Removing Graffiti From a Car

A car vandalized with graffiti.Graffiti can simply be defined a scribbled, scratched or sprayed paint on a wall or any surface in public. In some cases, graffiti can be sprayed on a car either by or against the will of the owner. Mostly, company cars tend to contain graffiti to advertise their products during campaigns and once the show is over, they intend to remove them and spray something new or retain the initial car’s look. In different scenario, the police cars are the common victims of unwanted graffiti where people spray them in case of a demonstration. (more…)

How Can Graffiti Hurt Your Business

Negative Impact of Graffiti on BusinessGraffiti often has a reputation as “street art” but the truth is that if you’re a business owner graffiti can decrease your sales and intimidate customers. Graffiti on a building sends a signal that nobody cares for your building, that it isn’t being maintained and that it may not be safe. Most graffiti isn’t art, it’s vandalism, and by allowing your business to be vandalized you are taking unnecessary chances with your bottom line. (more…)

How To Remove Grime With Pressure Washing

Pressure washing graffiti on wallWhether it is your home or business, your patios, walls, drive-way or garage, keeping them clean of grime is an important maintenance routine. Pressure washers are great tools for the task. A pressure washer is simply a device that delivers powerful jets of water to cut through dirt and grime easily without the use of a brush. Removing grime with a pressure washer does require some skill. If you are not accustomed to the force of a pressure washer and what objects to use it on, then its best to leave this to a professional. (more…)

How to Remove Graffiti from Brick Walls

Removing graffiti from brick. As you may already know it can be stressing and frustrating for any business owner or home owner to have graffiti on the walls. Here are the steps necessary to clean up graffiti without leaving more mess as it usually happen with other solutions. This is a tried and proven method that will not require you to replace the brick wall. (more…)

Removing Graffiti On Your Own

workers removing graffitiIn most cases, graffiti is only meant to last for a short period of time and later get removed. This mainly occurs when a certain message, mostly an advert, is meant to reach to a certain group of people. In different occasions, graffiti might be sprayed on a wall or a car without the owner’s will. All in all, one will require coming up with the right way on how to remove graffiti when he or she becomes a victim. The right way should be the one that will not damage the initial look, before being sprayed, of the sprayed surface and will also remove the graffiti without leaving any traces. (more…)

How to Remove Graffiti From A Car Window

Graffiti on a car in Toronto.Nobody wants to be seen driving around town with an offensive message plastered across their windshield. Fortunately, there are a few ways to effectively remove graffiti from the windows and other glass surfaces of your vehicle. Most spray paint won’t adhere to glass very well, so if you have a razor blade handy you can try to scrape it off. You’ll want to hold the blade firmly against the glass at angle of 45 degrees or less. While applying pressure toward the glass, move the razor along the surface slowly. You can try to “chip” away at the paint by moving the blade back and forth quickly. (more…)

How To Prevent Graffiti Vandalism

Graffiti Vandalism in TorontoIllegal graffiti can be defacing to any property, especially on walls and buildings. It is a costly problem for individuals, businesses and communities who spend time and money repairing the damage. The best option for removing graffiti is repainting the affected areas, but this can be quite costly especially since most graffiti painters use extremely vibrant colors that require several coats of paint to hide. Even more disheartening is the possibility that after spending so much time and money cleaning your wall or removing the graffiti– vandals strike again. The best thing to do is to know how to prevent graffiti vandalism in the first place. (more…)

Difference Between Graffiti and Tagging

graffiti-vs-taggingEven though graffiti artists are causing millions of damage every year by vandalizing, graffiti is an art when performed in a controlled space. It’s sad to know that graffiti has been misunderstood by many, which is probably the main reason why only a few true graffiti artists practice the art today. Those who disagree that graffiti is worthy of being called an art are people who are aware of its true meaning. There’s a huge difference between graffiti and tagging and this article will explain every aspect in detail. (more…)

How To Remove Graffiti From Garage Door

graffiti on garage door in torontoGraffiti can sometimes be defacing to the appearance of your property especially if it is on your garage door. In this case, you may want to remove the graffiti as soon as possible as it might be visible to your family and members of the community. Here are some quick tips on how to remove graffiti from garage door. (more…)