# If Teflon is nonsticky, how do they get it to stick to the pan? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [April 8, 2014, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-teflon-is-nonsticky-how-do-they-get-it-to-stick-to-the-pan/685634 "2014-04-08T14:10:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-teflon-is-nonsticky-how-do-they-get-it-to-stick-to-the-pan/685634/1 "2014-04-08T14:10:29Z")
The 1995 column; couldn’t find a previous thread about it: [If Teflon is nonsticky, how do they get it to stick to the pan? - The Straight Dope](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1148/if-teflon-is-nonsticky-how-do-they-get-it-to-stick-to-the-pan) A sentence in the third paragraph has a surplus word: “This primer, like most primers, is thin, enabling it to flow into **the the** micro-scratches.” Did Donald Schmidt’s new fluorinated polymer, mentioned in the last paragraph, ever, uh, pan out? ---
**Author:** ![qazwart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/5fc32e/32.png) [@qazwart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/qazwart)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-teflon-is-nonsticky-how-do-they-get-it-to-stick-to-the-pan/685634/2 "2014-04-08T15:05:56Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > The 1995 column; couldn’t find a previous thread about it: [If Teflon is nonsticky, how do they get it to stick to the pan? - The Straight Dope](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1148/if-teflon-is-nonsticky-how-do-they-get-it-to-stick-to-the-pan) > > A sentence in the third paragraph has a surplus word: “This primer, like most primers, is thin, enabling it to flow into **the the** micro-scratches.” > > Did Donald Schmidt’s new fluorinated polymer, mentioned in the last paragraph, ever, uh, pan out? Here’s Dr. Schmidt’s [obiturary](http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/ourmidland/obituary.aspx?pid=163346499). No word on his super slippery substance. Found a few articles in 1992 about the announcement, but nothing after that. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-teflon-is-nonsticky-how-do-they-get-it-to-stick-to-the-pan/685634/3 "2014-04-08T16:03:48Z")
> [@qazwart](#): > > Here’s Dr. Schmidt’s [obiturary](http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/ourmidland/obituary.aspx?pid=163346499). No word on his super slippery substance. Found a few articles in 1992 about the announcement, but nothing after that. Thanks. I see he doesn’t have a Wiki article, FWIW. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-teflon-is-nonsticky-how-do-they-get-it-to-stick-to-the-pan/685634/4 "2014-04-08T16:24:45Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > The 1995 column; couldn’t find a previous thread about it: [If Teflon is nonsticky, how do they get it to stick to the pan? - The Straight Dope](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1148/if-teflon-is-nonsticky-how-do-they-get-it-to-stick-to-the-pan) > > A sentence in the third paragraph has a surplus word: “This primer, like most primers, is thin, enabling it to flow into **the the** micro-scratches.” > > Did Donald Schmidt’s new fluorinated polymer, mentioned in the last paragraph, ever, uh, pan out? These columns have been pulled across to so many different formats over the years as they have traveled from newspaper column to the various online depositories they’ve been kept in, I’m surprised they’re scanning at all and that we just find occasional gremlins in the works. Thanks for your sharp eyes. Fixed. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2014, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-teflon-is-nonsticky-how-do-they-get-it-to-stick-to-the-pan/685634/5 "2014-04-09T14:34:18Z")
Glad to help. Thanks!