So like really trying to force water around it the water would have no where to go what would happen?
The coating just keeps water from 'sticking' to it or from soaking in to cloth etc. it doesn't do anything special aside from that, you'd just have a normal bucket of water in this case
which would probably pour the water out better than normal bucket due to less droplets still sticking in it.
Probably yeah. I seem to remember some sort of YouTube science video doing something like this.
Do... you think a coating repels water a foot away like some sort of anti-water magnet...?
The water sits in it, but only where gravity holds it. There would be a very pronounced meniscus at the top. That is, if you looked closely the water would dip down really far at the edges before it meets the bucket.
It's not that hydrophobic substances can't touch water, it's that the force of surface tension will oppose it. Unless you're an ant, surface tension isn't that impressive vs. most other forces.
Edit: If you have an ant-sized bucket, the water may sit on top of it as a droplet rather than going in.
Pretty sure you’d get one big bead of water. Something much more interesting are superfluids.
It'll stay empty of course. If make a big enough bucket to stand in and you could go deep sea diving without an airtank.
try covering yourself with oil and waiting for rain
What would happen if you sprayed your body with hydrophobic spray and then went down a slip-n-slide?
