What would the result of coating the bottom of a boat with it be.
offthegrid
My thoughts exactly, Slowburn. I would say, reduced drag.
James Thistlethwaite
I'd paint my car with this.
Bruce H. Anderson
Given the short life it may be awfully expensive to paint a normal vehicle. However, someone running Baja or Dakkar or rallying through the muddy woods might be able to keep their sponsors' names well-seen (although milky) from start to finish. Even their wheels and suspension bits could end up the race looking almost like new.
Clay Jones
This is what Rain-X was supposed to do. That's pretty amazing. Depending on weight, it might work well on aircraft hulls as well.
3HullsRbest
Right out of Dune.
VirtualGathis
@Slowburn I read another article on a hydrophobic coating reducing naval drag by 15-20% but I can not find the article to quote the source. Gizmag had one about a microbubble system to reduce drag and seeing the other videos of imersions of coated products it should work similarly. They form a buble like the swimming spiders do. I think they should really do some icing tests. If this could prevent heat pumps from icing without adding a thermal barrier it could make a significant improvement to their efficiency in winter.
Arahant
This is really cool, but if it only lasts 2-8 months in regular weather conditions, then it would wear off really quick on a boat or airplane where the water/air abrasion would be so much higher... might only last a couple weeks. Considering how expensive it is i dont think it would be worthwhile except in special circumstances where the benefit was so great as to be worth it even for the short circumstance. That being said i think this stuff looks really good for a whole slew of applications that dont involve heavy abrasion levels, this is the first time iv really seen a video showing a lot of hydrophibic coatings so im sure there are other products out there that are similar but regardless this is really cool/practical.
VirtualGathis
@Bruce H. Anderson Now that is an area that could really use an anti-icing coating. If this prevents icing I'm sure the cold weather flyers like Alaskan and Syberien airlines would justify the weight. If Ever Dry were effective enough they could even replace the anti icing heaters which would make room for additional weight. I'm not a pilot but I imagine the FAA and similar organizations would want exhaustive testing and in flight use before it was officially used as an anti icing agent though.