[TowerTalk] NeverWet - You have to see this video

[David Gilbert]

Of course I watched the video ... back a few months ago when somebody 
else previously posted it to TowerTalk.  I also checked the price 
(something like $100 per gallon), the method of applying it (somewhat 
critical two coat system), and the durability of it (it wears off in a 
few weeks and requires regular reapplication).

At the time I thought that applying it to a toilet basin might be a 
useful thing to do, but I was dissuaded by the high cost of the stuff.  
Then it occurred to me that Rain-X (the stuff you apply periodically to 
your vehicle windshield) might serve the same purpose, albeit a bit less 
dramatically, so I bought some Rain-X and coated one of our toilets with 
it.  It made cleaning it so easy that my wife applied it to all of our 
other toilets as well.   I mentioned all of that to a friend and he said 
that he uses it (Rain-X) on glass shower stall walls to help prevent 
alkali build up.

By the way, the only reason you might want to "waterproof" a tower 
foundation is to minimize freeze/thaw spalling of the surface in some 
environments.  Concrete being wet in almost all other situations is a 
good thing, not a liability.  And you do know that concrete is porous, 
right?  You can't keep moisture from entering the other surfaces of a 
tower base.

So as you can see, I have "participated" in the thought process for this 
stuff ... probably more so than you have.

Dave   AB7E




On 7/1/2013 6:47 PM, Gary and Arlene Johnson wrote:
> How about as a final coating sprayed on UHF connectors to make them 
> shed water lessening the chance of them getting wet. I can see 
> spraying the complete outside of my rotor to ensure I don't get any 
> water on or into it. Maybe spraying the cables on a crank up so that 
> they don't ever get wet (dew will bead up and run off) so dirt doesn't 
> stick to them.  Maybe a good extra coating on bolts so water doesn't 
> work it's way into the threads, as a waterproofing on the concrete 
> base for a tower.  I can think of many POSSIBLE USES.  That's the 
> point of the post - to get people smarter than me to think.  Sorry if 
> you care not to particpate.
>
> I don't know all of the properties of the stuff , i.e. will it short 
> out electrical connections - yet.  Those things are easy enough to 
> find out. But I am not stuck on "nothing new - ever"!!
>
> Did you even watch the video??
>
> Gary J
> N5BAA
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>>
>> Name one that's both practical and cost effective.  I can't think of 
>> one.
>>
>> Dave   AB7E
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>> On 7/1/2013 6:00 PM, Gary and Arlene Johnson wrote:
>>> There has to be some crazy good uses for this stuff.  It makes 
>>> things completely waterproof.
>>>
>>> http://videos.komando.com/watch/3520/viral-videos-spray-on-superhydrophobic-coating?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=tvkim&utm_content=2013-06-30-article-title-g 
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