TomC said:
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I've seen something like this over at the "German Institute for new Materials" some years ago, and they predicted that somewhere around 2015 such a sealing could be available for car manufacturers.
I've also seen very very similar trials done using polymers when I worked in the plastics industry.
Millions were spent on testing and trials some years ago by my company alone, the uses for this type of product are vast.
Theres many products that lay on top of the surface acting as a repellent, just as this product is doing, the clever stuff comes when a full water repellent can be blended into a coating like vehicle paint prior to application.
The problem with lay on repellents is that with time they break down and deteriorate.
I would guess that a blended paint repellent for vehicles would send the price of a new car and any future body repairs through the roof, as it would be a specialist material that would need to be blended and applied in a totally different way to standard paints.