polymer sealent technology

**autobahn** · 06-15-2006, 04:59 PM

anyone know what actual polymers are being used in all the new synthetic sealants?

my girlfriend is a polymer chemist and I was thinking it might be fun to do some garage chemistry and see if we can work up a good homebrew sealant?

**wannafbody** · 06-15-2006, 05:46 PM

have her call DR CHEM WACKIE in germany (IIRC)

**autobahn** · 06-15-2006, 05:54 PM

Originally Posted by wannafbody

have her call DR CHEM WACKIE in germany (IIRC)

I don`t have his #!

**chml17l** · 06-15-2006, 06:16 PM

Here ya go! Probably helps if you speak fluent German, too.

Dr. O.K. Wack Chemie GmbH

BunsenstraÃƒÅ¸e 6

85053 Ingolstadt

Tel. (+49) 08 41/6 35-0

Fax (+49) 08 41/6 35-58

email: wack.info@wackchem.com

http://www.wackchem.com/english/index.htm

**autobahn** · 06-15-2006, 06:40 PM

But if they make their own products, why would they tell me what`s in them?

**autobahn** · 06-17-2006, 01:31 PM

anyone else got any infos?

**atticdog** · 06-17-2006, 01:35 PM

well some use acrylic polymers like klasse and Jeffs Werkstatt

**Sherman8r44** · 06-17-2006, 01:40 PM

A lot of them use some sort of silicone polymers; PDMS (Polydimethylsiloxane) is a popular one. There`s a lot more that goes into them other than the polymers themselves though...

**autobahn** · 06-17-2006, 05:56 PM

right, but once you know what you`re looking to get on the car`s surface, the rest is just a matter of engineering.

I`ll have to take a look ad PDMS

and as for "acrylic polymers", that could be quite a few things.

**Sherman8r44** · 06-17-2006, 08:07 PM

Originally Posted by autobahn

the rest is just a matter of engineering.

A LOT of engineering. Professional manufacturers hire a whole team of chemists who already know what types of polymers to start with, but it is the rest of the chemical engineering that requires a lot of time, money and expertise.