Nissan Introduces Self-Healing Scratch Guard Coat Paint
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Nissan Introduces Self-Healing Scratch Guard Coat Paint
Originally Posted by Nissan Introduces Self-Healing Scratch Guard Coat Paint
Nissan has developed an awesome new paint. The Scratch Guard Coat is a clear paint, made from synthetic resin that will offer cars with stronger resistance to scratches. Not only does it resist scratches from car-washing machines (the main culprit of scratches) 5 times better than conventional paint, it can even “heal” itself of any light scratches. Depending on the seriousness of the scratch and the surrounding temperature, it can take anywhere from a day to a week to repair itself. The pictures above shows how the paint photoshop-ically repaired itself from some serious vandalism.
http://www.hiptechblog.com/2005/12/0...ard-coat-paint
Originally Posted by vansskaterfreek
i dont believe it.. how could paint "majically repair itself".... just doesnt seem right to me 
I would like a greater explanation on this myself. I'm sold on the scratch resistant and 5 times stronger than regular clear coat. Only $450 extra to have it applied to your car? thats a great deal. Cant wait till it comes here so I can purcahse it.
Interesting....they need to have someone trial it. I'm sure some of the TV car shows will put it through the rigors to see how it holds up. If it actually works I can see it putting some detailers out of business if it catches onto other car manufacturers. You can pay over $200 for a good full detail with scratch removal. To get self-repairing paint for $450 that's a deal....
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Originally Posted by chillin014
i dont get how it says "photoshopically repaired itself".
so does that mean that picture is photoshopped. ..since the picture is identical except the scratches.
so does that mean that picture is photoshopped. ..since the picture is identical except the scratches.
Originally Posted by Frank Fontaine
C'mon now, adding these ridiculous packages are a way of life for cos like Nissan. Paint guard, fabric guard, wheel arch moldings, rust proofing, bogus dealer items for markups where the profit margin is 200+%.
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I would love to have something like that on my car. I'll just deal with the scratches though... I can see it costing a few grand to get an older model refitted with the new paint system. Even then, it might only be appliable via the factory. Why hasn't any other manufacturer or painting company done this yet?
Originally Posted by Frank Fontaine
C'mon now, adding these ridiculous packages are a way of life for cos like Nissan. Paint guard, fabric guard, wheel arch moldings, rust proofing, bogus dealer items for markups where the profit margin is 200+%.
Originally Posted by realmac
Why hasn't any other manufacturer or painting company done this yet?
Kind of like why haven't more people been to the moon?
Originally Posted by realmac
Why hasn't any other manufacturer or painting company done this yet?
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Originally Posted by NISSAN DEVELOPS WORLD'S FIRST CLEAR PAINT
THAT REPAIRS SCRATCHES ON CAR SURFACES
THAT REPAIRS SCRATCHES ON CAR SURFACES
TOKYO (Dec. 2, 2005)-- 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.
The water-repellant paint also has a higher resistance to scratches compared with conventional clear paints. A vehicle painted with “Scratch Guard Coat” will have only one-fifth the abrasions caused by a car-washing machine compared with a car covered with conventional clear paint. Scratches from car-washing machines account for the majority of scratches to painted car surfaces.
“Scratch Guard Coat” is effective for about three years.
“Scratch Guard Coat” will be applied for the first time on an SUV model that is scheduled for a partial makeover in the near future. The paint will be applied to the car’s chassis, bumpers, door mirrors, among other parts.
“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.
The water-repellant paint also has a higher resistance to scratches compared with conventional clear paints. A vehicle painted with “Scratch Guard Coat” will have only one-fifth the abrasions caused by a car-washing machine compared with a car covered with conventional clear paint. Scratches from car-washing machines account for the majority of scratches to painted car surfaces.
“Scratch Guard Coat” is effective for about three years.
“Scratch Guard Coat” will be applied for the first time on an SUV model that is scheduled for a partial makeover in the near future. The paint will be applied to the car’s chassis, bumpers, door mirrors, among other parts.
http://www.nissan-global.com/EN/NEWS...1202-01-e.html
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There is a resin that I work with that when melted, then allowed to solidify followed by cracking will actually heal itself. The cracks will lighten and disappear over a period of 3 days. Although this material would not be ideal due to its brittleness and color, I could imagine that another chemical treated properly could produce the desired effects. These materials act like very slow moving liquids, not such that they would slide off your car but that they would eventually fill in fine fissures and things like that. It probably wont do anything if the paint were actually chipped except make it ever so slightly smaller.
Originally Posted by ArcticW
Give me a dent-proof car, and were in business. Paint scratches ain't jack compared to damaged body panels..
I can't imagine having paint like this. It is a good idea, but I take pride in my detailing, and the use of a buffer to remove imperfections in the paint that 95% of the other motorists on the road either wouldn't notice or wouldn't care. This might be the end for detailing as we know it....
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