[Closed] Non stick paint

This should get interesting fast. Lol 😆

sounds like it could work.🤔

To keep mud off, I think you really need a non wetting coating. Good luck

How do you get it to stay on?

Just give the whole* bike a liberal coating of GT85 before you set off. That's teflon based and so are non-stick pan coatings.

*maybe not the contact points!

ps. I've never tried it myself, but I'm definitely 100% sure that the theory is sound 🙂

http://www.neverwet.com

Not sure how often you'd have to reapply though.

pocpoc

Just give the whole* bike a liberal coating of GT85 before you set off. That’s teflon based and so are non-stick pan coatings...

I'm lazy. I want a permanent solution.

Waxing the bike works but not for long.

Disappointed, STW has failed. 🙁

I thought there would be at least one expert on STW on this product.

I have 'non stick'coatings applied at work but never bothered with doing bike stuff due to the 300c bake required.

Cleaning a bike with old school non eco Jizer is best as it leaves a thin oil film base that sheds water.

Muddy Fox did a bike with a Teflon paint job once. The decals fell off. That’s all i’ve got

http://www.neverwet.com/

I had a Gary Fisher hardtail way back in the day that had non-stick paint. It just flaked off in big lumps until it was a bare metal frame. Then people confused it for a titanium frame. Horrible bike.

legend

Muddy Fox did a bike with a Teflon paint job once. The decals fell off. That’s all i’ve got

Thanks. I wonder how well the paint lasted. Decals falling off is no problem for me. 🙂

Rusty Nissan Prairie

I have ‘non stick’coatings applied at work but never bothered with doing bike stuff due to the 300c bake required.

I don't think a 300ºC bake would bother what I'd put it on. Is there a product info link?

Non stick coatings are incredibly hard to make. As said above, the problem with anything non stick is getting it to stay on the substrate. I'm aware of paints but nothing you'd put on a bike.
Intersleek is well known in the shipping business. It stops stuff growing on ships hulls - a more environmentally friendly option than using harmfull chemicals which kill the organisms.

I use a polish on my cx bike, WvA use dr Oetker baking spray at the world championships. Both are only very temporary solutions.

Thanks jonba. Intersleek looks useful. Wish it had been around when I had a boat.

I'll now go and bother the guys at the chandlery. 🙂

This is the company I use - it's not a cheap process and I can't really see a use for it in bikes.

http://www.metalcraftpc.co.uk/

Another product is a dry molybdenum aerosol can spray coating - these work well on cassettes/drivetrains.

My old steel cx bike had been sprayed matt black and then teflon coated by the previous owner. It seemed to make no appreciable difference to how much mud stuck to it TBH.

Thanks RustyNissanPrairie.

Also found this.

https://www.plasticcoatings.co.uk/plastic-coatings-processes/ptfe-coating.php?ppc_keyword=ptfe%20coating&gclid=Cj0KCQjwkpfWBRDZARIsAAfeXaooxMVVV3YFMmGStGQZ8AOv9oQmubz9gmjU2TbyxykEN6RPyXZ7W2MaAvljEALw_wcB

I'll check them out.