{"id":57,"date":"2019-08-25T16:14:16","date_gmt":"2019-08-25T14:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ranyhyn.net\/blog\/?p=57"},"modified":"2019-08-25T16:14:16","modified_gmt":"2019-08-25T14:14:16","slug":"line-x-the-ridiculously-robust-spray-on-material","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ranyhyn.net\/blog\/2019\/08\/25\/line-x-the-ridiculously-robust-spray-on-material\/","title":{"rendered":"LINE-X: The ridiculously robust spray-on material"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Imagine you could spraypaint high durability onto an object.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Imagining it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ok, good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turns out that was a waste of time, because you don&#8217;t have to imagine it. It already exists, and it&#8217;s marketed under the brand name <a href=\"https:\/\/linex.com\/\">LINE-X<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Indestructible Coating?!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DWkYRh6OXy8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Veritasium playing with LINE-X and explaining the science behind it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Spraying a melon with LINE-X and yeeting it off the top of a tower, and it bounces like a rubber ball. What&#8217;s next? Using it to walk on water maybe?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LINE-X Lets You Walk on Water - Waterproof a Cardboard Box with LINE-X Polyurea\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S14awn-gOSk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption> 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.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imagine you could spraypaint high durability onto an object. Imagining it? Ok, good. Turns out that was a waste of time, because you don&#8217;t have&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/ranyhyn.net\/blog\/2019\/08\/25\/line-x-the-ridiculously-robust-spray-on-material\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">LINE-X: The ridiculously robust spray-on material<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":3,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[55,51,53,50,52],"class_list":["post-57","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science","tag-durable","tag-line-x","tag-material","tag-science","tag-veritasium","entry"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ranyhyn.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ranyhyn.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ranyhyn.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ranyhyn.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ranyhyn.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ranyhyn.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58,"href":"https:\/\/ranyhyn.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57\/revisions\/58"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ranyhyn.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ranyhyn.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ranyhyn.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}