This would make for some hiLARious Kleenex and toilet paper.

>> ^quantumushroom:

This would make for some hiLARious Kleenex and toilet paper.


Or on the helpful side you just coat your butt with it. Drop n Go, no mess, no paper. You can worry about the inevitable cancer later.

I want to see a super-hydrophobic boat hull. What would that be like?

I want to put it on my dogs.

I can't wait for this chemical to end up in the environment and in our digestive systems.

Be thirsty... FOREVER!!

they should spray ducks with this

What if you coat the inside of a glass with NeverWet then poor water into the glass? What if you coat a boat in this stuff?

A paint that paints on surfaces.

What a grand description.

For those of you interested in the actual mechanics of the superhydrophobicity, I direct you to this wiki:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_effect

Basically, the reason its so repellent isn't due to a hydrophobic coating, but rather the development of a surface nanostructure that has sharp angles and points in such a way that the surface tension of water binding to the surface is less than the attraction of the dipoles of the water molecule to other water molecules. As a result of this, the water forms globules on the surface rather than running off the side.

Wonder what this would do for you on a wetsuit...

It's easier to type WITCHCRAFT! Also acceptable: SORCERY!

>> ^juliovega914:

For those of you interested in the actual mechanics of the superhydrophobicity, I direct you to this wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_effect
Basically, the reason its so repellent isn't due to a hydrophobic coating, but rather the development of a surface nanostructure that has sharp angles and points in such a way that the surface tension of water binding to the surface is less than the attraction of the dipoles of the water molecule to other water molecules. As a result of this, the water forms globules on the surface rather than running off the side.

Probably quicker, more fuel-efficient and very bad for the environment. >> ^Drachen_Jager:

I want to see a super-hydrophobic boat hull. What would that be like?

>> ^phyman:

Wonder what this would do for you on a wetsuit...


You dive in and hit like Neo did the first time he tried the Jump Program.

"Water and heavy oils will just shoot off of it" Guh? Shouldn't this stuff be attracted to oil if it's hydrophobic? Or did he just mean that it repels emulations like the chocolate sauce?

Currently, commercial availability only. Retail products by mid-2012.

http://www.neverwet.com/

>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:

What if you coat the inside of a glass with NeverWet then poor water into the glass? What if you coat a boat in this stuff?


It seems a neverwet glass would work normally...

One step closer to dehydrated water.

>> ^Crosswords:

>> ^quantumushroom:
This would make for some hiLARious Kleenex and toilet paper.

Or on the helpful side you just coat your butt with it. Drop n Go, no mess, no paper.
You thought explosive diarrhea was bad? Wait until you experience super-hydrophobic explosive diarrhea

Best not to hope. The a-holes at "Rain X" could cut a fat check to these nerds and shelve this stuff another 10 years.

>> ^Fletch:

Currently, commercial availability only. Retail products by mid-2012.
http://www.neverwet.com/

>> ^phyman:

Wonder what this would do for you on a wetsuit...


Not sure, you'd probably be able to swim faster (less drag). Don't know if you'd experience the same level of bouyancy as a non treated wetsuit, although I suspect so. I think bouyancy is related to the weight/density of the object displacing water rather than surface tension holding it aloft ala water spiders.

>> ^quantumushroom:

It's easier to type WITCHCRAFT! Also acceptable: SORCERY!
>> ^juliovega914:
For those of you interested in the actual mechanics of the superhydrophobicity, I direct you to this wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_effect
Basically, the reason its so repellent isn't due to a hydrophobic coating, but rather the development of a surface nanostructure that has sharp angles and points in such a way that the surface tension of water binding to the surface is less than the attraction of the dipoles of the water molecule to other water molecules. As a result of this, the water forms globules on the surface rather than running off the side.


Don't forget the ever popular "God did it", Jesus probably coated his feet with this shit.

I once sprayed Rain-X directly into my eye on accident. not a pleasant experience.

>> ^quantumushroom:

Best not to hope. The a-holes at "Rain X" could cut a fat check to these nerds and shelve this stuff another 10 years.
>> ^Fletch:
Currently, commercial availability only. Retail products by mid-2012.
http://www.neverwet.com/

It wouldn't be the first time, but I think the potential upside is much larger than Rain-X could afford.

I've seen how this ends already...Alec Guinness in The Man In The White Suit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MRgn8Rim2o

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