Keeping it clean !

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mete

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A new product on the market - anyone try it ? They now have TV ads for this. 'Never Wet " , Home Depot handles it.treat it with the material. Things then can be dipped into water, oil, etc and when removed the Never Wet will just flow off !
Has anyone tried it ? Sounds pactical especially if you have a 2 yr old !!!
 
Looks like reviews are mixed. It appears to work well, but it just doesn't last long. Also appears to leave a residue depending on what you are spraying it on.
 
Looks pretty good to me, even if only to spray on your shoes. I'll at least play with it to see how it works.

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I got some and sprayed my white shoes. havent worn them yet to test it out. it repels water like the plauge!

BUTTT it leaves a frosted white and 220 sandpaperey haze on anything you spray so keep that in mind.
 
Sounds like fun. I like the idea of turning a cardboard box into a makeshift cooler. Definitely potential for fun to be had.

Only two concerns:
1) What's the toxicity like regarding accidental spraying on bare skin?
2) Any negative reactions to certain materials?(leather, suede, clothing)

Seems like it would be pretty interesting to spray this stuff on my clothes and backpack or leather suitcase and just walk out in the middle of a storm. Never in a million years would I deliberately spray this stuff on me directly, but it would be very practical to keep a dry rag inside my suitcase and simply wipe my skin dry.

I'm specifically curious about the use on leather, since it's often recommended that leather be allowed to breathe, and I'd imagine a water barrier would prevent that from occurring. Would this stuff stay on forever if the object in question doesn't have physical contact?
 
I use it on the carb and air filters on my mower, weed eater, chain saw, and backpack blower; so that I can aimlessly pressure wash them after use and not have to worry about water issues.
 
NCCNC said:
I use it on the carb and air filters on my mower, weed eater, chain saw, and backpack blower; so that I can aimlessly pressure wash them after use and not have to worry about water issues.
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Interesting, I would think a pressure wash would blast the stuff right off. Maybe the industrial grade versions would be more resistant to being scrubbed off? For some reason I'm extremely curious about what precisely would happen if I were to coat my bathtub with this stuff and then fill it up with water:D.

Then I'm wondering if we could grab a couple of hockey sticks, spray this stuff all over the floors, walls, and ceiling of a friend's basement and have some fun with water hockey:D. Or soak a diving suit with this and enjoy a very dry swimming experience. The possibilities are just endless:thumbup:.

Hell, I'm tempted to dress up real heavy, spray this all over my clothes, then go up to the beach with as many observers as possible, wade in neck deep, then come back out bone dry and watch people's reactions:D.
 
My friend showed my something a while ago called buckypaper. It was made of "carbon nanotubes" or something like that. It was very water repellent. I wonder if this is somehow related to it because I remember him saying something about it being available as a coating to water proof materials. The concept is amazing. Where I work I'm out in the elements 5-7 hours a day and yesterday it rained all day and I kept my EDC pack (tom bihn synapse 19) In a trash bag to keep it out of the direct rain. I know the pack is very water resistant as it is but I didn't want it to be in a done pour if it didn't have to. Having something like this would be great because Then I could sling my pack through all the mud and muck in the world and not have to care. Also how would this work on the internals of knives? Or even as blade coatings? The uses could be almost endless
 
Waldamir said:
Also how would this work on the internals of knives? Or even as blade coatings? The uses could be almost endless
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Not well I would imagine. The site specifically mentions that this is a silicon-based surface coating, and that physical contact with other objects would erode the coating. The industrial-grade version might last longer, but that's not available to the general public, so it's a moot point.

I did order 2 boxes of this stuff for me to play with:D.
 
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