Case Study: DuPontTM SupraShield® coating system – a premium DuPont finish
Introducing a new DuPont finish that will better withstand the test of time – and car washes.
Application Description
Have you wished that your new vehicle could stay new looking longer with that glossy “wet look” that turns heads and prompts valet attendants to park you up front? Until now, that proud, new ownership experience was too often marred by fine swirl marks from cleaning or surface dulling and clouding from exposure to the elements. Today, Ford Motor Company offers a unique, premium paint job that will resist scratching and mars longer than the finish on any other vehicle in the parking lot.
Materials Selected and Why
Ford achieves this finish with DuPont™ SupraShield® coating system, including primers and color basecoats that are matched to a unique final surface clear coat. The new DuPont finish system represents “best-in-class” technology that resists scratching from hand or automatic car washes and from everyday exposure to road and air-borne grime and pollutants.
DuPont™ SupraShield® patented technology provides a significant improvement in the ability of the clearcoat to resist scratching without sacrificing other important attributes, such as keeping its reflective brilliance when exposed to air pollution. In laboratory tests that measured the amount of gloss retained on a test panel after rubbing it with an abrasive slurry, a properly cured SupraShield® clearcoat retained more than 90% of its initial gloss.
Benefits Gained
Maintenance savings – Because this performance is built into the original finish of the vehicle, it does not require other surface treatments that may wear-off quickly or are based on unproven additives or chemistry.
Improved scratch resistance – The improved scratch resistance comes from DuPont’s premier polymer science capability, involving the selection of superior ingredients that are grafted together with supreme uniformity in a controlled reaction that has eliminated both weak and brittle regions of the molecular structure.
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