Rust-Oleum Neverwet

[wrx-n-ktm]

I totally treated my plunger with this stuff today! And a cardboard box to mess around with. It feels a lot rougher than I imagined. Almost like fine grit sand paper. Still want to treat a shirt with it too. Anyone else notice how cold the top coat comes out?!

[mjc597]

Originally Posted by wrx-n-ktm

I totally treated my plunger with this stuff today! And a cardboard box to mess around with. It feels a lot rougher than I imagined. Almost like fine grit sand paper. Still want to treat a shirt with it too. Anyone else notice how cold the top coat comes out?!

So how did the testing turn out? Did you dunk the cardboard box??

[wrx-n-ktm]

Worked out awesome. I even squeezed some chocolate syrup on the cardboard and watched it just roll around. It is mind baffling just watching it! Makes you wonder what they'll come out with next!

[Tgreer]

Just ordered some, I'm going to give it a try!

[mjc597]

That sounds promising! May have to try it on an older esc...just to be safe..lol

[Grundy]

This may be just what my colon needs, wonder if you can take it internally?

[ik632]

You wouldn't even need to wipe!

Ok, back on topic. I'm going to Home Depot to get some tomorrow.

[tedo]

I picked some up from HD earlier. When my MMP gets here, I will spray it down.

I am merely a puddle, creek, trail-mud splashing, not super dunking or submerging, so this seems right up my alley.

Will report back after the weekend.

[mjc597]

Originally Posted by tedo

I picked some up from HD earlier. When my MMP gets here, I will spray it down.

I am merely a puddle, creek, trail-mud splashing, not super dunking or submerging, so this seems right up my alley.

Will report back after the weekend.

Me too. I don't like going over my wheels...don't mind passong through water and muck...but my son..he's roof deep in everything...lol

[Calderwood]

I was at Home Depot looking at saws today and noticed they had a tub of water and a couple of cans of this stuff to try out.

[scrounge]

Originally Posted by Grundy

This may be just what my colon needs, wonder if you can take it internally?

GO FOR IT!!

[JohnRobHolmes]

The rustoleum product and the original neverwet are not the same, og neverwet is a basic silicon with hydrophobic tweaks. The rustoleum is a non conformal paint with silicon added, which is why it has poor adhesion and poor edge coverage compared to regular electronics coatings. Its made to lay flat and not build thick like normal conformals. The binder also lowers the operating temp vs regular silicones or epoxy types.


Probably coats just fine, but the paint binder screws up long term reliable electronics use. For the money, there are plenty of other options better suited.

[xCoolHandLukex]

I just sprayed an Axial AE-2 ESC at work. It's not in a vehicle but I hooked a battery up just to make sure it works the guy I got it from just pulled it out to upgrade. I have it sitting in a yogurt container full of water. Ill let it sit for a couple days then pull it out and see if it powers up. If it does I'll put it back in and leave it there and keep trying it and see how long it lasts.

[ik632]

What about this stuff:
http://www.mgchemicals.com/products/...-coating-419c/

Looks relatively decent priced and you can dip into it. It goes on clear so you can still see LED.

[tedo]

Originally Posted by ik632

What about this stuff:
Acrylic Conformal Coating II | MG Chemicals

Looks relatively decent priced and you can dip into it. It goes on clear so you can still see LED.

I believe that is similar to what Holmes uses... John, please correct me if I am wrong. Would hate to give bad information.

[JohnRobHolmes]

I currently use Silicon based products, but acrylic or urethanes work well too. Anything "conformal" or "potting" is a good start. In the past we used urethane on the BRXL, we have since switched to a silicon based two part encapsulant. For single jobs and customer waterproofing we use Dow 1-2577. Its is single part, paints or dips on, and dries quickly with great coverage.

[JeremyH]

Originally Posted by JohnRobHolmes

Probably coats just fine, but the paint binder screws up long term reliable electronics use. For the money, there are plenty of other options better suited.

I agree. There are certainly always better products out there than what Home Depot sells, but you sure as hell cant beat the accessibility of running 5 mins down the street from ANYWHERE in America and buying this product.

[JohnRobHolmes]

Absolutely! I have nothing besides plastidip and black RTV available local. I doubt there are many store fronts in the US that would have "proper" products at all. Besides corrosionX there isn't many consumer type products for the need either. What I found was even suggested to me by a sales woman, official job of selling electrical insulating products to manufacturers. I hadn't run across the types we currently use in over 20 hours of research but she knew them by part number immediately after hearing my needs. Not something I had expected a specialist to help with, but she sure got my business.

[ik632]

That Dow stuff looks pretty good. The reason why I was leaning towards the UV based cured ones is I have a nice UV oven at work that does heat and UV. The Dow looks like it can be thermoset, but cures at room temp too. Thanks for the help.

[Demodude]

Just did all my electronic with Neverwet and as long as you don't mess with it after spraying I think it has potential! Neverwet Waterproofing Demo on Axial scx10 electronics. ESC, BEC AND RX - YouTube