neverwet?

[Corso]

Anyone seen this stuff before. I've been looking for quite rain gear that doesn't make you sound like a packet of crisps when moving about

could this be the solution?

[video=youtube;DZrjXSsfxMQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded& v=DZrjXSsfxMQ#at=233[/video]

 

[blacktimberwolf]

could this be the solution?

Might be if you worked in a burger bar ................appears to be used mostly on hard surfaces though, I doubt if it would stand up to the frotting & abrasion if used on softer fabrics...

 

[Goatboy]

Hi-Tech trialled a similar thing with some of there boots called Ion Mask LINK & for Hi-Tech LINK. I was given a pair to try out must be 4-5 years ago (actually have them on now). Though not my usual sort of boot I tried initially as a dog walking boot up here in rainy Scotland. Having a Jack Russell Terrorist at the time I was in burns, muddy fields and marshes. They still have never let in and I wear them a lot. They're also breathable as there is no solid barrier against vapour. (I had the MKII boot as the first one had a fabric piece at a flex point which could pump water in whilst submerged.)

The Ion Mask technology took everyday clothing and the likes and introduced it to the Ion Mask in a vacuum chamber so bonding it to the item permanently. Though different fabrics reacted in different ways and it could wear off/loose efficacy over time. It meant you could take a suit or shirt and it would repel water and as such dirt too (bit like "The Man In The White Suit"). It wouldn't make all things totally waterproof, if you have a particularly open weave or very loose stitching water will still ingress. So design had to be taken into consideration. (There'd be little point in making a string vest waterproof).

As such as said my boots have never leaked and I've never needed to clean them (goes against my credo but it was part of my test for them) and I'm impressed.

This Neverwet looks very similar in idea and application.

Cheers,
GB.

 

[Corso]

Might be if you worked in a burger bar ................appears to be used mostly on hard surfaces though, I doubt if it would stand up to the frotting & abrasion if used on softer fabrics...

did you check the vid? seemed to work ok on the guys t shirt

 

[Goatboy]

did you check the vid? seemed to work ok on the guys t shirt

Bear in mind that it was just applied and it could affect the wicking properties (though not vapour transference) of certain fabrics.

 

[woof]

(bit like "The Man In The White Suit").

This Neverwet looks very similar in idea and application.

Cheers,
GB.

Now thats showing your age !

Rob

 

[rik_uk3]

I'm 99% sure there is a thread here about it already?

Edit, quick search

http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/search.php?searchid=6426637

http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=84868&highlight=neverwet

 

[Goatboy]

Now thats showing your age !

Rob

Aye and you knew what I meant. Or "did you look it up"?

Classic film.

 

[woof]

Aye and you knew what I meant. Or "did you look it up"?

Classic film.

Lol !, i knew what you were on about !

Rob