Great analysis, thanks everybody! I like the idea of the baggies, that sounds like a good solution - would require a lot of 'em though, two per person, plus rubber bands or something to hold 'em on people's feet. I wonder if we dunked the baggies in sanitizing liquid in between uses if that would sa...

[quote="Bob"]One obstacle is the health dept because it's essentially public bathing. Doubt your average septic contractor is going to want to haul anything like cornstarch. A dump might take it if you can solidify it, otherwise might have to drum it and dispose as hazardous waste. You haven't put t...

[quote="jkisha"][quote="dagfooyo"][quote="Tin Halo"]You could set up an area just off the side, where the people who don't make it across--and subsequently find themselves starched up--could cruise over to a series of lawnchairs and basically make a mudbath drying station for them. Y'know, good for ...

[quote="Tin Halo"]You could set up an area just off the side, where the people who don't make it across--and subsequently find themselves starched up--could cruise over to a series of lawnchairs and basically make a mudbath drying station for them. Y'know, good for your skin and all that.[/quote] To...

Yeah, we're well aware that it's gonna be all kinds of messy and is going to require serious precaution to prevent the corn starch from getting loose. Weirdscience, that's spot on with what we were thinking. lucky420, we're based in SF. Captain Goddammit, seriously awesome ideas - I hadn't considere...

You know that cool stuff you get when you mix corn starch and water? The stuff that acts like a solid when you move it fast and a liquid when you move it slowly? We want to set up a GIANT VAT of it on the playa next year, and get people to run across it as a "rite of passage" thing. We'll do it up l...