Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Found on the web. While your recollection of Silly String might, well, call to mind silly things like pretending to be Spider Man and shooting string webbing from your hands, there’s a deadly serious application for the otherwise silly novelty spray. Silly String is an expanding foam that, when sprayed through the tiny nozzle found on the can, turns into long string-like strands of foam that quickly sets in the air (due to the rapid evaporation of the solvents and propellants). The end product, a thin noodle of foam millimeters across, is incredibly lightweight–Silly String piled high on your hand barely weighs more than air. The extreme lightness of the product is exactly why U.S. soldiers began using it in the field. The spray projects yards from the nozzle, it takes shape almost instantly, and it can drape across tripwires without triggering whatever trap the wire is attached to, allowing soldiers to either avoid or disarm the trap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 Whoever discovered this deserves a medal and some serious recognition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted October 20, 2020 Share Posted October 20, 2020 When I was at China Lake our H.O.G. Club mailed thousands of cans of silly string to the Iraq and Afghanistan theaters. It actually became a problem because someone in the military postal system decided that Silly String was hazmat and we could no longer send it cheaply via the mail. The owner of our parent dealership found us a way around the issue if we pooled our resources with other groups. We did and soon it was being bought factory direct and sent by the pallet load. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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