Comments on: Watch This: Non-Stick Coating Keeps Ketchup Flowing & Airplane Wings Free of Ice

By: Jape

Jape — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 16:30:09 +0000

All those worrying about the chemicals and their cost – it looks like the bottle was simply pre-sprayed with olive oil. While this may not be the case, its an indication that this doesnt have to contain polytetraflourodibenzaldydediene. Lets give them the benefit of the doubt for now.
Yes, the real skepticism belongs with the marketing/financial heads who will put profits ahead of the benefits. And that will continue as long as you and me continue to go along with the herd. While I wont be going to the store for refills anytime soon, I wouldnt mind buying a bucket with a spigot and refilling it myself at home. The solution is to sell the coated bottles, and let consumers then buy wholesale condiments in buckets, store them in the basement, and refill these small containers for use in the kitchen. People selling the bottles might also want to sell a syringe or something to refill the bottles with. Perfect as a telemarketing subject: “But Wait! Buy now and get two additional bottles, FREE!”
We really have to change our activities on this planet, because if we dont, there wont be any plastic, wont be any ketchup. I know republicans cant stand the idea of using energy-efficient appliances and refilling condiment bottles like their sainted Grandma would have done in the golden age of yesteryear, but if we dont glide down to a better level, we are going to crash.

By: tall blue ape

tall blue ape — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 19:56:11 +0000

They need to coat toilet bowls with this stuff.

By: DM

DM — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 19:17:39 +0000

I wonder if it could somehow be used to reduce or prevent plaque buildup on arteries to prevent strokes? Maybe coating your teeth with it would reduce plaque and bad breath. Coating dishes with it to help reduce water usage in cleaning them especially after family gatherings. Maybe coating the inside of oil pipelines would allow more efficient delivery. What about Olympic swimmers using it? I think I’ll invest in it as soon as stock in it begins to be sold. Does anyone know if shares can be purchased now?

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 28 May 2012 16:06:47 +0000

Companies are not interested in having consumers us all of the product in the bottle–just enough to satisfy the consumer. Have you ever noticed that the consumer is “tricked” into using more laundry detergent? Washers typically have settings for small, medium, and large loads. The newer caps on the liquid bottles have 3 lines: the bottom one for medium loads, the middle one for large loads, and the top one–well I guess its a donation to Procter and Gamble and the sewer treatment plants. It would be trivial to simply add to the instructions to use a little more for a dirtier load while not having an extra measuring line for it.

The same thing is true about toothpaste. Have you ever used just a tiny dab of toothpaste? It works pretty much as well as the two inch squeeze that goes the length of the bristles and halfway back across that they show on every commercial.

By: John

John — Mon, 28 May 2012 10:58:01 +0000

As far as its use in the food industry: What happens when this “liqui-glide” gets into the body? Can the manufacturer or inventors give in writing that the coating will cause no harm, in the short and long term? Unless they can do that it is clear they are not sure of the consequences. Let us tread carefully.

By: Iain

Iain — Fri, 25 May 2012 01:36:06 +0000

All the chemicals are already approved. OK
Let us take a walk through chemistry park.
High nitrogen fertilizer
+
diesel fuel
+
a couple additives (not named for obvious reasons)
=
Bomb.
All legal to own and obtain.

Combinations must be examined.

By: RJD

RJD — Thu, 24 May 2012 14:52:09 +0000

The FDA approving a new substance backed by patents owned by massive industrial wealth released without extensive field trials is not re-assuring. I can just imagine the “surprise” coming 10 to 15 years from now when they just begin to deny the “new discovered” dangers. I wonder if it will come to be known as “slippery BPA”. Maybe not, but FDA approval does little to relieve the concern.

By: Georg

Georg — Thu, 24 May 2012 10:46:56 +0000

Non-dutch
Europeans know that ketchup is the Red Indians revenge,
and majonaise is made from pus.

By: Curtis

Curtis — Thu, 24 May 2012 06:56:42 +0000

If this can be used to prevent aircraft airframe icing it would be a smash hit in the aviation market. As a private pilot in the northern part of the US icing is my biggest frustration. Most people don’t realize that you can’t fly through clouds at altitude without all the moisure depositing as ice. It can be freezing at altitude, your airplane stops flying, and you crash/die, even though it may be 60-70 degrees on the ground. If a simple coating could provide a low cost solution it would be a massive breakthrough.

Today generally only multi-million doallar planes (like airliners) with massivly expensive airborne anti-ice systems are currently approved to fly through clouds

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 24 May 2012 03:45:17 +0000

A product like this, if it could retain contact with a surface that is submerged, could save millions of dollars in maintenance for ships with barnacles, pipes and valves with zebra mussels and other underwater structures that become coated with sticky life forms.