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Protesters used a harmless and effective technique: pink paint (slrpnk.net)
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[-] seathru@lemmy.sdf.org 48 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

You have to start by sawing the glass around the end of your light bulb with a sharp knife until its visibly cut into.Then you tap it off with a screwdriver

Even easier is grasp the lightbulb by the metal base with the glass down and the center connector facing up. Smack that center connector with a heavy spoon or light hammer and it will shatter the porcelin and center support. Leaving you a hollow light bulb with a hole in the end. Takes some practice but super easy once you get the hang of it. It also leaves the threaded base intact so you can seal it with a bottle cap and tape instead of messing with wax.

When they go to wipe it the glass etching solution will cause the sand to scratch and etch huge gouges in the surface of Plexiglas.

2 problems here. 1. Plexiglass is resistant to common chemical glass etching solutions. 2. Those solutions contain some nasty chemicals and acids, FAR from harmless. Might as well be flinging battery acid or drain cleaner at that point.

[-] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

I was just thinking, how is anything that can eat into glass not going to be corrosive to skin?

[-] ultrafastsloth@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

hydrofluoric acid HF eats glass but if it gets on your skin in smaller amounts it will mostly just penetrate it, leaving it mildly irritated for some time. There it starts dissolving calcium from your bones and attacking nerves. HF be nasty

[-] socsa@piefed.social 8 points 4 months ago

Yeah this seems way too complicated. Water balloons seem like they'd be way easier to mass produce. If you want something which can't be washed off easily then just use oil based paint.

[-] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

And sand.

When they wipe the paint off, the sand will scratch and "fog" the glass/plexiglass, which requires the goggles/camera/plexi shield to be unusable.

[-] seathru@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 4 months ago

It is. I just wanted to share my crafting tips from when I was a young stoner making vaporizers. Balloons are definitely the better option.

[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 months ago

Balloons are actually pretty hard to pop, especially when not inflated with air. I don't think they'd work that well. You need something fragile that breaks on impact. There's a reason a lot of hand grenades meant to break and distribute their payload were made from glass or ceramic. I would guess that light bulbs are probably the easiest and cheapest way to get bulbs for this.

[-] kablammy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

Water balloons are surely designed to pop and spray their contents. That's their whole point. Are you thinking of normal party balloons?

[-] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 22 points 4 months ago

By painting yourself light pink you can fool a pig into thinking you're one of their own. Oldest trick in the book

[-] TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago

Fun crafts for the 21st century!

[-] Pot8o@slrpnk.net 10 points 4 months ago

So apparently riot shields are made of polycarbonate. For educational purposes here is an interesting chemical compatibility list

[-] pezhore@infosec.pub 8 points 4 months ago

I'm confused, did they chuck the paint bulbs at the cops?

[-] perestroika@slrpnk.net 12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I don't know either, but I would rather use a proper agricultural sprayer with a proper tank and hose. You don't want to spend a century painting, liters per minute is what counts.

...as for effect, it would discourage subsequent use of tear gas, because the gas mask would need cleaning.

[-] cheers_queers@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago

who else?

[-] Jimny_Crkt@slrpnk.net 3 points 4 months ago

What's the modern day equivalent of this now that glass incandescent bulbs are off the market?

[-] RizzoTheSmall@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

Could probably use water balloons to a similar effect if you can figure out how to fill them with the sandy paint

[-] fetter@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

I played quite a bit of paintball as a kid, and pink paint stains. You get that on your goggles and it’s not coming off. Doesn’t make it useless mind you, just annoying. So… pink paint is great! No other colors seemed to stain like pink.

[-] krolden@lemmy.ml 0 points 4 months ago

No that is terrorism

[-] toaster@slrpnk.net 1 points 4 months ago

Sharing tactics does not mean people will suddenly show up at the next protest lobbing paint. Ideally, nobody ever has to do that.

But if cops escalate against peaceful protestors weeks, months or years from now. Then at that point you either resist or lick the boot. Knowledge is power.

[-] krolden@lemmy.ml 0 points 4 months ago

Peace = terror

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