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Waterproof'ing my phone

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SpatialStudios

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Feb 18, 2012
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Hello all! - I was browsing the web the other day and saw a product that waterproofs your phone's electronics. I got distracted, left my station and returned with a cleared browsing session. I cannot find this product for the life of me. I live in Seattle and this would be perfect for those rainy days. Anyone know the product?

Also, I'm thinking about getting insurance for my phone... any recommendations?

Thanks!
 
I have a friend that had it done to his S2. They suggest you don't test it but its more of peace of mind thing lol. He works on a boat with water splashing and misting all day. He hasn't had an issue as of yet.
 
It's more of a water resistant coating than a waterproof coating. It's good for drops and droplets, not dunks and submersions.
 
saberahul said:
Plastic bag :rolleyes:
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Tell ya what.

I will take my life proof and toss it in a pool. You take your phone in a plastic bag and toss it in a pool. We both post videos from the phone...


Wait, yours isn't working to post video... Nevermind. :D
 
Mikesus said:
Tell ya what.

I will take my life proof and toss it in a pool. You take your phone in a plastic bag and toss it in a pool. We both post videos from the phone...


Wait, yours isn't working to post video... Nevermind. :D
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A plastic zip baggie would be fine.
 
If anybody has ever used this can you tell me how you actually apply the waterproof coating. I am interested in buying it and just wondering how it actually works.
 
Mikesus said:
Tell ya what.

I will take my life proof and toss it in a pool. You take your phone in a plastic bag and toss it in a pool. We both post videos from the phone...


Wait, yours isn't working to post video... Nevermind. :D
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How would he take a video of his phone working with his phone?
 
I almost bought a Lifeproof case this weekend. Then the chick at BestBuy took the display case out of the water it was submerged in and let me type on it.

Atrocious experience. Did not buy.
 
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 5_0_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/534.46 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1 Mobile/9A405 Safari/7534.48.3)

Search on YouTube for that snazzy iPhone guy, he tested liquipel and dunked his phone in water and let it sit and it was fine. Amazing stuff
 
Bloodraw850 said:
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 5_0_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/534.46 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1 Mobile/9A405 Safari/7534.48.3)

Search on YouTube for that snazzy iPhone guy, he tested liquipel and dunked his phone in water and let it sit and it was fine. Amazing stuff
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The question is, is it still fine now?
 
Bloodraw850 said:
Search on YouTube for that snazzy iPhone guy, he tested liquipel and dunked his phone in water and let it sit and it was fine. Amazing stuff
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There's also a guy who dunked his Liquipel-treated iPhone in water and it got ruined (you can skip to ~1:15):

 
Strange when you listen to luiqipel pitch, states it good to 3 feet and rated that way, but don't do it. Even if its waterproof, it would not stop the water from acting capacitively, and in theory could cause a state where the value could cook the circuit. I would see this as maybe a water resistant type scenario, rather than waterproof...
 
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