Tag: superhydrophobic
What Size Grill Cover Do I Need? Know What Size and Type
October 26, 2021Your grill has an important role at your house. Combined with your expert grilling, it’s able to gather friends and family ready to feast on BBQ, grilled vegetables, or a sirloin steak. So when nasty weather comes around and winter forecasts include snow and sleet, you want to protect it.
There are so many options on the market, you’re probably asking yourself, “What size grill cover do I need?” You’ll not only need to know the right size for your grill, but you’ll want to get the right type.
How To Protect Car Floor Mats
August 4, 2021Floor liners or car floor mats protect your vehicle from dirt, stones, spills, and leaks that might otherwise deteriorate your auto floor.
If you have a family who enjoys the outdoors or transport young athletes to their sporting events, you’ll want to know how to protect carpeted car floor mats, so they last longer and still look new even after a lot of use.
NeverWet Carpet Protector with superhydrophobic technology can provide a stain-repelling shield on your auto mats so they appear like new for years. Read on to learn how this technology can protect the floor mats in your car.
Can A Golf Shoe Improve My Game?
June 25, 2021Golfers know a successful game requires great coordination and upper-body dexterity. So, what’s that have to do with your shoes? A golf shoe that provides stability, support, and traction can improve your game by helping you maintain the proper stance, enhance your club head speed on the downswing, and provide overall better traction that captures vertical ground force.
NeverWet superhydrophobic technology plays a huge role in the latter: Traction. Read on to learn how this water-repelling advantage can help improve your golf game.
The 5 Best Compact Umbrellas for Travel, Car, or Purse
January 22, 2021You might not give a lot of thought to the umbrella (or umbrellas) you own until an unexpected storm hits. And there you are, caught inside your car staring at the entrance to your destination.
Rain pouring down.
Shelter yards away.
Let us help you avoid that situation and better prepare you for surprise rain showers or the wintry mix that occasionally arrives this time of year.
We offer these Top 5 compact umbrellas to easily store inside your car or purse. Pack one of these foldable umbrellas in your suitcase for business trips or family vacations.
How to Protect Your Car in Winter When You Have No Garage
November 3, 2020Mother Nature might have nasty winter in store for us. How will you protect your car from snow and sleet if there’s no garage to pull into? And how can you avoid spending an hour or more trying to clean off winter’s mess?
We’ve compiled a list of things you can do to better shield your car from winter’s harsh conditions.
NeverWet Helps ScentLok Taktix Shed the Rain
October 7, 2020
ScentLok Full Season Taktix is one of the best brands in hunting gear and NeverWet’s superhydrophobic technology plays a large role in why hunters and outdoor people choose it.
Hunters know the misery that can ensue when the clouds open while you’re in the woods waiting to bag a buck or waterfowl hunting in the mist and fog.
ScentLok apparel not only helps you shed “human” smells with its Carbon Alloy™ technology, but it repels water, mud, blood, and other liquids with NeverWet technology.
Superhydrophobic and Oleophobic: NeverWet and the Lotus
August 20, 2020For thousands of years, certain plants have had an extraordinary ability to repel water and oils.
Look at the lotus leaf or the peanut leaf. Nature provides them with a self-cleaning super-power. Their ability to repel water and keep dirt off themselves is the result of a combination of superhydrophobic and oleophobic properties.
NeverWet Graffiti Makes Rainy Days Fun
July 22, 2020Remember when you were a kid and learned to make secret messages using “invisible ink” made of lemon juice? Exposed to low heat, your invisible note revealed itself magically. Well, fans of NeverWet experience a similar excitement using the “magic” of the hydrophobic and superhydrophobic sprays.
Graffiti artists are using NeverWet’s Multi-Surface waterproofing sprays to create “invisible,” water-repellant art that appears only when rain or other moisture is added. The term “superhydrophobic” means NeverWet coatings are super water-resistant.
