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In the War Against Wet, A New Weapon
August 8, 2014
Spray an even coating on leather or fabric. Here I’m using it to renew the waterproofing on a pair of old boots. Photo: JProvey
In the war against wet, homeowners have a new weapon: It’s called NeverWet. Designed to repel water and keep surfaces dry, the NeverWet line of products from Rust-Oleum includes four different formulations—Multi-Surface, Fabric, Boot & Shoe, and Auto Interior. Armed with a single one of these sprays or the complete trio, homeowners can now bring protection from the weather to a wide range of household items that spend time outdoors, including garden tools and outdoor furniture.
Don’t get me wrong—I like the rain. But moisture in itself isn’t the problem. What’s really at issue is the mold, mildew, corrosion, rot and (last, but surely not least) skin discomfort that often comes along with an excess of moisture. So when recently I got the opportunity to review the NeverWet fabric formulas, I jumped at the chance to see how the product could help me safeguard those items in my life that I count on to remain dry. For my experiment, I chose leather boots and a cotton patio furniture cushion.
To both, I applied an even coating of NeverWet, according to the instructions, and I wetted but didn’t soak the surface I was treating with the spray. Next, I waited the recommended 24 hours before exposing the items to water. Once enough time had elapsed, I hurried to see how my boots had stood up to the ultimate test—being submerged in a bucket water. Keep reading to see what happened.
Photo: JProvey
In the photo above, the boot I did not spray is on the left. You can see that after five minutes of submersion, the leather became saturated, particularly around the stitching. Meanwhile, the boot on the right of the photo—the one that I did spray with NeverWet—shed water effectively and came out of the tub as good as new.
Equally impressive results arose from my test of the patio furniture seat cushion, which I hosed down in a way that would simulate rainfall. Where it encountered the NeverWet-treated cushion, the water simply beaded up and rolled off. A few days later, I tried again and was satisfied to see no performance change whatsoever.
The treatment worked equally well on the outdoor cotton chair cushion. Photo: JProvey
Down the road, I’ll need to re-apply NeverWater at some point—to the boots sooner than to the cushion, I’m guessing, being that I wear the boots fairly often. Also, even though NeverWet didn’t discolor my boots or the cushion, if I were going to spray anything whose surface I judged to be delicate, then I would first try the spray in an inconspicuous area before committing to spray the entirety. Depending on what you are spraying, you can get 20 to 60 square feet of coverage per bottle.
It’s recommended that you only use NeverWet outdoors, where there’s plenty of ventilation. Be safe using the product, and you’re likely to enjoy the experience as much as I did. Today, I’m deciding what I want to waterproof next!
This post has been brought to you by Rust-Oleum. Its facts and opinions are those of BobVila.com.
https://www.bobvila.com/articles/neverwet-review/?bv=wn#.U-UH1vldV8E
NeverWet’s New Liquid Repellents
The “Street Signs” crew tests out NeverWet’s new products, with Ronald Rice, RPM International president & COO, and Ed Voorhees, Rust-Oleum North America President. One product is for boot and shoe, one for fabric and one for auto upholstery.
https://www.cnbc.com/video/2014/07/11/neverwets-new-liquid-repellent.html
A $20 Bottle of Spray Waterproofs Almost Anything
November 6, 2013
It almost sounds like a science experiment, but it’s now a reality in a $20 box at Home Depot. Rust-Oleum’s NeverWet is exactly what it says it is: a solution that promises that your fabrics and surfaces never get wet. You don’t need to bring your bags or placemats or boots to the store, either. According to the company, after the two-step spray process, which requires a short wait time before exposure to water, your items will be completely water-repellant.
Developed by Ross Nanotechnology, the patent pending silicon-based coating repels liquids with a high 165 degree contact angle that is created when it is applied. The angle is higher than ones created by car wax or waterproof shoe spray. Rust-Oleum licensed the technology and optimized it for consumer use.
“It’s like putting a marble on glass — it would just roll right off,” Jim Stinner, vice president of marketing for Rust-Oleum, told ABC News. “With traditional waterproofers, the water would sit on the surface. Here it shoots off.”
In a marketing video, Rust-Oleum has shown that a shirt and pair of sneakers both coated with the substance can repel chocolate spread or a cardboard box coated with it can stay intact when cold ice and beers are poured in. The company says it works best on metal, wood, concrete, aluminum, and most plastics.
Wet Phone? How To Dry Out Your Phone and Waterproof It
“Almost any surface you can think of you can put the coating on and it will never get wet,” Stinner explained. “We’ve tested it with so many different objects and a bunch of different fluids to show what it can do.”
