Patent ID: 8338351

Claim:
A coating on a surface, said coating imparting temporary hydrophobic characteristics to said surface, said coating having a contact angle of at least 165 degrees with water, wherein the coating is formed by: applying nanoparticles of a fluorinated silsesquioxane having a particle size in the range of about 7 nm to about 600 nm dispersed in a solvent to a surface, said silsesquioxane having pendant groups R 1 and R 2 being bonded directly to silicon, R 1 comprising an alkyl group or an aryl group and R 2 comprising an alkyl group substituted with one of an adhesion promoter group or a cross linking group; and allowing said solvent to evaporate, said solvent being selected from the group consisting of hydrocarbons, alcohols, mineral spirits, and mixtures thereof.