Sio2 interior Protestant for vinyl and plastic

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So I'm surprised no one has made a cermaic sio2 interior protectant for interior vinyl and plastics. They have sio2 products for leather , upholstery, and fabrics why not plastic??

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My head’s starting to spin... Pretty soon they’ll be Sio2 energy drinks. Lol.
What even is Sio2 anyways? I must’ve passed on the kool aid
 
Eldorado2k said:
My head’s starting to spin... Pretty soon they’ll be Sio2 energy drinks. Lol.
What even is Sio2 anyways? I must’ve passed on the kool aid
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It's a ceramic technology they use in glass and you can apply it to your cars paint

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Demonicus666 said:
It's a ceramic technology they use in glass and you can apply it to your cars paint

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I can’t help but think of the way they used to market Teflon in just about everything they could think of including detailing products. It’s like history repeating itself in alot of ways.

I dunno, I’ve tried a few Sio2 products and I haven’t seen much of any great difference, for example Carpro Reload makes some pretty wild claims in regards to its longevity, and its protective capabilities are not very good. I have some Perl and IMO it doesn’t do anything better than Hyper Dressing does. Ech2o was cool at 1st, and I even have a brand new bottle of it on my shelf, but lately the extra effort required to use it has outweighed the benefit of the results for me...

Sio2 is supposed to be the latest trend at higher price? I’ll probably spend most of the time relaxing and enjoying the view.
 
Eldorado2k said:
I can’t help but think of the way they used to market Teflon in just about everything they could think of including detailing products. It’s like history repeating itself in alot of ways.

I dunno, I’ve tried a few Sio2 products and I haven’t seen much of any great difference, for example Carpro Reload makes some pretty wild claims in regards to its longevity, and its protective capabilities are not very good. I have some Perl and IMO it doesn’t do anything better than Hyper Dressing does. Ech2o was cool at 1st, and I even have a brand new bottle of it on my shelf, but lately the extra effort required to use it has outweighed the benefit of the results for me...

Sio2 is supposed to be the latest trend at higher price? I’ll probably spend most of the time relaxing and enjoying the view.
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I think it's neat that the technology keeps evolving. I have some of those teflon products such as the Dupont Teflon spray wax. I just hate how they say wax is dead. I still use caranuba waxes

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Demonicus666 said:
I think it's neat that the technology keeps evolving.

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I’m all for new innovations, just as long as things don’t become gimmicky. I mean there comes a point where you have to stop and think... “how could this Sio2 thing be good for paint, glass, leather, plastic, wheels, tires”, etc... Heck is there any Sio2 cat litter? Because I bet it would be a game changer! Lol.
 
No reason not to use a SiO2 infused product for interior plastics. Can’t mention the name here, but the one I use for paint works great for interior plastics, especially for wood trim. Cuts down on scratches.
 
rlmccarty2000 said:
No reason not to use a SiO2 infused product for interior plastics. Can’t mention the name here, but the one I use for paint works great for interior plastics, especially for wood trim. Cuts down on scratches.
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Why can’t you mention the name here?
 
I think you need to ask what you actually want from your protection. Si02 products seem great at beading water. Do you need your interior to bead water?
 
DetailZeus said:
I think you need to ask what you actually want from your protection. Si02 products seem great at beading water. Do you need your interior to bead water?
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Want to protect the interior for several months at a time to be honest

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DetailZeus said:
I think you need to ask what you actually want from your protection. Si02 products seem great at beading water. Do you need your interior to bead water?
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SiO2 containing products do more than just bead water. They can provide UV protection, help prevent scratches/marring, etc.
 
rlmccarty2000 said:
SiO2 containing products do more than just bead water. They can provide UV protection, help prevent scratches/marring, etc.
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In the context of interior products I'd question if the Si02 would make any difference. I don't think you'll see 9H hardness on a product for vinyl.
 
DetailZeus said:
In the context of interior products I'd question if the Si02 would make any difference. I don't think you'll see 9H hardness on a product for vinyl.
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With a SiO2 spray product you shouldn’t expect any hardness whether it be on paint or interior plastics. Most contain 5% or less SiO2. Mostly a SiO2 spray only provides gloss and slickness and it is the polymers and/or resins creating the gloss. SiO2 has become a buzzword similar to Teflon (PFTE) or Polycharger.
 
rlmccarty2000 said:
With a SiO2 spray product you shouldn’t expect any hardness whether it be on paint or interior plastics. Most contain 5% or less SiO2. Mostly a SiO2 spray only provides gloss and slickness and it is the polymers and/or resins creating the gloss. SiO2 has become a buzzword similar to Teflon (PFTE) or Polycharger.
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We're on the same page here. All I'm suggesting for the OP is he focus on the results and not the ceramic or Si02 buzzwords. For shiny, scratch sensitive piano black or wood trim I could see the usefulness extra slickness could provide. But I'm not going to waste my blackfire Si02 on my dashboard or vinyl seats because all I need is a matte, non-greasy finish. And I can achieve that with much cheaper products.
 
Carpro Perl is a silica plastics protectant as well as Ech20. I use both on interiors for its UV protective qualities. I imagine the new Elixir, once released, will be even better on interiors.

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Demonicus666 said:
So I'm surprised no one has made a cermaic sio2 interior protectant for interior vinyl and plastics. They have sio2 products for leather , upholstery, and fabrics why not plastic??
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It's because plastics already have all the properties that a ceramic coating could offer. They repel water and they are relatively scratch resistant (actually, more so, than most SiO2 coatings). On the other side they're also flexible which ceramic coatings are not. And they're also often textured, which would make it impossible for a degraded coating to be polished off.

That said there are excellent SiO2 dressings for interior plastics (like CarPro PERL), which have none of the drawbacks of coatings, but work really well and are almost as durable as the latter, because on the inside of the car, they're less subject to the elements.
 
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