September 29, 2011 Washington Monument Engineers

glatt · 01-20-2012, 12:42 PM

I bought a bunch of Sugru to give as stocking-stuffers last Christmas. Unfortunately, since it came from England, and I only bought it with about one month's notice, it got held up in customs or someplace and didn't arrive in time. So I ended up with all this Sugru. I couldn't think of enough ideas to use the stuff on, and since it has a short shelf life, It's probably mostly all gone bad by now. (ETA: It's been a year+)

I did put some on the underside of a picture frame that was just sitting on a shelf, leaning against the wall behind it, and kept slipping and falling over. That worked well. But I didn't have any other ideas. I felt like there was too much pressure to come up with something clever.

Spexxvet · 01-20-2012, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

I felt like there was too much pressure to come up with something clever.

It's not the kind of stuff you want to waste on something mundane.

glatt · 01-20-2012, 01:46 PM

Well, did you see the packaging? They come in these beautiful silver pouches. Once you tear a pouch open, that's it. It starts to set up. You're committed. It better be worth it.

BigV · 01-20-2012, 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

Well, did you see the packaging? They come in these beautiful silver pouches. Once you tear a pouch open, that's it. It starts to set up. You're committed. It better be worth it.

mockup with play-doh

glatt · 07-10-2012, 10:00 AM

...and they have a plan.

The report from the engineers is complete and the park service now has a plan.

They're going to cover the monument with scaffolding and set up a tower crane to help remove the 1 ton external marble panels at the pyramidal top and re-attach them with metal brackets because the anchor stones underneath were cracked by the quake. The metal brackets will be hidden from view.

They also need to patch 50 panels, but don't expect to need to replace any of them. The work is going to last into 2014 and the monument will remain closed through then.
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01-20-2012, 12:42 PM	#1
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I bought a bunch of Sugru to give as stocking-stuffers last Christmas. Unfortunately, since it came from England, and I only bought it with about one month's notice, it got held up in customs or someplace and didn't arrive in time. So I ended up with all this Sugru. I couldn't think of enough ideas to use the stuff on, and since it has a short shelf life, It's probably mostly all gone bad by now. (ETA: It's been a year+) I did put some on the underside of a picture frame that was just sitting on a shelf, leaning against the wall behind it, and kept slipping and falling over. That worked well. But I didn't have any other ideas. I felt like there was too much pressure to come up with something clever.

01-20-2012, 01:46 PM	#3
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Well, did you see the packaging? They come in these beautiful silver pouches. Once you tear a pouch open, that's it. It starts to set up. You're committed. It better be worth it.

07-10-2012, 10:00 AM	#5
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	...and they have a plan. The report from the engineers is complete and the park service now has a plan. They're going to cover the monument with scaffolding and set up a tower crane to help remove the 1 ton external marble panels at the pyramidal top and re-attach them with metal brackets because the anchor stones underneath were cracked by the quake. The metal brackets will be hidden from view. They also need to patch 50 panels, but don't expect to need to replace any of them. The work is going to last into 2014 and the monument will remain closed through then.

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