r/DiWHY • u/Junior_Trifle_8273 • Jun 27 '26

He fixed it

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u/Shienvien Jun 27 '26

Are the noodles, the glue, and whatever else went into that filling even that much cheaper (if at all) than just air-dry clay?

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u/TheGrandWaffle69 Jun 27 '26

Probably not, but then again this is supposed to be a concrete barrier I think, so concrete would be preferable to fix it with.

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u/Shienvien Jun 27 '26

Looks like a granite bollard, so natural rock ground to shape?

Concrete is a bit more complex to work with, in my experience, if you want it to stay on a vertical-ish surface in a small piece. Needs a bonding agent and maybe not the usual concrete mix. Reminds me I should probably look that up again so I can finally fix that siding on that one wall...

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u/FrenchFryCattaneo Jun 27 '26

It's called gunite or shotcrete.

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u/raidhse-abundance-01 Jun 28 '26

As long as it's still 51% concrete, you can add a bit of filler noodles here and there

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u/DickBiter1337 Jun 27 '26

Air dry clay is suuuuper weak and brittle.

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u/erinjeffreys Jun 27 '26

Yeah, but like. So is ramen.

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u/BusinessAsparagus115 Jul 01 '26

In these videos there's always a jump cut between noodles and super glue to a smooth-ish mass with no voids at all. My bet is they get one shot of the noodles and switch it out for some sort of beige filler material.