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Lee Kennedy, Senior Formulation Chemist at Gtechniq said that"20 years of experience from paint protection in the car world, crosses over massively into the bike world" due to the paint technology on a bike and car being almost identical.Specialising in surface science, Gtechniq wanted to bring high-end technology into the cycling world – but this new range of bike products is far from just a rebadged version of their famed car range.
This differs from their car products which have the primary role of scratch and mark resistance, with the extremely thin and hard layer on the surface required so swirl marks aren't shown on the often large, flat panels. Therefore, Kennedy says:"We wanted a real DIY product that someone can just clean their bike, apply it, which should be a nice and simple process."Of course, there are a number of products on the market that promise hydrophobic coatings for your bike – but according to GTechniq, many of them offer nothing more than a surface spray that doesn't last as long and isn’t as effective.
"One of our more recent products, we tested it over 57,000 times in a 3-year process of continuous testing and there were about 750 real-world assessments," he says. Kennedy says that the scrub tester can be run up to 50,000 times with very little sign of degradation. While in the lab, we were able to test two painted plates, one with a ceramic coating applied and one without. Can you guess which one is which? The photo on the left shows how a droplet of water reacts on a panel treated with bike ceramic, and the photo on the right is an untreated panel of standard bike paint.
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