<p>The city of San Francisco, in the US state of California, has found a novel method to deal with the problem of public urination. City officials are now trying out a pee-repellant paint that not only protects public walls from bodily fluids but also splashes the urine back on the offenders.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The London Daily Mail reports that the city is testing a new urine-repellant paint that ‘bounces back’ the urine of anyone who relieves himself in public. City workers have already painted 10 walls in badly affected areas of San Francisco with a special ultraviolet coated ‘super-hydrophobic’ paint that repels almost any liquid. If an offender tries to urinate on a coated wall, the urine instead of running down the wall, will spray back and probably hit his trousers and shoes.<br /><br />Signs on the wall in English, Spanish and Chinese advise anyone caught short to ‘Hold it! Seek relief in an appropriate place’. <br /><br />Officials said it was far cheaper to treat the wall with the urine-repellant paint than to send out staff to clean it. Made in Florida by Ultra Tech International Inc, the Ultra-Ever Dry paint uses special technology to create a surface with tiny patterns of geometric shapes that have ‘peaks’. It is these high points that repel water, some oils and other liquids, unlike any other coating.<br /><br />The German city of Hamburg had its own fair share of pee problems, so officials in the city painted walls in the St Pauli nightclub district with pee-repellant paint earlier this year. That inspired San Francisco officials to embark on their own pilot programme.<br /><br /></p>
<p>The city of San Francisco, in the US state of California, has found a novel method to deal with the problem of public urination. City officials are now trying out a pee-repellant paint that not only protects public walls from bodily fluids but also splashes the urine back on the offenders.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The London Daily Mail reports that the city is testing a new urine-repellant paint that ‘bounces back’ the urine of anyone who relieves himself in public. City workers have already painted 10 walls in badly affected areas of San Francisco with a special ultraviolet coated ‘super-hydrophobic’ paint that repels almost any liquid. If an offender tries to urinate on a coated wall, the urine instead of running down the wall, will spray back and probably hit his trousers and shoes.<br /><br />Signs on the wall in English, Spanish and Chinese advise anyone caught short to ‘Hold it! Seek relief in an appropriate place’. <br /><br />Officials said it was far cheaper to treat the wall with the urine-repellant paint than to send out staff to clean it. Made in Florida by Ultra Tech International Inc, the Ultra-Ever Dry paint uses special technology to create a surface with tiny patterns of geometric shapes that have ‘peaks’. It is these high points that repel water, some oils and other liquids, unlike any other coating.<br /><br />The German city of Hamburg had its own fair share of pee problems, so officials in the city painted walls in the St Pauli nightclub district with pee-repellant paint earlier this year. That inspired San Francisco officials to embark on their own pilot programme.<br /><br /></p>
