The Gold Coast City Council is weighing up a novel solution to the problem of people peeing in the city's streets.

The council is considering whether a special type of paint - designed to splash urine back on sneaky leakers - might encourage people to do the right thing.

The German city of Hamburg is already using the paint in the St Pauli nightclub district, where walls in urination hot spots have been coated and signs erected warning: "Don't pee here. We pee back".

Gold Coast councillor Lex Bell told local media the liquid repellent paint was an interesting idea and he would take it to council officers for consideration.

"I shall pass that on to the officers for consideration and we well might write to Hamburg and ask them about it too," he reportedly said.

But the paint, also used in shipbuilding, is not cheap.

Julia Staron, who is from a community group in St Pauli, Hamburg and was involved in painting problem walls in the area, said it cost about $700 to cover a six-square-metre area.

However, she said it would be money well spent.

"This paint job sends a direct message back to perpetrators that their wild urinating on this wall is not welcome," Ms Staron said.

"If you compare the work involved for daily cleaning of the mess and the awful smell, as well as all the collateral damage involved, it has definitely been well worth it."

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