1.  Before you use the solid-color stain, you must be sure that the old sealer has stopped repelling water.

2.  Fabrics range from luxurious to high-tech, and many repel water.

3.  Felt was traditionally a serviceable student and sportswear fabric, popular decades ago for uniform jumpers and treated to repel water in British outdoor gear.

4.  Fridley said acrylic fabric awnings might eventually lose their waterproofing and a company that installs awnings can treat the fabric to make it repel water again.

5.  I was wearing blue jeans, a sweatshirt and a windbreaker, none of which repelled water.

6.  Make sure that all the post ends are cut to a slant or else topped with wooden or metal caps to repel water.

7.  The steel will absorb the oil and repel water.

8.  The valleys between the bumps are covered in wax, and thus repel water.

9.  This will help the stones repel water, and thus help prevent the growth of mildew in the future.

10.  By contrast, the barbules of feathers cleaned with detergents were entangled and showed reduced ability to repel water.