Still, there are some objects that Rust-Oleum doesn’t advise the solution be used on. Despite showing clothing in the videos, it doesn’t recommend that people use the solution on clothing, though fabrics are fine. Additionally, while an iPhone is shown in a few user demonstration videos, the company doesn’t suggest applying it to electronics right now.
Ashley Lehrmann, senior director of brand management for Rust-Oleum, says that electronics such as the iPhone and other smartphones require a bit more user precision. A company named Liquipel offers a similar service. A coating applied to phones by the company, which isn’t visible to the naked eye, repels water. It requires you send the phone to the company for the treatment, however.
But it might not be too long before your phone is also never wet. “There will be a different version at some point in the future that is more suited for that,” Stinner said.
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/neverwet-spray-promises-waterproof/story?id=19555311
Rust-Oleum NeverWet – Industrial Sized
NeverWet Industrial Gallons is a superhydrophobic treatment that dramatically repels water, mud, ice and other liquids.
This revolutionary new class of coatings cause water to form nearly perfect spheres which roll off the surface keeping items dry and clean. NeverWet is a two part treatment consisting of a base coat and top coat that work best on wood, metal, concrete and masonry. The treatment dries to a flat milky haze.
- Efficiently coat large equipment
- More durable than NeverWet aerosols
- VOC compliant nationwide
- After base coat is applied, wait 45 minutes and apply top coat. NeverWet will repel water after 30 minutes. Wait 12 hours for optimal performance.
- Ideal applications include winterization of assets, mixing/blending equipment, concrete, conveyors, awnings, walls, rooftops and more.
The 10 Breakthrough Products of 2013
Rust-Oleum NeverWet Liquid Repellent ($20)
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‘MAGICAL’ ULTRA-WATERPROOFING SPRAY NOW COMING TO A HARDWARE STORE NEAR YOU
October 16, 2013Earlier this year, we wrote about an amazing demonstration of a water-repelling substance that kept any surface it was applied to clean and dry. Now, a similar concept is being brought to some local hardware stores under a popular paint and coatings brand.
NeverWet, which had its own viral video demonstration last year by Lancaster Online garnering more than 4.9 million views to date, will begin selling its superhydrophobic spray system under the Rust-Oleum brand at Home Depot stores nationwide.
“This is a game changer,” Jim Stinner, vice president of marketing for Rust-Oleum, said, according to the Lancaster Online. “Everyone is going to want to try it out.”
“This is certainly going to be one of the biggest products we’ve ever had,” he continued.
Lancaster Online dubbed the product “magical.”
Stinner also said the product itself has already generated considerable interest, even though it won’t be hitting the shelves for the next couple weeks.
NeverWet consists of a two-can spray kit that can cover a 10 to 15-square-foot area, making it repellant to water and heavy oils:
Among other things, it can be used on metal, wood, masonry and aluminum as well as fabric, leather and canvas.
But the possible uses for Rust-Oleum NeverWet seem limited only by the imagination of the customer.
For instance, NeverWet officials showed a reporter this past week how it can be sprayed on the inside of a cardboard case of beer to make an impromptu ice chest.
Yes, it works on phones too in up to six inches of water.
“Any object coated with our NeverWet coating literally cannot be touched by liquid,” the Pennsylvania-based company stated. “Any liquid placed on this coating is repelled and simply rolls off without touching the underlying surface. Not only is this amazing to see, but it solves a myriad of problems.”
Check out how it works:
Even with the partnership NeverWet has made with Rust-Oleum, which NeverWet CEO Daniel Hobson called a “huge deal” for the “innovation company,” he told Lancaster Online they’re not stopping when it comes to improving the product. They hope to have a completely transparent spray — it currently leaves a slightly cloudy look — in the future.
The product will sell at Home Depot for $19.97 per spray system.
(H/T: Gizmodo)
NeverWet: What Kind of Strange, Sick and Wonderful Water-Repelling Voodoo Is This?!
If you watch one video today, watch this video. You won’t be sorry.
“I’m looking for some NeverWet,” I said to the first person I could find inside my local Home Depot on Saturday. I was trying not to sound too excited while at the same time somehow trying to say NeverWet in the least sexual way possible. It’s kind of a weird product name.
But it’s a good product name in the sense that, as you can see in the above video, whatever you spray it on appears to never get wet. The first demo, where the girl sprays the NeverWet into the cooking pan, makes my brain hurt. Water isn’t supposed to behave like that.
