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Spilled coffee on my garage floor last month and it dried like a tiny mountain range
I was rushing to get my kid to school and knocked over a full mug. When I got back, the puddle had dried into these perfect, dark ridges on the concrete. It looked exactly like an aerial shot of some jagged peaks. I snapped a picture before I mopped it up. Anyone else find weird art in their own messes?
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anderson.spencer2mo ago
That's a cool way to see it. Honestly, dried coffee spills just look like a sticky brown mess to me, every single time. My garage floor is covered in stains that look like mistakes, not mountains. Maybe you just have a better imagination for that stuff.
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mary46217d ago
In my experience, that dried coffee effect depends a lot on the concrete texture and how the spill spreads. I've noticed if it's a fresh clean floor like yours probably was, the liquid can create those sharp edges as it evaporates. But if the concrete is already stained or rough, it just makes a blob instead of a mountain range. Your mileage may vary on that though.
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