Talk:Vanishing spray

Side effects
I couldn't find anything about what effects the spray has on the field, short or long term. However since the product has been in use for several years, it is reasonable to assume that "no adverse effects" is an accurate statement based upon usage. However it would sure be nice for a source to actually state this. I'll see if I can dig up anything on the two mfg's and see if they have any product info. posted at 23:30, 28 July 2012‎ by Fasttimes68


 * Oh? Since weed-killers and pesticides have been in use in golf courses and the like for years, it's reasonable [wink wink] to assume that they have no adverse effects. Yeah, right. A difference of course is that between small quantities of this curiously unidentified white/transparent gunk for tiny areas within fields, and much more of paraquat and other delightful substances for the fields as a whole. -- Hoary (talk) 02:25, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
 * I found a link to one MFG and added a google translate version of the URL to the reference section. posted at 17:20, 29 July 2012 by Fasttimes68
 * Uh, "~", please. (Even "VivaLVEnvy" [= An-Apple-A-NY-Day] managed to do this.) -- Hoary (talk) 00:14, 30 July 2012 (UTC)


 * Well, what material is the spray made of anyway? To me it looks somewhat like shaving foam, but let's determine the substance first, before jumping to conclusions! - FakirNL (talk) 22:52, 13 June 2014 (UTC)

Technical details
"The can contains water (~80%), butane gas (~20%), surfactant (~1%), and other ingredients (~2%). The butane expands when the pressure changes, forming small drops of butane, covered with water, on the ground. Eventually the butane evaporates, leaving only water and surfactant residue on the ground."

That seems to be a mix of guesswork and interpretation. Firstly it would appear to comprise ~103% of stuff. Next, the action of the butane is clearly misunderstood - butane is a gas under standard conditions but will be a liquid when compressed in the can. As it leaves the can it will evaporate, forming bubbles of gas in the water/surfactant mixture. The surfactant(s) will cause the bubbles to have stability and hence a gas-in-liquid colloid (foam) will form. There will be no "drops of butane, covered with water" and the butane will not "eventually evaporate". What will happen is that the bubbles will eventually collapse and the foam will disappear. Weasley one (talk) 11:03, 20 June 2014 (UTC)

Animated GIF unnecessary, and makes article impossible to read
The animated GIF is not necessary to understand vanishing foam. Simply saying it is sprayed similar to shaving cream will give the right impression in one sentence.

I cannot read the paragraphs with the animated GIF continuously looping on the right. Provide an embedded video if you must (which you have to click Play to view), but the continuously looping image makes the article unreadable. — Jeremy  09:17, 24 June 2014 (UTC)


 * Okay, I've just been bold and removed the image from the article. — Jeremy  10:39, 24 June 2014 (UTC)

Same As Shaving Cream
I wonder if it is worth noting somewhere that this is essentially the same thing as canister shaving cream? Water, butane, surfectant... that is essentially what you get in a can of Barbasol. It's pretty dubious to describe this stuff when used on a football pitch as a new 'invention', although that is the way it has been advertised. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.137.55.168 (talk) 03:43, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

No clearance for the use in the EU
The TÜV had a look and it is not properly labeled and contains substances which are not allowed in the EU. Importing it an selling it might be not possible without changing this. Looks like a lot of fun for the Bundesliega.--Stone (talk) 11:56, 26 September 2014 (UTC)