US border wall to be painted black

[phantasmas 12,402]

On 8/19/2025 at 7:12 PM, PartySick said:

Based on a quick Google search and mental math...4.5oz of paint covers about 7sqft of surface...the wall is like 30ft tall and 1,933 miles long or something stupid like that...that's 200,000,000oz of paint which...I mean, it depends on the kind of paint but they're probably not hitting up a Lowe's for the cheap stuff and industrial paint is about $20 for a 15oz can. Knowing how the government spends money, they'll probably spend $50 on that same can.

By my very elaborate and accurate count, totally not rounding numbers needlessly and assuming the worst, that's about $666,000,000 on paint  

Add in the $400,000,000 for the bureaucracy of it all...

A whole billion dollars on black paint to make it "too hot" for people to touch which...no  if those METAL fences can bake in the desert heat and still be climbed, some black paint ain't gonna change that  

and if we all get in the habit of looking up govt contract postings and who is winning those contracts, we can easily figure out which companies could be in bed with the govt 

like i wonder which company is selling all this paint to cover the border wall 

 

[MOT 3,614]

1 hour ago, phantasmas said:

and if we all get in the habit of looking up govt contract postings and who is winning those contracts, we can easily figure out which companies could be in bed with the govt 

like i wonder which company is selling all this paint to cover the border wall 

 

In this case it will be whichever black paint company Trump has just bought shares in.

Edited August 21, 2025 by MOT

[Economy 52,895]

On 8/19/2025 at 10:12 PM, PartySick said:

Based on a quick Google search and mental math...4.5oz of paint covers about 7sqft of surface...the wall is like 30ft tall and 1,933 miles long or something stupid like that...that's 200,000,000oz of paint which...I mean, it depends on the kind of paint but they're probably not hitting up a Lowe's for the cheap stuff and industrial paint is about $20 for a 15oz can. Knowing how the government spends money, they'll probably spend $50 on that same can.

By my very elaborate and accurate count, totally not rounding numbers needlessly and assuming the worst, that's about $666,000,000 on paint  

Add in the $400,000,000 for the bureaucracy of it all...

A whole billion dollars on black paint to make it "too hot" for people to touch which...no  if those METAL fences can bake in the desert heat and still be climbed, some black paint ain't gonna change that  

I mean, industrial stuff tends to be way cheaper when ordered in large bulk. Im sure it will be bought in large barrels and the cost wont average $25/can per size equivalent. 

 

Still tho, i completely agree its a really poor way to spend money

[PartySick 172,975]

16 hours ago, Economy said:

I mean, industrial stuff tends to be way cheaper when ordered in large bulk. Im sure it will be bought in large barrels and the cost wont average $25/can per size equivalent. 

 

Still tho, i completely agree its a really poor way to spend money

But how can Trump and his buddies shave a few million off the top of cheap paint?