# Liquipel water protective nanocoating

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 7, 2013, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquipel-water-protective-nanocoating/646320 "2013-01-07T05:44:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquipel-water-protective-nanocoating/646320/1 "2013-01-07T05:44:21Z")

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I first read about this in Popular Science. You send your phone to them, they apply a vacuum-deposited nano hydrophobic coating that covers the outside and inside surfaces of your phone, making it water resistant. The latest treatment can make your device waterproof to 1 m depth!

> **[Liquipel 2.0 nanocoating debuts with improved water protection, matches IPX7...](https://www.engadget.com/2013-01-06-liquipel-2-0.html)**
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> We were rather stoked when Liquipel brought its "watersafe" nanocoating service from California to South East Asia in fall 2012, but it turns out that the Santa Ana-based company had another surprise lined up for us later on.

> **[Shop Liquipel Products | Liquipel - Freedom For Your Lifestyle™](https://www.liquipel.com/)**
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> Liquipel is a company founded on innovation, providing modern-day solutions for modern-day electronics consumer problems.

Oh and the coating is invisible and doesn’t affect the feel of your device.

Anyone tried it? I didn’t think waterproofing was as simple as just coating the surfaces.

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquipel-water-protective-nanocoating/646320/2 "2013-01-07T07:37:15Z")

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> [@AaronX](#):
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> Oh and the coating is invisible and doesn’t affect the feel of your device.

So how do you know your device was actually treated . . . other than drowning it?

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**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquipel-water-protective-nanocoating/646320/3 "2013-01-07T07:58:54Z")

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You could measure the [Contact angle - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contact_angle) before and after treatment.

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**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquipel-water-protective-nanocoating/646320/4 "2013-01-08T09:49:14Z")

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I’ve seen a number of demo’s of this, and it looks pretty good. But they do not offer a guarantee that it will actually work.

To be honest, I am waiting for this technology to be integrated in the phone manufacturing process - it will be more reliable when individual circuit boards are coated prior to assembly, and water access points can be sealed by design (why do we still use stupid jacks for headphones/charging - because Apple owns the patents on magnetic surface connectors for electronic devices and won’t license the concept, that’s why).

Si

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**Author:** ![Eztips](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eztips](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eztips)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquipel-water-protective-nanocoating/646320/5 "2013-01-15T12:21:41Z")

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> [@si\_blakely](#):
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> I’ve seen a number of demo’s of this, and it looks pretty good. But they do not offer a guarantee that it will actually work.
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> To be honest, I am waiting for this technology to be integrated in the phone manufacturing process - it will be more reliable when individual circuit boards are coated prior to assembly, and water access points can be sealed by design (why do we still use stupid jacks for headphones/charging - because Apple owns the patents on magnetic surface connectors for electronic devices and won’t license the concept, that’s why).
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> Si

So the new LIQUIPEL 2.0 does come with a guarantee. If your device fails from accidental water exposure they replace or repair it free!! $60 water insurance entirely. Straight Dope