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[azrider]

What’s this white chemical, sticky substance they sprayed on Scottsdale canal between Indian Bend and Camelback??

Any guesses? Smells pretty nasty and pretty sticky.




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[unterhausen]

looks like latex

[Blue Jays]

Might simply be white paint that accidentally spilled out of a contractor's truck.

[SlowPokePete]

tubeless mishap

SPP

[tuscanyswe]

Originally Posted by SlowPokePete

tubeless mishap

SPP

Yup. Its the new wider tire trends with low preasure burping.

[azrider]

Originally Posted by Blue Jays

Might simply be white paint that accidentally spilled out of a contractor's truck.

Definitely nope. Car/trucks are restricted on canals and this was just the end or beginning of where the spray truck had laid this down ......

[Lewis Moon]

Is it on the canal road? If so, it may be a soil stabilizer to keep the dust down. I'll check what it is.

[Black Dog]

What does it taste like?

[zmudshark]

Dust suppression. Likely a Calcium chloride solution.

[Lewis Moon]

Originally Posted by zmudshark

Dust suppression. Likely a Calcium chloride solution.

That was my take....that or magnesium chloride with another binding agent. There are a myriad of formulas out there. For a long time I thought SRP was using soil cement to stabilize the canal roads, but I wondered about the almost wet sheen on the surface....not typical of soil cement.
A lot of PHX area canals now have roads that are functionally "paved" because of this stuff.

[joosttx]

Originally Posted by Lewis Moon

That was my take....that or magnesium chloride with another binding agent. There are a myriad of formulas out there. For a long time I thought SRP was using soil cement to stabilize the canal roads, but I wondered about the almost wet sheen on the surface....not typical of soil cement.
A lot of PHX area canals now have roads that are functionally "paved" because of this stuff.

Did it smell like a pesticide?

[azrider]

Originally Posted by Lewis Moon

Is it on the canal road? If so, it may be a soil stabilizer to keep the dust down. I'll check what it is.

Yeah it was on the South side of canal (North side has concrete MUP now ) and definitely creates a sheen over the surface....when I rode it on Saturday it still seemed somewhat tacky

Originally Posted by zmudshark

Dust suppression. Likely a Calcium chloride solution.

Dust suppression makes sense......but man, whats worse, a little dust or this sticky nasty gooo on your tires

Originally Posted by joosttx

Did it smell like a pesticide?

OH it's definitely got an odor to it

[Jaybee]

ADEQ has fairly rigorous dust control standards, and they would be all over the SRP if they had dust complaints.

Whenever I have an environmental construction project in AZ, managing dust is always one of the primary concerns.

There are any number of dust suppressants that would meet the white/sticky description. Any further description of the odor beyond "nasty"?

[Lewis Moon]

Originally Posted by Jaybee

ADEQ has fairly rigorous dust control standards, and they would be all over the SRP if they had dust complaints.

Whenever I have an environmental construction project in AZ, managing dust is always one of the primary concerns.

There are any number of dust suppressants that would meet the white/sticky description. Any further description of the odor beyond "nasty"?

Jaybee is correct....ask me how I know...

[azrider]

Originally Posted by Jaybee

ADEQ has fairly rigorous dust control standards, and they would be all over the SRP if they had dust complaints.

Whenever I have an environmental construction project in AZ, managing dust is always one of the primary concerns.

There are any number of dust suppressants that would meet the white/sticky description. Any further description of the odor beyond "nasty"?

Makes sense. It's always easy to tell when a new building or project is going up in Arizona because the first thing that shows up is the elevated water tank in the corner of the lot.

But I've seen this stuff in the past and it didn't seem as ......thick?? Maybe they're trying a new concoction but the odor was pungent and not sure why i immediately thought it smelled like a binding agent but it was enough for to move across the canal and ride on (gasp) CONCRETE..........ugh