Waterproofing product?

Was it this stuff? Check post #1.

http://hikinghq.net/forum/showthread.php?7132-Waterproof-any-cell-phone-without-adding-a-case-to-it!/page3

Ed


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Towards the nd of last year, someone (maybe Jerry?) posted about a spray on product that repelled water on anything, even electrical things. Maybe put these two products together and you would have something unless the water repellant product was just a mirage. I thought it was to be on the market this summer so maybe it is a mirage.

GB

--- In [email protected]<mailto:BackpackingLight%40yahoogroups.com>, Roleigh Martin <marti124@...<mailto:marti124@...>> wrote:
>
> Ah, article answers my speculative question.
>
> "Of course, CNC is not perfect - it's biggest drawback lies in how it deals
> with water. While the hydrogen bonds between the molecules are too strong
> to simply be dissolved by H2O, the cellulose can become disordered when
> wet. Since hydrogen bonds with water, a drop can potentially turn CNC into
> a water-loving substance, soaking up the stuff like a paper towel. This
> could reduce the strength and greatly increase the weight of the CNC while
> jostling its microscopic make-up. Researchers exploring ways to develop CNC
> are striving to overcome its shortcomings with moisture by either adding it
> to devices that do not come in contact with water, or altering its surface
> chemistry to repel the molecules.