Spray on liquid glass

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hardheart

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Apparently repels dirt and is anti-bacterial. The article mentions use on just about anything, but of course not cutlery. It's supposed to be harmless, even sprayed on plants and seeds directly. I'm wondering what this could do for keeping pivots clean, inhibiting corrosion, and keeping food prep knives cleaner/safer. 100 nanometers of silica for protection, kinda cool :) Maybe it could protect natural handle materials as well.
http://www.physorg.com/news184310039.html
 
From the article, it looks like its not quite available in stores yet. Once it is, I would definitely play with it. I'm not quite understanding how "quantum forces" cause it to bond to things. The article was a bit vague there.
 
100 nanometers is 0.0001 millimeters. This isn't something that would break, or even be visible or palpable.
 
This could possibly also go on a strop. The 'glass' is silica, the abrasive in Arkansas stones, Japanese natural stones, Thuringians, Tripoli powder, etc. 100 nanometers is 0.1 micron. For ~$8 a bottle, it's cheaper (and much softer) than diamond.
 
Was anyone else bothered that they implied that they were going to be coating food with that product? Makes me feel slightly uncomfortable, that didn't sound like something you could just wash off. I guess that's just one more reason to grow your own food.
 
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