Rust prevention has gradually evolved over the past 50 years. In the 1970s, technicians would drill holes into individual body panels to spray oil-based chemicals. In 1983, Final Coat pioneered the ‘no-holes-drilled’ spraying process that did not compromise the integrity of the vehicle body.
Next came the adaptation of a 100-year-old technology called Cathodic Protection to the automotive industry. Proven to NOT work on automobiles, cathodic corrosion devices were pulled from the market by government bodies, including the FTC in the USA and the Federal Competition Bureau in Canada.
In 1998, a patented corrosion technology called E.I.C.C.T.© (Electromagnetic Induction Corrosion Control Technology) emerged that works in the alternating current (or AC/RF) realm. This technology emits a low power, low amperage radio frequency (RF) signal that produces a surface current covering the vehicle’s sheet metal surfaces, both inside and out. For over 20 years this technology has been proven to be a much more effective and greener alternative to traditional spray methods. E.I.C.C.T.© has proven its efficacy to government, in field studies, third-party test labs and in our world class Final Coat Research & Testing facility, to become the preferred rust protection system offered by progressive new car dealers.