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If you haven't figured it out by now, this is a scam. Any reported benefits are either sponsored or a placebo effect.
What's in this $100-plus tube? Beeswax, oil, and talc. Yep, that's it. Well, there's also a coloring agent, and surprisingly perfume. Because you want to at least feel happy when you put this in your car. The 'nanoparticles' are MSH, or magnesium silicate hydroxide, commonly known as talc. TriboTEX calls them nanosheets, which is a real thing - it's basically talc that has been processed in what's called a jet mill using lower grinding pressures. What you end up with is microscopic sheets of talc that are classified as two-dimensional, although in reality they are not, basically they are only a few molecules thick. Talc with those properties works great for things like building composite materials, printed electronic circuits, etc.
MSH nanosheets are not going to do anything for your car; along with the beeswax, it has the potential to gum up oil passages and damage your oil pump. Talc has an extremely low hardness, so as long as there are no impurities, it won't cause any more wear. But it is not going to magically transform into anything like a "diamond-like carbon coating." Which you wouldn't want anyway.
July 2018 · Unknown