article_snippet: And in a move that could slash arrests for public urination in Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast council are considering applying a coat of waterproof paint to walls there.
article_snippet: It'll be spray-back time for drunken revellers as Gold Coast council is copying the German party city of Hamburg which has painted the walls of Gold Coast council entertainment district with the same sort of paint used on ships to deter party-goers from peeing in public.
article_snippet: The Gold Coast Bulletin reported that Gold Coast council will look into introducing the move where the paint bounces the offending stream off the wall and back onto the offending person.
article_snippet: A neon animation shows how easy A neon animation was to pee without payback before (left) compared to after (right) due to the application of hydrophobic paint to walls in St Pauli, Hamburg .
article_snippet: Liquid poured on one half of a breeze block coated with water-repellent paint runs off in this demonstration .
article_snippet: Pardon the pun but the pun’s money down the toilet,' Hollywood Showgirls strip club owner Craig Duffy said of the pee-proof paint. '
article_snippet: But using waterproof paint on walls in Hamburg has worked.
article_snippet: Water droplets bounce right off a special paint.
highlights_snippet: Gold Coast council may use waterproof paint to stop public urination .
  
highlights_snippet: Local residents' group is fighting back with special hydrophobic paint .
  