An animated demonstration uploaded to YouTube shows how hyrophobic paint is being used in Hamburg, Germany to deter club-goers from urinating in public. (IG St. Pauli / YouTube) It’s an ...

The council, which learned about the anti-pee paint after it was previously used by another local authority and in Germany, is aiming to treat walls at 10 Soho hotspots.

While the anti-pee paint is a brilliant invention, its inventors probably took notes from Mother Nature. Small insects and plants such as lotus leaves have superhydrophobic surfaces.