How does liquipel work?

[borgqueenx]

If it makes a coating that blocks water from touching parts inside...how can we still use earphones and the lighting connector? Those parts will also be covered with a anti-contact layer?
And is a repeated treatment required to make it last? Or better question would be if it has a expire date...

Thanks!

 

[Jessica Lares]

If it makes a coating that blocks water from touching parts inside...how can we still use earphones and the lighting connector? Those parts will also be covered with a anti-contact layer?
And is a repeated treatment required to make it last? Or better question would be if it has a expire date...

Thanks!

Here is the FAQ:
https://www.liquipel.com/faq

The Liquipel coating permeates the device as a whole, therefore protecting internal and external components such as the headphone jack, charging port, and speakers. Our technology does not distort the performance, sound quality, or functionality of your device in any way, as the Liquipel coating is 1000 times thinner than a human hair and is bonded to your device on a molecular level. This non-conductive, nano-coating allows electrical currents to transfer back and forth when there is a direct connection. In other words, you are able to charge your device, use headphones, access micro usb or sim cards and use your speakers just as you did before.

 

[alphaod]

No, the coating does not affect using headphones, the dock, or anything for that matter.

And it's suppose to last the lifetime of the device.

 

[borgqueenx]

thanks. thats pretty nice. i hope i can treat my device with it when it reaches europe...
i really dont want to ship it overseas and deal with taxes shipping costs and alot of time.

 

[borgqueenx]

1000times thinner then a human hair...
So what happens when dropped in a swimming pool or sea? The salt or swimming pool stuff love to help the corrosion and destruction process.
Can the liquipel really have that or does it needs to be reapplied after a dive?

 

[jdecosta]

I went by their booth at CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas. They did a demo with a Kleenex tissue that had Liquidpel applied and it was amazing. They dunked the tissue in water and it came out completely dry. Water rolled off of it.

 

[borgqueenx]

I went by their booth at CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas. They did a demo with a Kleenex tissue that had Liquidpel applied and it was amazing. They dunked the tissue in water and it came out completely dry. Water rolled off of it.

Cool but doesnt answer my question^^

 

[Six8]

Magic polymers

 

[AFDoc]

thanks. thats pretty nice. i hope i can treat my device with it when it reaches europe...
i really dont want to ship it overseas and deal with taxes shipping costs and alot of time.

In the time it took you to write this thread you simply could of googled "liquipel" and found out the info for yourself.

 

[borgqueenx]

In the time it took you to write this thread you simply could of googled "liquipel" and found out the info for yourself.

Yeah but it doesnt answer why it still can make contact with my cables ect...it means it can allow electricity flow. Wich means water can short circuit because it can still accept and flow electricity?
Its a basic explanation i am more curious.

 

[Giuly]

Here's a guess: When you insert it into the headphone jack, it gets rubbed off of the connection surfaces, which don't need to be protected by the stuff anyways, as they are goldplated.

 

[Radiating]

Yeah but it doesnt answer why it still can make contact with my cables ect...it means it can allow electricity flow. Wich means water can short circuit because it can still accept and flow electricity?
Its a basic explanation i am more curious.

Liquipel uses a special type of molecule that allows electricity to flow between two good conductors, but prevents electricity from flowing between an ok conductor like water and a good conductor.

The effect is similar to how a transistor works, where it only conducts electricity under specific circumstances.

Simply put liquipel allows materials with a conductivity of roughly 1x10^5th or greater to conduct electricity and it prevents anything less from being conductive. The list of materials that are that conductive is limited to metals that cables are made of, so it prevents water which is several orders of magnitude less conductive from making a connection.

In other words the only thing that will cause a short is if you filled your phone with copper dust or something.

 

[borgqueenx]

thanks thats what i wanted to know