Superhydrophobic coating (2008 R&D 100 winner)

[Lcash123]

Is this available for purchase?

[VoiDHussler]

@ziggerknot88 i am a guy who loves his cerial, and i must say that your comment is really smart ;)

[InkotilousBasterds]

now...i wanna know what happens when u spay it on water

[redbamba]

i want hair like the guy on 1:05. where can i buy it?

[cent1989]

i want to buy this anyone tell me were you can buy it?

[aikiuke]

Rain-x?

[sdowney717]

how about boat bottom paint as in barnacles?

[ziggerknot88]

1 apply to cereal

2 repel milk for no more soggy cereal

3 ?????

4 profit

[cent1989]

@ziggerknot88 pmsl yeah

[superspanks]

@ziggerknot88 1. apply to cereal

2. repel milk for no more soggy cereal

3. ??????

4. poison

[bomber957]

@ziggerknot88

5 coating applies to throat and inner organs

6 ???

7 die of dryness??

[ziggerknot88]

@bomber957 [](/b05) quit using your fancy logic

[fatjohn1408]

what happens when you lick it?

[TheSmoonge]

@fatjohn1408 then you kick it, just like the song.

[Drgn70]

I used to ask questions and Sandia Labs basically told me to stop writing...

Ah well. But I'm still interested.

[Zlead]

ISLV POWA

[jaykimjcos]

Where can I get this stuff???

[CordyBear1]

I wonder... Anyone wonder what it would be like if you coated yourself with this stuff and went swimming?

[L00NGB00W]

@CordyBear1

Greater bouyancy and less drag I would imagine.

As long as the spray is non-toxic.

[KASSIDYPOLLARD]

spray this on a circuit board.

this is crazy

[photo1195]

boat hull coating?

[uralmosti]

All of the comments below regarding application have been done (to one degree or another (of complexity and sucess))! It didnt take the exploiters long to cotton on!

[weikeatng]

hi, i'm an engineering student and i've been working on the superhydrophobic surface for past 6 months. I would like to ask is the superhydrophobic coating created by sir strong enough? I mean if the surface is being rubbed or experience a frictional force, will the superhydrophobicity still existing?

[tmmullenhevey]

@weikeatng yes, this is the work of Sir Strong Enough

[PHUNNIBONE]

@weikeatng

I think the action of the wipers would destroy the coating on the windshield, though some coatings may be stronger. I remember reading that if you get up to speed, say 40 mph, you wouldn't need wipers.

[mikeleemann]

Wonder if you could coat an entire vehicle with this???Imagine what that would look like...a car coated with this driving through the rain.

[manineedadate]

like jesus was in the car.

[TalhaKhanCA]

its been done

[soltoy00]

I wonder if this could be applied to textiles. Superhydrophobic rain gear :P

[brink668]

that honestly looks fun to play with, I wanna try!

[Lunas2525]

Windshield coating this looks like it could replace windshield wipers....