San Francisco To Redirect Stream Of Public Urinators With Hydrophobic Walls

Guardian(UK) ^ | March 13, 2015 | Jana Kasperkevic

[Steelfish]

San Francisco To Redirect Stream Of Public Urinators With Hydrophobic Walls Department of Public Works looks to Europe for idea to paint city walls with water-repellent paint in effort to combat public urination problem Pee back paint Hamburg Some walls in Hamburg, Germany pee back.

Jana Kasperkevic 13 March 2015 The city of San Francisco, tired of cleaning up after those who relieve themselves in the public, wants to test walls that pee back.

The San Francisco department of public works (DPW) is hoping to paint some of the city’s walls with hydrophobic (water-repellent) paint. If urinated upon, the paint makes the urine bounce off the wall – and back at the urinator’s feet.

In Europe, such paint has been proven to work. In Hamburg, walls in the St Pauli quarter of the city have been painted with a super-hydrophobic coating and given accompanying signs, which read: “Do not pee here. We pee back!” It was the Hamburg experiment, as captured in a YouTube video, that captured the attention of San Francisco officials.

[OldNavyVet]

I remember finding outdoor urinals (for men) ... along the walls of buildings along the Italian Riviera ... between Genoa and France.

[Gosh I love this neighborhood]

Yuk

[Cicero]

Don’t whiz on the electric fence:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wW6rENTfaU

[Gosh I love this neighborhood]

That sounds pretty gross

[W.]

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

Just don’t spill any on Ted Kennedy’s grave before I get there.

[elcid1970]

“We aim to please”

[R. Scott]

It would be nice if there were public restrooms.

[Mastador1]

I think a good way to stop them would be to use automatic paintball guns that would automatically mark their..............er balls. I bet that would eliminate the eliminations.

[twister881]

Homophobic walls in San Francisco!? Who knew!?

[Secret Agent Man]

Someone really needs to make homophobic paint.

[Secret Agent Man]

This may backfire for those that like getting peed on. I’d figure Sanfran Freako has a disproportionate number of them.

[Vendome]

Really? LOL

Like the Justice Department?

[Secret Agent Man]

Now why do you think they can’t have public restrooms in San Francisco?

[fungoking]

the homeless will sue...and win.

[KosmicKitty]

[Vendome]

The problem is the number of homeless people, who number enough to start their own city and get a zip code.

They “Have rights” you can’t imagine and this is about the politest way of dealing with them.

Thing is they aren’t stupid and they’ll quickly learn to stand perpendicular the any phobic object and nothing will change...

[ColdOne]

;)

[elcid1970]

You can’t even get near Teddy the Swimmer’s plot. It’s cordoned off to keep out the homeless drawn there by Scotch fumes which continue to rise from the grave.

[Drew68]

Thing is they aren’t stupid and they’ll quickly learn to stand perpendicular the any phobic object and nothing will change...

Exactly. And how much money will all this "hydrophobic paint" cost the city?

Only San Francisco would think this is a worthwhile expenditure.