to burn down to a smoldering hulk of metal. Obviously, this could present a problem.
For these waxes containing Teflon, there is actually Teflon in the product, but it has no way to do its job since it is not applied in the proper fashion. Simply layering Teflon infused wax onto your paint does not mean it will bond to the surface, and therefore it will not be able to repel dirt and foreign substances as intended.
