Rust-Oleum NeverWet Multi Purpose Kit, White White

I am a great lakes Scuba diver. Diving Lake Michigan this early in the season is extremely cold, and I use a dry suit. Unfortunately for me my suit has developed some leaks I have been unable to find and patch, So I used NeverWet to coat the inside and outside of my suit along with my undergarments, which are like a fleece snowsuit. I was pleasantly surprised to find that while the suit still leaked, because the undergarment was coated I didn't get wet and still stayed warm and dry. The two part mix works well! It makes what it is coated just a little bit stiffer, and has a milky haze to it when dried. But if it can keep me dry at the bottom of the lake, it will work great on shoes, boots camper canvas and anything that the milky haze isn't a problem for.

I am pleased with the result of the product on cardboard. I have included a video of a test piece of cardboard to show how effective it is. I also put the product on some packing material that I use for an on-demand camp shower. I wanted to protect the packing material because the camp shower equipment might be wet when stored and I did not want it to create a soggy mess of it.

It does the job. My husband rode 300 miles on his Harley, most of it in the rain. (That is why I bought it) When he called that night I asked if his feet were dry. He said "No" His jeans got wet and then got his sox wet and it wicked into his boots, but the outside of his boots were dry. So we will have to rethink what how to keep his jeans dry. It really is a great product. He has worn the boots several times in the rain since and his feet are dry. Only complaint is his boots are Mossy Oak and after he sprayed them they have a white film on them.

This stuff is wicked awesome! It really works! However keep in mind that it is not completely clear and will leave a slight frost finish on anything its applied to, this is likely why most all of the video demonstrations for it on YouTube are on white cloth. I used it to spray a pair of Sperry Top Siders and a Small Camera case. The Top Siders came out amazing, Once painted you cannot tell that it was applied until I dump water all over them. They are made out of a tan canvas-like material, I sprayed the canva, rubber, and the laces. After they dried from both applications completely unnoticeable. The Camera case on the other hand was a different story. This was mad out of a neoprene-like material and was black in color. The short version is that it completely ruined the case. It discolored the case gray leaving a purple tinge and messed up the zipper. In retrospect I could have prepped this a bit better by masking off some areas but I thought that might defeat the purpose. To get the case back to black i tried spray painting it but epic fail. Painting over the top coat of Never Wet turned most of the paint into powder. I had to re-apply the base coat then while wet, spray the flat black, let dry then spray the top coat. Some things are not meant to be Never Wetted. See Good Mythical Mornings Never Wet Video on YouTube for what does and doesn't work.

I'm going to assume that if this product was used, it would have been great!? Unfortunately, it was damaged before that could happen. Not, having used the same product before, I know for a fact that it works. But, I cannot attest to the seller or Amazon's part. I do know it came in the exact same packaging and was legit. No problems.

I purchased NeverWet just for fun to see how it worked. I tested it on cardboard, clothes, and a hat. It worked as advertised. Superhydrophobicity is very fun. When water was poured on the treated surface it danced on top of the material and shed very quickly. Everyone who saw it was very impressed. Only two down sides are that the coating rubs off of cloth surfaces relatively easily (if you grab your hat in the same spot when you take it off your head that spot will have less and less of the coating). The other is that there is a white or light grey residue from the coating. So if you put the coating on a black surface it will look like you have put a light frosting (like Christmas window frosting) on the cloth. Would probably be transparent on white or light colored surfaces (probably why all of the videos and examples from the company are on white surfaced or light surfaced objects). Overall fun product. If you have a surface that doesn't get rubbed and want to keep water out I'm sure it works well.

Great product to water proof work boots.

I found the prospect of nano-technology paint intriguing, and researched this product including looking at videos of it in use. If the videos are to be believe, this is a miraculous product that repels water in an almost magical way. My application was inside my shower stall, where I wanted to use the product to prevent the accumulation of water and its subsequent migration onto my bathroom floor. The theory was that the water would run down the shower doors, hit the treated sill, and roll away as in the video. This product was completely useless for this process. First I should mention that the application process is pretty painful. Two different products and two coats of the sealer. Wait time between the coats. Then a twelve hour cure period. It's certainly not easy. Fumes (as stated) are extremely intense and I would say almost characterize the product as unusable in an interior application. Luckily I have a large window in the bathroom and could evacuate the fumes. At the conclusion I found: a) most of the treated surface seemed to have no effect whatsoever; b) some of the surface showed a mild beading up of water; c) no miraculous repulsive powers as implied in the video; d) water lay in the same place and same quantity, but in droplets; e) the product became completely overwhelmed as the water built up; and finally the sill looked exactly the same as it had before. Given the imprecision of the directions ("apply but do not flood" whatever that means), it is possible that I might not have done the application correctly, but I am pretty meticulous about stuff and I followed the directions as best as I could. This product might work for other applications; don't know. But if you want to treat a marble sill between your shower and bathroom floor, skip it.