If nothing sticks to teflon, then how do they make teflon stick to the pan?
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Whoops double answer, ergh. My bad.
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Here goes - "So how do they get Teflon to stick to the pan? First they sandblast the pan to create a lot of microscratches on its surface. Then they spray on a coat of Teflon primer. This primer, like most primers, is thin, enabling it to flow into the the micro-scratches. The primed surface is then baked at high heat, causing the Teflon to solidify and get a reasonably secure mechanical grip. Next you spray on a finish coat and bake that. (The Teflon finish coat will stick to the Teflon primer coat just fine.) Works a lot better than the early Teflon pans, but you can still ruin Teflon cookware by subjecting it to extremely high heat. This causes the bonds between some of the carbon atoms to break, giving other undesirable stuff a chance to bond thereto and making the Teflon look like Jeff Goldblum in the last reel of The Fly. " Theres some more information on the link, if anyone honestly needs further explanation. http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_173.html
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Best guess-electical deposition, like they do with automotive and other painted finishes. The pan is charged one way, the coating the other, then the pan is sprayed. Afterward the item is heated to fuse the coating to the pan permanently.
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Only the top coating of teflon is non stick, It is attached to the pan with an adhesion layer then a protection layer then finally the non-stick layer. only the part that you see on the surface is non-stick.
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All I know about Teflon is that in the military they sometimes coat bullets in it. But you raise a very good question! How do they stick it to the pan, or how to they coat the bullets with it? My best guess: It must be some chemical process? Could be as simple as extreme heat or other chemical agents are required.
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http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/98200
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Sellotape.
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Crazy glue.
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double stick duct tape
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Because the "nothing" being referred to is supposed to be FOOD.
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The following is an excerpt from here http://www.coolquiz.com/trivia/explain/docs/teflon.asp "Scientifically speaking, Teflon will not chemically bond to anything, but can be forced mechanically into small nooks and crannies. This slippery substance adheres to their surfaces once manufacturers sandblast them to roughen them, apply a primer, and embed the Teflon into the primer." Article includes an interesting story on how teflon was accidentally discovered. I couldn't help but say booyaa
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The teflon material would only be on one side. If tape sticks to everything how can you hold it without getting stuck.
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USEING A CHEMICAL TREATMENT, THEN LIGHT PRIMER, THEN SPRAY TEFLON. THE SAME FOR ALL OTHER BAKED ON PAINTS.
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tefloff?
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