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It sounds like a wonderful dream, but UltraTech's coating being tested on cars can repel water, dirt, and oil, cutting down on the number of trips you have to take to the car wash. <\/p>\n
NISSAN This Nissan Versa Note would normally require a lot of scrubbing down after a muddy drive like this, but the carmaker and UltraTech are testingUltra-Ever Dry coating on vehicles to see how it repels water, dirt, and mud. <\/p>\n
Not many people would confuse the sporty Nissan Versa Note with a commercial cement truck, but the two vehicles could have something in common one day: Special nano-coating that prevents water, dirt, fine oils, and even wet concrete from sticking to the car's surface. This new self-cleaning superhydrophobic technology may not entirely eliminate trips to the car wash, but it could mean that you'll go a year between visits. <\/p>\n
Nissan engineers are testing UltraTech's Ultra-Ever Dry coating on a Nissan Versa Note at Nissan Technical Centre Europe under many conditions. Ultra-Ever Dry protects the Nissan from rain, spray, frost, sleet, and standing water. Ultra-Ever Dry may become an aftermarket option for the carmaker. <\/p>\n
Ultra-Ever Dry has been a great help to the construction industry where it's being used to coat cement trucks, making them much easier to clean, says Mario Cruz, UltraTech's marketing manager. <\/p>\n
In testing, UltraTech and Nissan are using a white car because Ultra-Ever Dry is opaque and \"whitish translucent,\" according to Cruz. The coating doesn't have a glossy shine like the one left after hours with a can of wax and a chamois because the finish appears matte flat. <\/p>\n
A surface treated with Ultra-Every Dry is more hydrophobic than wax or even water-resistant windshield coating, so it better repels water. The Ultra-Ever Dry coating will only last for about a year before it will have to re-applied depending upon weather conditions. Don't expect to use it on tires or upholstery, Cruz says: \"It will wear off from abrasion.\" <\/p>\n
UltraTech CEO Mark Shaw showed off the coating technology during a 2013 TED Talk. Nanoparticles coat the surface making a texture with patterns of geometric shapes that have \"peaks\" or \"high points\". These teeny-tiny high points repel water, some oils, wet concrete, and other liquids. <\/p>\n
If you're thinking you'd love some Ultra-Ever Dry for your car, kitchen floor, snow shovel, kennel or garage, you're out of luck--it's only available for industrial use at this point. Cruz says that only a professional with the right equipment can apply the material to surfaces. <\/p>\n
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