Not quite smooth as glass
When you think of glass, you think of a surface that is perfectly smooth, even slick. But in reality, the surface of glass is rough and ridged, with microscopic peaks and craters. Not only does water "stick" to this irregular plane, but debris also smack against it with significant friction which can inflict serious and permanent damage.
OptixNT™ is more than just a coating that can peel and blister over time, OptixNT™’s chemical process fuses with windshield glass at the molecular level to form a hydrophobic barrier. It creates a new chemical bond that enhances visibility in bad weather and strengthens glass weight load by up to ten times. As a result, water beads up and rolls away, and small road debris ricochets off with much less likelyhood of damage to the windshield.
A Two Stage Process
OptixNT™’s process involves chemically treating windshield glass in two stages. The first stage causes a "cross-linked" and "branched" silicone film to be grown from surface out, filling the microscopic peaks and craters found in the untreated glass.
Once the first stage fills the peaks and craters in the glass, a second chemical is introduced to the surface of the windshield. This specially formulated chemical "caps" the entire chain of atoms. This unique "capping" substanially increases the hydrophobicity and durability leaving, chemically speaking, no points of attachment for contaminants and creating a truly repellant charge.
The Result
Once the OptixNT™ process has treated a windshield, the windshield becomes up to ten times stronger, clearer, more brilliant and because of the repellant charge - easier to clean.