What are Water-resistant Sprays and Superhydrophobic Coatings?
March 10, 2020The term “superhydrophobic” might sound complex, but what is really means is super water-resistant and super-protected. You’re probably already familiar with it, just in a different way.
The NeverWet brand is virtually synonymous with superhydrophobic.
If you see the NeverWet name on your Realtree or Mossy Oak hunting clothes or on your Rust-Oleum paint can, you’re reaping the benefits of the science behind the term.
Hydrophobic Coating Technology
Hydrophobic literally means fear of water and NeverWet’s superhydrophobic coating technology gives all kind of surfaces a superpower protective layer against water. It makes water so fearful that it forms into a droplet and rolls away almost immediately.
Famous brands like RealTree and Mossy Oak use it to help hunters and outdoorsman stay outside longer with clothing that’s protected against inclement weather. A superhydrophobic coating weakens water’s ability to bond to a surface. It forces rain to form into droplets when it lands on fabric, and the repelled water then rolls off the surface.
For metal surfaces, fabric, carboard and other surfaces that deteriorate or are destroyed by moisture, NeverWet superhydrophobic water-resistant coatings are the superhero blocking out the enemy.
The Science of Water Repellency
Here’s a very simple scientific explanation as to why these water-resistant products are so great at protecting against inclement weather.
When a water droplet falls on a surface that’s been treated with a hydrophobic or superhydrophobic coating, it forms a sphere. The coated surface hates water so much that instead of water spreading out on the surface, water sits on top like a ball and a contact angle is formed. That angle pushes the spheres of water off the surface.
The water droplets that form on a hydrophobic surface usual have a contact angle of 90 degrees or more. Water droplets on a superhydrophobic surface have a contact angle of 150 degrees or more. Either way, those angles are enough to “push” away the water.
A bonus with those droplets moving off the surface: They carry particles of dirt with them!
Hydrophobic Spray for Fabric
All sorts of fabric benefit from the water-resistant power of NeverWet coatings. BearPaw brand boots and Totes brand umbrellas use NeverWet’s industrial fabric formulations to provide protection against moisture and to prevent stains. In the big picture, finding a NeverWet hang tag on your fabric product means you’re getting a money-saving benefit with that purchase.
Although these superhydrophobic formulations are for industrial use, NeverWet’s Boot & Shoe spray is a one-step, superhydrophobic, water repelling treatment designed for consumers to use. It’s a treatment that keeps footwear dry longer, protecting suede, leather, and canvas without discoloring.
PFC-Free Weather Protection
NeverWet also offers industries an environmentally friendly PFC-free water repellent finish for fibers. Its fabric treatments offer superhydrophobicity without the dangers of perfluorinated compounds (PFC). PFCs are manmade chemicals that are used in durable water-repellent coatings, but they are harmful to the environment.
Auto and Glass Protection
Auto Interior’s one-step liquid-repelling treatment is designed to keep your car’s interior dry, protecting upholstery, carpet, leather, and more. Again, NeverWet makes industrial coatings that protect metals and glass, but there are also retail products available for the same purposes.
Adding a superhydrophobic treatment to your windshield boosts its anti-icing performance too!
Tired of scrubbing water marks and soap scum off your shower doors? NeverWet’s glass formula provides a heavy-duty water shield for shower doors.
Use it on windows and other glass items. Tired of scrubbing the dirt off your basement’s sliding glass door? NeverWet Glass Cleaner provides streak-free, long-lasting protection that keeps glass shining and wards off those annoying, dirt-carrying splashes caused by torrential downpours.
The Superhydrophobic Superhero
NeverWet offers industrial coatings that are also oleophobic, repelling various oils like hydraulic oils and motor oil. With famous brands like Realtree, Mossy Oak, Bearpaw and Totes (just to name a few) embracing its water-resistant power, NeverWet is virtually the superhero when it comes to fighting water. Learn about the different ways NeverWet products are used.