Anyone seen this viral video of this stuff that you treat a surface with make it hydrophobic? What would the effect be when you would treat your foils with this, or even the whole boat?
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Re: Ultra Ever Dry? Effect on foils?
[Re: Tony_F18]
#257559 02/18/1309:04 AM02/18/1309:04 AM
Just saw that recently. Looks interesting, although I'd be curious how you would get it off of something...
The water behaves similar to a highly waxed or oiled surface, so I would suspect that it might be worth trying on a hull. Not sure about a foil (for fear of increased cavitation)?
Jay
Re: Ultra Ever Dry? Effect on foils?
[Re: Tony_F18]
#257561 02/18/1309:41 AM02/18/1309:41 AM
Interesting uses for the stuff.., say sunglasses while sailing to keep from spotting. Gloves and spray suit to keep dry. Since it started water beading immediately, from what I have heard, it may not be good for a hull. One theory is you don't want the water to bead. Rick
I could probably run a couple quick tests in the towing tank to see if it reduces drag on a hull. Not sure the difference in force will be of great enough magnitude to differentiate from the noise.
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Re: Ultra Ever Dry? Effect on foils?
[Re: Tony_F18]
#257568 02/18/1311:10 AM02/18/1311:10 AM
another use would be on the sail where the telltales are located. When they get wet the often will stick and you are back to reading the luff like the old days of yore.
another use would be on the sail where the telltales are located. When they get wet the often will stick and you are back to reading the luff like the old days of yore.
great point, although I wonder if both surfaces (sail and telltale) are coated, would the water bead up between the two and hold it together similar to what it does untreated?
I think it could be useful to treat the tramp and snufferbag, also because it has UV protection built in. Might even be useful to spray the inside of the hulls with as well
I was in Home Depot today and saw a product that looked very similar. It was rust oleum never-wet. Seemed to have many of the same demonstrations and a similar color. It was $18 for 2 spray cans.