This work deals with the determination of several wetting properties (contact angle, surface tension, polarity fraction and spreading parameter) of six novel fatty acid anion-based ionic liquids (FAILs): methyltrioctylammonium hexanoate [N 8881 ][C 6:0 ], methyltrioctylammonium octanoate [N 8881 ][C 8:0 ], methyltrioctylammonium laurate [N 8881 ][C 12:0 ], methyltrioctylammonium palmitate [N 8881 ][C 16:0 ], methyltrioctylammonium stearate [N 8881 ][C 18:0 ] and methyltrioctylammonium oleate [N 8881 ][C 18:1 ]. Surface tension was determined at temperatures from 293 to 333 K, exhibiting a linear decrease within the temperature range. Contact angle measurements were performed on five different surfaces (steel, aluminum, tungsten carbide, cast iron and bronze) using 3 test liquids (water, diiodomethane and ethylenglycol)and each of the synthesized FAILs. Polarity fraction (PF) and the spreading parameter (SP) were calculated in order to gain a deeper understanding of wetting characteristics of these FAILs. Despite the similarity of the obtained results with all FAILs and surfaces, [N 8881 ][C 6:0 ] and [N 8881 ][C 8:0 ] with both cast iron and bronze surfaces were the best surface-FAIL combinations regarding wettability.