Why aren’t there toilets with lotus effect coating?

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They’d never need cleaning!

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Superhydrophobicity, the real name of the effect, is a property of nano-scale structures of the surface. Making those structures is expensive, and it’s not something you can do with a paint or coating. Good old Teflon is almost as good, and much cheaper if you ignore the forever plastic problem.

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