Nissan self-healing paint!!

I don't know if anybody has seen this, but Nissan is claiming to have new paint technology that provides paint with a certain amount of "flexibility" and can prevent or heal scratches up to 80%.

What will this mean for us detailers? :lol:

Nissan's self-healing Scratch Shield paint to be applied to mobile phones — Autoblog

 

what model year did nissan start usinng this technology?

 

I don't think they've put it on any production cars yet. The article says they're licensing it out to a wireless company to apply to cellphones.

 

Its already on Infiniti cars. Carlos has a video on it.

http://www.detailingbliss.com/forum/f92/famous-sticky-clear-coat-issue-4253.html

 

I've detailed a few vehicles with the "self healing" clear coat and what the little tests the owner and I did it seems to work with the help of heat, it seems to fill the scratches, meaning if you once could feel it with your nail (the scratch that is) with heat from my 1000W lights after a few minutes we could barely feel the scratch with our nails. The scratch didn't go away or anything like that, it was still visible but it seemed to fill it a bit.

I'm no specialist on clear coats but to me this claim seems to let the imagination soar a bit, the reality is that even though it seems with heat it fills in the deep scratches it's really not what us detailers imagined it to be...but like I said that's just my opinion :2cents:

 

DA's work better because they generate less heat. Heat makes it "sticky", your supposed to leave it in the sun for it to rrepair scratch the best. So the more heat you generate, the more issues you will have detailing it.

 

That's right, when it comes to such paint as the new 'self healing' paint or the 'sticky' clear coats it's best to use a DA as less heat is produced, I personally can't stand the DA's vibrations though, I couldn't do it....but that's just me.

 

Then go get that Festool Rotex 150:thumb:

 

Already on it :whistle:

 

A festool for everyone... part of the upgrades to DB

 

:lol2: :lol2: hahaha very funny I'm not that rich...but one lucky person may get something of my personal detailing collection :whistle:

 

I would like to buy one... don't even know how to get one lol...

 

Don't you worry, I always think of my fellow DB'ers

 

I could learn a lot from you Nica!

 

A lot of the new self healing paints and coatings are very bizarre. I just received some samples from an import company that sells a spray on self healing coating for non porous surfaces and the product is very bizarre to say the least. The next couple of years for detailers should be very interesting. I am curious to see how long this "fad" will last though. Cermiclear and other hard clears seemed like the answer until you see how it wears under normal driving conditions.

 

oh, I would fly out to Canada to pick something from you collection...when would you like me to come? I will bring a few suitcase, empty that is to fill up. :applause2:

 

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., has developed the world’s first clear paint that repairs scratches on painted car surfaces, including scratches from car-washing machines, off-road driving and fingernails. Scratch Guard Coat contains a newly developed high elastic resin that helps prevent scratches from affecting the inner layers of a car’s painted surface. With Scratch Guard Coat a car’s scratched surface will return to its original state anywhere from one day to a week, depending on temperature and the depth of the scratch. It is expected to last for approx 3-years and then reverts to a 'normal' paint