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To realize practical applications, the development of superhydrophobic coatings with high durabilityagainst harsh environmental conditions has been of interest, especially coatings that are susceptible tomechanical damage. Herein, we present mechanically durable superhydrophobic polydimethylsiloxane(PDMS)-candle soot (CS)-based composite coatings through simple and rapid casting and soot processes,which can be fabricated on various substrates, such as glass, woods, stainless steel meshes, and plastics. The reported extremely water-repellent coatings consist of a PDMS basic binding layer, candle sootclusters (CSC), and an outside CS layer, which has exhibited long-lived superwettability and resistanceagainst mechanical damage in multi-cycle abrasion tests and ultrasonication treatments over a longduration. The resulting mechanical durability was mainly a result of three-dimensional topography-protected and carbon nanoparticle-mixed structures, which decreased the contact area and createdhighly hydrophobic bulk coatings. Moreover, the durable performances of the three types of CS-basedsuperhydrophobic coatings to resist mechanical damage, involving CS, PDMS-CS, and PDMS-CSC-CScoatings, were compared on a glass substrate, and the results indicated higher robustness of the presentPDMS-CSC-CS coatings. In addition, it showed higher biocompatibility than a PDMSfilm surface, and cantherefore be employed as a promising material for further modification for applications in prospectivemultifunctional biomedical devices.