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LINE-X: The ridiculously robust spray-on material

Imagine you could spraypaint high durability onto an object.

Imagining it?

Ok, good.

Turns out that was a waste of time, because you don’t have to imagine it. It already exists, and it’s marketed under the brand name LINE-X.

I was first made aware of this highly interesting chemical over at the youtube channel Veritasium, quite a long time ago, and realized it was a good topic for the blog.

Veritasium playing with LINE-X and explaining the science behind it.

Spraying a melon with LINE-X and yeeting it off the top of a tower, and it bounces like a rubber ball. What’s next? Using it to walk on water maybe?

Well, yes actually. Turns out it lets you walk on water. As long as the water has nowhere to escape to, by for example being trapped in a totally waterproof box.