So my wifes 2013 Kia Optima and my 2015 Mazda 3 have a factory applied coating on the side windows. This stuff lasts and lasts. The wifes car is 2+ years old and it still beads water on the side glass.
Does anyone know what the OEM's use?
I would love to have this stuff on my
windshield and rear window.
•This is an example of "self-cleaning" glass...
as developed for automotive applications.
-It's a patented process where a thin (10-30nm)
layer of (nano)-titanium dioxide is applied to "raw"
glass by using several different deposition methods
during the auto-glass manufacturing process.
-I'll venture a guess and say that after the molten
glass has cooled to take on the OEM car manufacturers'
desired shape/size...an aftermarket application
of this Coating would be nigh unto an impossibility.
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IMO:
•The reason that side windows have this
type of Coating, and windshields don't?
-Side windows, which are usually made from
tempered glass, can support this technology.
-Windshields, which are made from laminated glass,
currently cannot support this technology.
However:
This technology is ever evolving and
re-inventing itself...TiO2 Coated OEM
windshields may soon come to pass.
Bob
