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If you haven’t heard tales of wonder about Rust-Oleum NeverWet yet, it’s a spray-on coating that repels liquids and can be applied to nearly any surface, and apparently it really works. So now artist Nathan Sharratt has used it to create a delightful sidewalk rain drawing, that can only be seen when the sidewalk has been rained on, with which he won the “Innovative NeverWet use” contest sponsored by Home Depot. 

Does Neverwet work? I test Rust-Oleum Neverwet on motorcycle apparel to see if it’s of any use to motorcyclists.

MEMPHIS, TN - (WMC-TV) - ANDY, WILL IT WORK? Rust-Oleum's Never Wet = WISE BUY!  We made a mess out of a bunch of stuff to test Rust-Oleum's Never Wet.

A new spray producthas hit the market that claims to protect just about any surface from just about any kind of liquid. But does it really work? The promotional video for NeverWet shows chocolate sauce, ketchup and a soft drink sliding off a treated T-shirt. Consumer reporter Lynda Steele decided to put the Rust-Oleum product to the test. 

Watch the products in action during this excerpt from a Big Interview with the WSJ and see the full interview with Mr. Blake here on WSJ.com.

The product everyone is talking about has officially arrived in Canada at The Home Depot - Rust-Oleum® NeverWet. This remarkable new superhydrophobic coating protects all kinds of surfaces, repelling rain, mud, ice and other water-based liquids in dramatic fashion. You've never seen water behave this way before! 

When Rust-Oleum asked us to play around with their latest product, which has “superhydrophobic” qualities, we said, “Play?! Superhydro-what? Yes!” We love to mess around with new materials at Made + Remade. So we chose five willing and excited bloggers, all with different skills, interests and ideas, to execute projects using Rust-Oleum NeverWet. 

WCIU You & Me This Morning A coating that is claimed to prevent items from getting wet, NeverWet is tested to determine whether this so-called miracle product really is all it’s cracked up to be.

We've had a quite a bit of fun covering anything we could get our hands on with water-repelling magic, but the folks over at Adafruit took it a step further and risked a little electrocution. But the result—submersible circuit boards—is definitely cool enough to be worth the trouble. 

You spill red wine all over the couch, but it doesn't seep into the fabric  or leave a stain -- instead it just drips right off. You step in a puddle of water with boots and the water just repels off. A phone, after being dipped in water, doesn't shut off -- beads of liquid roll o the ground.  Watch the Neverwet waterproof spray in action.