“You and everyone else,” replied the Home Depot guy. I was lost in thought like Ralphie in A Christmas Story dreaming about his Red Ryder BB gun, but quickly snapped back into reality, remembering that I had asked where to find the stuff.
So for now, my dreams of coating my shirts with NeverWet before daring unsuspecting friends, family and neighbors to treat me like a contestant on Double Dare will have to wait. At least Home Depot’s site now lists a ship-to-store option; that’s more than I had to work with when I first checked the site on Saturday. As Lancaster Online reports, the $20 product will shortly begin rolling out to stores other than Home Depot.
If you watch one video today, watch the above video. You won’t be sorry. Once I get my hands on this stuff, I’ll shoot a video here attempting to recreate some of the magic – especially the waterproof-the-iPhone trick.
NeverWet’s Waterproof Magic
October 15, 2013
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.
The wonderful promise or waterproof everything has been around for ages, but it’s crazy to see it finally showing up in DIY form. You might be hard-pressed to find a good reason to have a Raspberry Pi mounted in a fish tank, but you can’t deny that it’s super neat. Though maybe you could argue it’s a little dry.
https://gizmodo.com/neverwets-waterproof-magic-turns-circuit-boards-into-su-1000845935
Street Signs – Next Big Thing: NeverWet
Watch as CNBC’s Amanda Drury puts Rust-Oleum NeverWet to the test. Rust-Oleum NeverWet is currently available at Home Depot.
https://www.cnbc.com/video/2013/08/09/next-big-thing-neverwet.html?play=1
Revolutionary Rust-Oleum NeverWet is now available in Canada
New Rust-Oleum NeverWet is now available in Canada. Rust-Oleum NeverWet protects surfaces with a superhydrophobic treatment that dramatically repels water, mud, ice and other liquids. (CNW Group/Jan Kelley Marketing)
It’s science at its mind-blowing best
CONCORD, ON, Sept. 12, 2013 /CNW/ – 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!
“At Rust-Oleum®, we’re changing the way people think about water protection,” commented Shelley Lebert, Brand Manager for Rust-Oleum®. “Not only is the breakthrough technology amazing to see in action, it also solves a number of problems around the home and outdoors. When you keep your stuff dry, it stays free of rust and mould as well. NeverWet is so cool we’ve coined a new word to describe it – SuperHydrophobicFantastic!”
When water hits a flat, untreated surface, it pools and just sits there like a deflated ball, causing the object to become saturated. But it’s a very different story when that surface is treated with NeverWet. Creating a contact angle of up to 165 degrees – more than three times the contact angle of an untreated surface, and almost double that of the leading competitive product – NeverWet causes water droplets to form nearly perfect spheres. Like marbles of water, these spheres then glide or even bounce off the surface, leaving it clean and dry. And when water isn’t allowed to sit, surfaces are protected from the harmful effects of moisture like rust, corrosion, wear, mould, ice, bacteria – and the list goes on.
NeverWet can be applied to almost any surface, including metal, concrete, wood, aluminum, galvanized metal, PVC, masonry, asphalt, vinyl siding, paper, plastic and more. It can also be used on fabric, leather and canvas. NeverWet even protects surfaces from thicker liquids like syrups, juices and other water-based condiments. Don’t believe it? Try it for yourself and share your experiments with the NeverWet Lab: www.neverwetcanada.ca/lab
NeverWet is applied in a simple two-step process:
1. Spray on NeverWet Base Coat and allow product to dry for 30 minutes.
2. Once dry, apply one or two coats of the NeverWet Top Coat and allow to dry again.
NeverWet applies clear and dries to a frosted haze. It can be exposed to water in as little as 30 minutes after the final application of Top Coat, and is fully cured in 12 hours. NeverWet can be reapplied when water no longer beads and rolls off the surface. One kit of NeverWet provides 10 to 15 square feet of coverage.
Rust-Oleum® NeverWet is available at The Home Depot. To learn more visit www.neverwetcanada.ca.
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For over 90 years, the Rust-Oleum® Corporation has been the industry leader in rust preventative coatings. Today, Rust-Oleum® produces market-leading brands in small-project paint, woodcare, automotive and high-performance coatings. From brand names you trust such as Tremclad, Varathane, EpoxyShield, and Zinsser, our products and services are based on a legacy of knowledge, innovation and commitment. Whether your project goal is to prevent rust, restore a worn-out surface, create a showroom finish your garage floor or stain and protect your wood floors, Rust-Oleum® has all solutions for both a professional or Do-It-Yourselfers.