Rustoleum is selling Never Wet hydrophobic coating!

Discussion in 'Materials' started by Red Dwarf, Jun 19, 2013.

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  1. Chenier
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    Chenier Junior Member

    How does this stack up to the McLube products? I use McLube Hullcoat on hulls and Sailcoat occasionally on fittings. Is Neverwet suitable for the same applications? If so, has there been any testing for performance, or comparisons of he products? Or is it fundamentally different?

    McLube is pretty expensive as well and requires periodic re-application. But the main question is whether Neverwet is a potential alternative.

    Thanks
     
    Chenier, Jun 28, 2013
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  2. jonr
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    jonr Senior Member

    I bought some and it's interesting and it works; but I've haven't thought of any great uses for it. The coating is not transparent and not durable if it gets rubbed.
     
    jonr, Jun 28, 2013
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  3. skipberne
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    skipberne New Member

    It really WORKS !!!!

    I had placed a sample in Cambridge creek for a year and it was almost as clean as the day I started and a test in an aquarium EPA approved and lived up to its name and rating no dead fish.

    I hauled my cal 28 out, two coats of epoxy gel coat, 2 petit green safety barrier just incase the 'experiment went bad' , and then the base coat and top coat. DO NOT PAINT THE PROP. INSTANT CAVITATION maybe ???. maybe next time .

    rolled them all on. the base and top coat were liquids. and it was sloppy and 'testy' the top coat more so. left a drippy white coating .

    I did this for two reasons. no growth or low growth and reduce cohesive friction .

    the no growth was no surprise. and the speed .... well I probably need a lower PHRF rating of about HALF of what I had been rated at !!!!!
     
    skipberne, May 12, 2015
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  4. kerosene
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    kerosene Senior Member

    Very interesting. Can you be more precise about the speed difference and how it was measured / compared to old?
     
    kerosene, May 12, 2015
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  5. skipberne
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    skipberne New Member

    I just splashed and no instruments on board for exact speed difference with gps but man it is verrrry fast. a bit faster than I thought it would be, certainly a 50% - 100 % increase.. I would say that this stuff tosses out the rule book. no cohesive friction. the surface when rolled out is pretty smooth, the gallon size did a 30 foot boat wit h a little left over. there is a never wet for cloth too FYI.
     
    skipberne, May 12, 2015
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  6. milo12
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    milo12 Junior Member

    Can you post pictures?

    How much does a gallon cost?
     
    milo12, May 12, 2015
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  8. skipberne
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    skipberne New Member

    granger has both the top and base coat the top coat is ~100 and the base was ~160. I have some pick will post when possible.
     
    skipberne, May 12, 2015
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