Home Cosmetic Science Talk Formulating General Science Has anyone tried dry water?

  • Lara

    Member
    February 4, 2015 at 8:32 pm

    Hey Perry,

    sorry for my newbie-questions.
    I looked your video and find it super interesting.
    But when I think about dry water, powdery water comes into my mind. The formula, where water is dispersed in really small droplets to be ‘encapsulated’ in silica.
    When i search dry water in google i can also just find this version.

    But I also found a related video about ‘super hydrophobic coating’, which could have been covering the finger that had been put in the water in the video.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPM8OR6W6WE

    I would like to think about if it could be an alternative for surfactants, but as I am not sure what this technic is about I wanted to ask you if you have a link to read something about the technic you wanted to discuss?

    Thank you!

  • belassi

    Member
    February 4, 2015 at 8:40 pm

    Oh yeah sure I have tried it. First trip across Lagos lagoon in my speedboat. Ran aground. A fishing family came past in a log canoe. The old guy chuckled at my predicament and said in Pidgin English, “Dry Water!”

  • mayurdave

    Member
    March 20, 2015 at 6:43 am

    Kindly post more information - thanks.

  • Ruben

    Member
    March 20, 2015 at 7:44 pm

    @Belassi. Good one
    :))

  • DavidW

    Member
    March 24, 2015 at 1:58 am

    Must be a Dupont product

  • MichelleReece

    Member
    March 24, 2015 at 5:26 am

    That would be the best occlusive for dry skin ever.

    But how the heck would you get it in a cream?

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