I hope it's more durable than Neverwet.

Saw this on Junkee:

"“I am so sick of my T-shirt getting wet whenever I pour a lot of liquid on it!”

“I wish my iPhone 4 or 5 would not get so damaged every time I carefully place it at the bottom of a jug filled with water!”

“My new white shoes have been stained by the chocolate sauce and mustard I squeezed on them earlier! What gives?!”

“This cardboard box I chose to hold all of the water is just not doing a great job of it! ”

These are all things you’re used to saying, but you will be saying them no longer! After a two year wait, Rust-Oleum’s NeverWet – an invention of Ross Nanotechnology (great business name, Ross) – has just hit shelves in the States.

It is “a family of super hydrophobic coating that completely repels water and heavy oils,” and you can buy it online here for $20 a can."

&
"Couple questions left unanswered:

A) What does it taste like?

B) What does it feel like?

C) How much cancer will it give me, and how quickly?

D) What happens if you get it on your hands and then you want to wash it off your hands? Will you be NeverWet forever?

5) If you spray the inside walls of a glass tumbler with NeverWet but not the inside base of that tumbler, and then you fill up the tumbler with water or with another liquid of your choice, like mustard, will it form a mustard tower inside the tumbler? Can you take a photo of the mustard tower and send it to us very soon?"

This video has been seconded as a duplicate; transferring votes to the original video and killing this dupe - dupeof seconded with isdupe by bareboards2.

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In reply to this comment by Stormsinger:
Yup, definitely a dupe...and I'm not surprised. I thought it a bit odd that it wasn't here already.

Sadly, I'm pretty sure sifty won't let me second it. But let's make sure...

*isdupe=http://videosift.com/video/NeverWet-Spray-Makes-Any-Fabric-100-Water-Proof


I think you can use the "dupeof" command on your own video at any time, regardless of star level. No "isdupe" is required in that case. Also, "isdupe" never needs the url, btw.


Is good to know...probably belongs in the invocation help page, so I can find it in the future.

Ah well, someone will second it sooner or later.

In reply to this comment by Stormsinger:
Yup, definitely a dupe...and I'm not surprised. I thought it a bit odd that it wasn't here already.

Sadly, I'm pretty sure sifty won't let me second it. But let's make sure...

*isdupe=http://videosift.com/video/NeverWet-Spray-Makes-Any-Fabric-100-Water-Proof


I think you can use the "dupeof" command on your own video at any time, regardless of star level. No "isdupe" is required in that case. Also, "isdupe" never needs the url, btw.

Yup, definitely a dupe...and I'm not surprised. I thought it a bit odd that it wasn't here already.

Sadly, I'm pretty sure sifty won't let me second it. But let's make sure...

*isdupe=http://videosift.com/video/NeverWet-Spray-Makes-Any-Fabric-100-Water-Proof

This video has been nominated as a duplicate of this video by jonny. If this nomination is seconded with *isdupe, the video will be killed and its votes transferred to the original.

*dupeof=http://videosift.com/video/NeverWet-Spray-Makes-Any-Fabric-100-Water-Proof

It's real, this has been posted before.

Cool that the reporter is from my hometown paper in Lancaster, PA.

>> ^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.

>> ^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.

>> ^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.

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/

>> ^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

>> ^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...