Why don’t strip malls and other business keep record of the paint used to paint their building in case of graffiti?
So often I see a business or strip mall, etc. try to combat graffiti, they paint over the tags but the results are not much better than the tags themselves. To have a bunch of mismatched color plugs on the side of the building instead of some spray-painted tag is still unattractive. Most paint for structures I have worked with in restoration of homes have a name and a serial number. If you run short the store want to know the serial number more than the tint it is supposed to be. Why don’t businesses record that number so if there is none in storage left over from when the structure was first painted, they can get an exact match to cover the graffiti as if the building was never tagged?
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The theater I worked at had a huge graffiti problem in the back of the building. It was a huge wall about 100 yards long and three stories high that faced a freeway and had poor lighting.
We even had the right paint but the color never matched due to how dirty the building was. They were to cheap to pressure wash the building so the back was just a messy patchwork.
Often landlords will buy paint in lots that are discontinued because it is less expensive, and as a result, difficult to match exactly. Also, exposure to sun and weather and passing traffic dirt will compromise the integrity of the original color, so even if extra paint has been bought and stored against such an eventuality, it likely won’t match.
Buildings that are regularly tagged tend to be in lower rent districts, the desire to spend more on upkeep may not be matched by the financial ability to do so.
Exterior paint is difficult to match because the sun changes the color of the paint in less than a year. If the building was painted over a year ago new paint won’t match.
I was going to say laziness but the above answers are probably closer to correct.
^ For the answers above the answer above this post, with SmartPhones or other ways to scan or photo the color the wall is presently it can be visually matched or the paint computer can match the scan or photo to a color far closer if not dead on, that the wall looks less patchy and blotchy screaming “I have been tagged and painted, I need a new tag!”.
Ah, then my answer is vindicated!
But, just wanted to ask, if you used your smartphone app, why would you need to keep track of your color selections?
^ But, just wanted to ask, if you used your smartphone app, why would you need to keep track of your color selections?
You would at least have a constant to start at seeing many paints have tints that are in the same family tree, knowing what the unweathered tint was can aid in choosing a similar but lighter tint, etc. within the same tint family. If the building is new enough, to get the exact paint to match.
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