New, slippery toilet coating provides cleaner flushing, saves water

Re:New, slippery toilet coating provides cleaner flushing, s... by woofie11 on Monday November 18, 2019 @06:09PM (#21569110)

I think I'd like to know how this does without the second layer. Reapplying every 500 flushes doesn't seem practical. For a family of four and two toilets, if everyone goes four times a day, you're talking about reapplying every 2 months.

Permanent nanohairs sounds very ... permanent, if this doesn't work well without layer 2.

I'm also curious about durability on a car, with windshield wipers and all. How permanent is permanent?

I'll mention:

1) The price and quantity is a little bit off-putting. I'm not sure if that represents real costs (for many business models, the cost is a pennies, but the price goes way up to account for R&D, shipping, marketing, etc.). If this is expensive to produce, keep things as is. If it's dirt cheap, you may consider keeping price fixed, but notching up quantity a bit. If I can coat my whole car (rather than just windshield), or sink+toilet rather than just toilet, or even share with a friend, the economics become very different.

2) You really need online reviews. Few will risk a product like this unseen. Use Amazon or send review copies to someone.

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Re:New, slippery toilet coating provides cleaner flushing, s... by xyzzyz on Monday November 18, 2019 @06:22PM (#21569204)

Reapplying every 500 flushes doesn't seem practical. For a family of four and two toilets, if everyone goes four times a day, you're talking about reapplying every 2 months.

I think it depends on how exactly one applies it. If it’s just pouring something from a bottle over the bowl, it is perfectly practical, as this is already what one usually does when cleaning the toilet.

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