The ultimate waterproofing solution?

[mountainm]

Check this out
http://www.neverwet.com/

[video=youtube;7is6r6zXFDc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7is6r6zXFDc[/video]

Dunno how durable or breathable it is but the video is cool! Would be good for rustproofing too.

M

 

[Nagual]

Oooooo me likey.

 

[DaveBromley]

The really freaky thing is that this technology comes from replicating water lillies!!! Nasa developed something REALLY similar for use in space suits to stop dust sticking to them and causing degradation

It amazes me the things we can still glean from mother nature

Dave

 

[bojit]

I think the person that holds the patent for this will become a very rich man or company .

i wonder how breathable it will be on clothing ?

Craig.......

 

[Chambers]

I need that on the underside of my classic!

 

[lannyman8]

i need it all over me......

 

[bojit]

I wonder how much it would cost to spray my kids from head to toe ?

Craig........

 

[Chiseller]

Fierce ......truely fierce !!!!!

 

[Chiseller]

I think the person that holds the patent for this will become a very rich man or company .

i wonder how breathable it will be online clothing ?

Craig.......

Even if it breathed , I can't see it working as it wouldn't allow sweat to pass through ?

 

[bojit]

Even if it breathed , I can't see it working as it wouldn't allow sweat to pass through ?

Good point .

Craig.......

 

[chris667]

I wonder about the environmental impact of that stuff. Will items treated with it ever rot if they end up in landfill?

 

[spandit]

I'm always getting chocolate syrup on my tennis shoes... this stuff would be perfect!

 

[Ogri the trog]

We had a rep come into our local camping shop yesterday, purporting something called "Iron-cladding" for top end products that sounded very similar to this process.
His demonstration was to take a paper tissue that had been treated and pour water onto it, roll it around a bit, pour it down the sink without getting wet. It was a good demonstration, but I managed to stump the guy by asking "How does it affect the materials fire resistance?" I wish I had read the earlier reply about the environmental impact, that would be good to get an answer to as well.
It was described as a thin coating over each fibre, so I reckon breath-ability will not be changed, and does not wear off like other "spray-on" treatments. It is an expensive process and will drive up the price of treated products, but I think it will only be of use to the real techno-kit junckies!

ATB

Ogri the trog

 

[rik_uk3]

Take a look at

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt1TfPuTzq0&feature=related

 

[mountainm]

Apparently it is breathable - they're also using it to coat circuitry to make just about any small electronic device with no moving parts waterproof.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqGkC5uJ0yM

 

[Tony]

I wonder if there's a point to using it on ventile...

 

[FGYT]

No information on how its to be applied ie is it available as a spray of the shelf or do you have to send stuff to a factory to apply it


might be usfull on carbon steel blades handles and leather


any body remember TX10 with the guy in the sleeping bag floating on a lake

ATB

Duncan

 

[mountainm]

No information on how its to be applied ie is it available as a spray of the shelf or do you have to send stuff to a factory to apply it


might be usfull on carbon steel blades handles and leather


any body remember TX10 with the guy in the sleeping bag floating on a lake

ATB

Duncan

They're selling it as a spray.

 

[Hoodoo]

I wonder if there's a point to using it on ventile...

I think it depends on if ventile is resistant to chocolate syrup.

 

[John Fenna]

Magnum boots use a product called "Ion Mask" that is similar - it works and is breathable.
There have been questions about the health issues raised by breathing this stuff as the product degrades and if you are using a spray to treat items this could be quite serious.
I seem to recall someone saying the result of inhalation being like Asbestosis.....