If nothing sticks to teflon how do they get the teflon to stick to the pan?

Question

My mum needs to know this :)

Answer 1

Teflon, known to science as polytetrafluoroethylene, is a pain to work with because it's nonsticky in all directions, the pan side (the bottom) as well as the food side (the top). Teflon is a fluorinated polymer, a polymer being a passel of identical building-block molecules linked together to make a long chain--the stuff of most plastics. Fluorine, due to certain electrochemical properties you'll thank me for not explaining now, bonds so tightly with the carbon in Teflon that it's virtually impossible for other substances, e.g., scrambled egg crud, to get a chemical-type grip or, for that matter, for Teflon to get a grip on anything else. In addition, the finished Teflon surface is extremely smooth, giving said egg crud little chance to get a mechanical-type grip.

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.


Good luck mate.

Answer 2

If nothing sticks to Teflon®, then how does Teflon® stick to a pan?
Non-sticks are applied in layers, just like paint. The first layer is the primer - and it's the special chemistry in the primer that makes it adhere to the metal surface of a pan. The primer will adhere either to a substrate that is prepared by grit blasting or roughening the surface, or it can be applied over a smooth substrate.

I give credit where it is due, unlike someone above me LoL

Edit Apologies man above me I didn't see that you had.

Answer 3

Because teflon creates a waxy substance on whatever you are cooking and prevents the food from sticking on the pan..however if it is not in contact with any food particles, it will evaporate..That's why when you make eggs, the bottom-side is shiny!

Answer 4

food doesn't stick on the teflon but iron does

Answer 5

hahah thats funny & a good question :)