Tips for removing graffiti from facades
Every morning thousands of Spaniards discover that during the night unknown people have covered the facade of their house or business with graffiti. A real disappointment to start the day.
No matter how artistic graffiti is, no matter how enthusiastic they are about so-called “urban art,” it causes them a considerable headache.How to remove graffiti from the wallHow to do it without it costing you a fortune?
Keeping in mind the tips and tricks that we are going to offer in the following lines can help you get over this bad experience quickly. Removing the graffiti that spoils our facade is easier than it seems and it does not have to involve an exorbitant financial cost.
How much does it cost to remove graffiti?
Removing graffiti has a reputation for being an expensive process. The media frequently report on the millions of euros that local authorities and large companies such as Renfe spend each year cleaning facades, train carriages and other spaces defaced by graffiti.
Headlines often say that cleaning up each graffiti costs taxpayers around 2000 euros. The cost of cleaning up graffiti on a wall or other surface basically depends on two factors:
● The size of the graffitiObviously, removing a simple tag (a signature or label in slang) is not the same as removing a complete graffiti, whether artistic or protest-oriented.
● Of the labor used to remove it. Labor is an essential part of the cost of removing graffiti. Hiring specialized personnel to do this work increases the cost of removing it. On the other hand, doing it yourself reduces the final price.
● The type of painted surfaceCleaning graffiti on a shop window is not the same as cleaning graffiti on a painted wall or a brick facade. Some surfaces are easier to clean than others and therefore the process takes more or less time.
Generally, when people talk about the high prices paid by local authorities to clean public spaces of graffiti, it is because local authorities use specialised personnel for these tasks. In addition, the murals they remove occupy large areas.
How to remove graffiti from a wall
Removing graffiti from a wallinstallation of a facade , of a train car or the entrance of a business depends mainly on the surface that has been soiled.
Cleaning a porous surface is not the same as cleaning a non-porous surface (marble, glass, metal, etc.). Other relevant factors are the size of the graffiti or whether it is recent, and whether or not the spray paint has had time to penetrate the material of the façade.
If the graffiti that has appeared on the façade is small and has been done recently, the process to remove it is simple. It is enough to:
● Apply a little paint stripper on the graffiti.
● Let the stripper act for a few short minutes.
● Clean it up. With a rag or a steel wool brush, depending on the graffiti.
If the graffiti is large, the cleaning process is the same, but much slower. In this case, in order to restore the damaged facade to its best appearance, it is often advisable to go over it with paint.
But be careful with that. Repainting the part of the facade damaged by small graffiti is sometimes not It is usually a good idea. Especially if that wall was painted years ago.
The reason is that over the years the façade has acquired a patina of dirt that will make the newly painted part stand out excessively.
The key to removing graffiti from the wall easily and cheaply
The key to cleaning graffiti from a facade easily and economically is to use top-quality products.
Using good products will not only save us time (we can clean immediately), but also money (we can do it ourselves). In addition, will allow us to achieve the best result.
Peach Chemical SL Commercial has, in its catalogue, with a graffiti remover on a reinforced smooth support.
This product allows you to quickly and easily remove spray paint, markers and other inks and paints from smooth, non-porous surfaces such as metal, glass, marble or Formica.
To remove any graffiti on a smooth surface with our product, simply:
Solvent: use
● Make sure the surface of the graffiti is dry (water reduces the effectiveness of the product).
● Apply the Comercial Peach product using a brush, spray or sprinkle. on the surface of the graffiti we want to remove.
● Leave the product to act for a few minutes. (it is necessary to ensure that the solvent elements of the cleaner penetrate the paint).
● Proceed to remove everything with a cloth, cloth or kitchen paper. Sometimes it may be necessary to scrub with a brush or apply a second coat. Surface graffiti remover can be purchased in bulk from one litre, and in spray form.
Stripper: use
Be careful with the products! Although there are many solvent products on the market, you must be very careful with the one you use to clean graffiti.
An unsuitable product will not only remove graffiti, but can also damage elements of the façade.
Many solvents contain abrasives or alkaline products in their formula that can damage metal surfaces.
El Peach Commercial Solvent guarantees that this will not happen since it contains penetrating agents and disintegrants that enter the smooth surface from which we want to remove graffiti by capillarity. That is, it acts directly on the organic layer dissolving the paints.
Furthermore, this product contains no abrasives or alkaline products that could damage metal surfaces.
Like other Comercial Peach products, the graffiti remover is a high-quality solvent, formulated with criteria ecological and sustainable.
Not only that, it is custom-made with a special formulation to solve the problem that graffiti plague poses to communities of neighbors, business owners or private citizens.