2013 was our first fore-ray into the Nanoscopic world and what we found was very intriguing and we wanted to know more but in order to understand what it was we needed to live with for some time and this is what we did.
One of the very early products for cars was a ceramic coating which we were unsure how to take it to market and fully explain what it did so we do what all car guys do and go on a road trip.
The car we used was and Oxford green 1998 BMW 740IL, perfect for what we wanted to do as that colour shows any marks, blemishes, and any soiling so we starting in Florida we coated the car with the Nano ceramic coating, nano tire shine and windscreen coating, packed up, and headed on a 3,200 mile drive west toward Los Angeles.
We took our time doing the crossing taking 7 days to step foot on Santa Monica pier via Las Vegas. This was the BMW’s 10th transcontinental USA crossing so we had a good feel for any changes in the way the car performed.
Here is what we found
- Fuel economy had improved. The car always got 26 MPG but we noticed that we got a solid 28MPG with the coating on the car
- The claim of not needing to wash your car again was not accurate. The car still got dirty as it normally would but it was far easier to clean
- The ceramic coating did give the paintwork depth and made the metalic flakes shine more
- The windscreen coating didn’t work as we were told, that it repelled rain but we did find that it was much easier to clean off bug splatter and that rain drop dispelled very well and the windshield wipers were much quieter
- The tire shine didn’t last 2 days so we count that as a non-starter.
After this trip we saw that the products although good they were not great. we believed that they could be made great so we formed Nano Development Group and from that the Brand NDG.
We employed a chemical engineer who specialised in Nano technologies and started on the long expensive road to product development.
We plan to expand our testing to other parts of the world and develop products that are DIY in their application rather than products that need to have specialist applicators.
Stay tuned for further blogs.
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