Spray on Superhydrophobic Coatings

"Our coatings are designed to repel water and aqueous solutions on a number of substrates and surfaces..."

From http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/zypes/thank_you_science_please_take_my_money/ ...
sixshotsays...

I'm going to ask some obvious questions here:

1) How soon can we get this into the general market?
2) When will be able to see this used on cars (windshield/windows primarily)
3) How much will this cost to the consumers to get this?
4) Should the coating be applied on roads and/or tires, what kind of effect will it have as far as tire-grip on a rainy day? (related: will this increase or decrease hydroplaning?)

Enzobluesays...

MARK MY WORDS: The reason why this hasn't made it to market yet is that it doesn't come off. I mean, how can you get it off if nothing sticks to it? One application would be good for years. I'll bet money that they are now desperately trying to find a way to have it only last a few hours, like a sunscreen lotion. Then you'll have to buy it repeatedly and then they can become multi-billionaires instead of just billionaires.

chingalerasays...

"....and authorities in Philadelphia claim they believe street gangs to be behind the recent heist of several pallets of the substance from a manufacturing facility earlier this year, presumably, for their vintage sneaker collections."

CreamKsays...

4) Should the coating be applied on roads and/or tires, what kind of effect will it have as far as tire-grip on a rainy day? (related: will this increase or decrease hydroplaning?)

Increase aquaplaning dramatically, it'll be worse than driving on ice or water on ice. It's close to oil slick in the rain but as i understand it, it would be even worse than that.

It only repels water, thus the name.. It won't help with oily substances, again i really don't know.

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