Sounds cool, anyone else heard about this? That would drive the haters nuts; "Dude, I swear, I keyed the S&%! out of this car this morning! I swear I did."


http://www.physorg.com/news8675.html

Nissan Motor said Friday it had created a paint that repairs scratches on its own, restoring a car's surface to normal within a week.

The Japanese automaker said the paint contains a newly developed resin that can stop scratches from marking the car's outer layer.

Wear and tear due to everything from fingernails to roadside objects will disappear in one day to one week depending on the temperature and the seriousness of the scratch, Nissan said in a statement.

The "Scratch Guard Coat" paint, which protects for three years, will debut on a sports-utility vehicle which is set for a makeover, Nissan said.

The paint also helps prevent scratches in the first place. Nissan said a vehicle with the paint suffers only one-fifth of the usual abrasions caused by car-washing machines -- the main culprit for scratches.

 

sounds pretty sweet...i'm a nice deep key mark is gonna stay tho

 

oops, i mean i'm "sure" a nice deep key mark

 

That's cool. Hope it spreads to all cars.

 

i wonder why it only works for 3 years?

 

I wonder if you can take it back to Nissan every 3 years to get it redone.

 

Sounds like a good idea.

BTW, whatever happened to that material that Dupont (?) was working on that could be used to create vehicle panels, but also had a color glossy shine to it straight out of the manufacturing process?

 

i am def going to have my car cleared in this as soon as it comes out

 

On another note, has anyone ever tried to "key" a washing machine? The baked on enamel paint is rather impervious to heavy scratching. Go ahead. Try it. Don't ask me how I know this...

 

Very cool indeed.
I wonder how many patents are on that technology...