Bob, I think you misunderstood me. I am always teling people these coatings are completely and entirely different. What I was saying is OC (NOT a nano product) does require polishing to layer. While the nano coatings (CQ in particular) do not require polishing and recommend 2 coats.
Yes, I agree, that there might have been a misunderstanding, on my part, when I was reading your post #29 in this thread where in part it said.........
"Bob, as far as I know the nano coatings don't recomend polishing before applying another coat. I've only used OC and CQ".
....and I didn't see
the distinction that you have now made clear in your above post.
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But, in regards to a ceramic nano-coating I ask
myself, and, I believe a good place to start is:
-1. How does one define nanotechnology?
a.) Is it: From 100nm down to .2nm(about the nominal atom size= at the atomic level)
b.) Can it also include molecular and macromoleclur sizes (more than 100nm to other microscopic levels)
c.) For the materials science field of study, does this include: nano-materials, nano-composites, nano-particles, carbon nano-tubes, nano-hybrids.
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2.What kind of compounds are ceramics made from?
-3. What type of the listed in section 1.c.) above "nano-items" is used in making ceramic nano-coatings
-4. Is the resulting ceramic-matrix nano-coating a 'less than 100nm nano-ceramic-coating', or 'called' a ceramic-matrix nano-coating from
having used one or more of the nano-items listed in section
1.c.) above.
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I haven't yet completely jumped on the "new buzz-word" 'nano-any-stuff' bandwagon, as it applies to car care products, that is.
For all it's worth....Nanotechnologies are not new. They've been used in producing computer micro-chips for 20 or more years. In fact,
Chemists have been making polymers, that are basically large molecules composed of nano-sized complexes, for decades.
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A question that comes to me now:
Why doesn't
each and every manufacturer/blender of car care products that contain in their formulations at the very least some....POLYMERS.... proclaim through world-wide marketing that their car care products are indeed of the 'Nanotechnology persuasion' ? Instead, it seems, that proclamation is being used by
only a handful of manufacturers/blenders.
That answer might be very interesting, IMO.
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@ OP:
Enough of my hi-jack of your thread...the above should/could be pertinent, but discussed in another thread. That is, unless you and others feel otherwise
Bob
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