Abstract: The easily cleanable coated product is made by a process, in which a coating mixture including a hydrophobic and/or dirt-repellent substance uniformly distributed throughout a hydrolyzable, network-forming gel is applied to a product surface. The hydrophobic and/or dirt-repellent substance, which is a silane of the formula (CFxHy)—(CFaHb)n—(CFa?Hb?)m—Si—(OR)3, wherein R is an optionally heteroatom-containing, C1–C8-alkyl or aminoalkyl group and x and y each equal 0, 1, 2 or 3 and x+y=3, and a, a? and b, b? each equal 0.1 or 2, and a+b as well as a?+b?=2, and n and m each denote an integer from 0 to 20 and n+m equal at most 30, is chemically bound In the backbone of the gel network to form the easily cleanable coating. The gel is preferably an inorganic metal oxide gel made by a sol-gel process.

Abstract: A process for making a product with a long-lasting easily cleaned surface is described. During this process a mixture including a hydrolyzable, network-forming gel and a hydrophobic substance is applied to the surface of the product. The gel is preferably formed from SiO2, Al2O3, Fe2O3, In2O3, SnO2, ZrO2, B2O3 and/or TiO2. The hydrophobic substance is preferably chemically linked in the gel network when the coating is formed.

Abstract: A process for making a product with a long-lasting easily cleanable surface is described. By said process, there is applied to the surface a mixture comprising a hydrolyzable, network-forming gel and a hydrophobic substance. The gel is preferably formed from SiO2, Al2O3, Fe2O3, In2O3, SnO2, ZrO2, B2O3 and/or TiO2, and the hydrophobic substance is preferably chemically linked with the gel network.