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Nov 15, 2017 at 5:49 pm #3502278
https://www.wiggys.com/clothing-outerwear/ducksback/
Wiggys is making garments out of a fabric he calls Ducks Back because it sheds water so well. Anyone have real world experience with it?
He sent me a small fabric sample and it does indeed repel water rather dramatically. I can’t get water to go through with a couple minutes of effort and rubbing.
I can suck air through it with some effort so I would rate it as breathable but not very.
Nov 15, 2017 at 7:34 pm #3502285What happens when you scratch the fabric with your fingernail for 30 seconds and then run water on it?
[weird script removed – MK]
Nov 15, 2017 at 8:41 pm #3502296Stumphges,
Scratching for 30 seconds defeated it. Scratched area wetted out. .
Nov 15, 2017 at 11:57 pm #3502325just another dwr that will fail.
Nov 19, 2017 at 4:58 pm #3502902I have been wondering when some established gear company would try to sell textile products with the new generation of short-lived superhydrophobic coatings. It seems like the perfect scam: it works amazingly, like it’s from the future, for the first few hours of wear. I’m not shocked that it was tried by a nutcase objectivist like Wiggy.
Also, it occurs to me that purchasing something sold by a rabid disciple of Ayn Rand might paradoxically violate the doctrine of self-interest. Seems like an example of Rearden snake oil, to me.
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