Never Wet

[keitha43]

Overheard at a paintball facility-"I shot you." Other guy "Prove it. I don't see any paint."

[tbone321]

LOL!     

[caretaker]

I used Rust-Oleum's Leak Seal clear on my nodes (I also used the black till I found they had the clear)
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and it worked well.  I did require a couple of coats but didn't have any major problems with my pixel strings.

[MrChristmas2000]

I have talked to their tech support and unfortunately what originally appeared to be an ideal solution to waterproofing lights will not work in its current form.

The way it changes the surface of a object it then appears opaque or milky and reduces the light through put. 

Ok well back to Home Depot for a refund.

[tbone321]

Did anyone try it to see how much light will be blocked?  These things are pretty bright.

[MrChristmas2000]

Send me $20 and I will test it. 

[sirloinofbeef001]

I've seen many alternate reviews and I don't think its what its cut out to be. It seems to be a short term fix.. I'm not gonna spend the 20 to find out.

[MrChristmas2000]

I contacted their tech support.

After that discussion I took my Never wet back to Home Depot and got my $20 back.

According to their tech support it will severely reduce the light output of our pixels. They don't recommend it for auto headlamps and those are pretty bright.

Also the product will definitely degrade in direct sunlight.

They even told me that it is not recommended for use on a cellphone either.

It's your $20.

May the force be with you.

[drlucas]

So it's good for preventing ketchup stains, that's it? Hmmm....this might come down to a coin toss on if I invest in a can now....

[Mickpat]

Some tests have been done.  Check out: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login

Agree it might not meet our needs, but still cool to see.

[lineman]

Well  I bought it and tried it on a set of sneakers and they are water proof now BUT what was once a set of black sneakers are now milky white and black. It will leave a white milky residue but it does repel liquid. So I can see where this would be useful in certain instances just not sure about BLINKY.

[MrChristmas2000]

It's the milky white covering that changes the surface so that the liquid is repelled. That is what also reduces light output.

[tbone321]

I'm not sure how much light it would block and I.m not going to spend $20 to find out.  I read in here that they don't recommend it on car headlights but I wonder if that is due to light blockage or the coating altering the beam pattern.  I am a bit supprised that there CS also claims that this coating isn't UV resistant.  That makes little to no sense.  If you have a coating that is designed to make things "waterproof", doesn't that also indicate that in most instances it is going to be outside.  And if it's outside, doesn't that also indicate that it will be exposed to sunlight as well.  This seems like a rather large expense for what would be a rather short lived protection.