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Hydrophobic sprays; the future or available now?
Okay, so I have seem plenty of demo videos of ultra-hydrophobic coatings on the internet. They show mobiles that have been treated with special coating to reject all water and still work underwater. New brands like Never-Wet and Ever-Dry seem to be investigating the technology and it does seem viable, but is it commercially available yet?
I can find Nik Wax type sprays for fabrics and car waxing type sprays but not these new ultra-hydrophobic coatings.
The one problem with these coatings might be their resistance to oil, but they should be worth a try. I would love to have a clean frame every day that would repel water mud and salt all winter, especially off rear brake.
Anyone got any idea where or when these sprays could be coming; worth pursuing again in 2014?
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(Pedantry alert). "Phobic" means "having a fear of". These sprays would have an irrational fear of water at best, and rabies at worst.
When you've got that self cleaning bike perfected let me know. I want one too.
Ever-dry is commercially available now (in the US), but I'm not sure you want it yet. The stuff dries to a translucent white coating, not transparent, so unless you have a white logo-less bike it's going to make it look a bit iffy.
Hmm, could call it 'the bone', I am out for a ride on the bone. Sounds a bit iffy, yep.
Really looking for a transparent coating.