[paolo82]

morning.  I've had a client who would like me to look at removing this graffiti on a painted wall. The paint is also flaking in areas . Can someone please advise me on the best approach  for this and maybe a rough time and price.
Thanks

[Kev Martin]

It is bricks that shouldn't have been painted really in the first place!

Personally I would tell the client he is better to get a decorator in and I would walk away because whatever you do to that wall it is going to need repainting anyway

[wpclean]

Be cheaper to repaint it I would have thought.

[BDCS]

Get a decorator to give you a price to paint it then you can wash it and remove all the green and flakes. Depending on what work you have you can eithger paint it or get the decorator in

[paolo82]

I did mention that too him but he didn't really seem bothered about the paint coming off. So would £200 be reasonable for the graffiti removal .
but also tell him if it looks odd with paint missing it aint my fault.

[Richy L]

I would jet wash it and kill the algae , then repaint the wall. Removing the graffiti is not practical or even possible without removing the paint underneath. It would look terrible if you just tried to remove the graffiti.
Either that or a full paint strip, but that would be costly!

[Kev Martin]

It would probably be very hard work to get all the paint off!   It is one of those jobs "Shall I"  "Shan't I"  Let's face it eve3n if you got it all off and got it immaculate some scrot is just gonna Graff it again anyway

[Richy L]

It would probably be very hard work to get all the paint off!   It is one of those jobs "Shall I"  "Shan't I"  Let's face it eve3n if you got it all off and got it immaculate some scrot is just gonna Graff it again anyway

You're right. But it's a possibility for the customer. I would suggest clean and repaint. A full paint strip would be so expensive no one would go for it. It would have to be a go away price for a paint strip.

[Kev Martin]

Richy

Your not kidding either we stripped that paint off brick at Bourneville Retirement Homes.  Only 6 small garden walls and it took two of us a week.  We used a pressure washer with the Mosmatic FSC first and then a Klindex Vertika fitted with an SIC Brush!

Kev

[Matt Gibson]

Richy

Your not kidding either we stripped that paint off brick at Bourneville Retirement Homes.  Only 6 small garden walls and it took two of us a week.  We used a pressure washer with the Mosmatic FSC first and then a Klindex Vertika fitted with an SIC Brush!

Kev

Or you coulda just used a hot jet wash and some DCM Stripper and knocked it on the head in 2 days 

[chris scott]

Waterbased  applied with a  Graco. £30per sqm

[Kev Martin]

Richy

Your not kidding either we stripped that paint off brick at Bourneville Retirement Homes.  Only 6 small garden walls and it took two of us a week.  We used a pressure washer with the Mosmatic FSC first and then a Klindex Vertika fitted with an SIC Brush!

Kev

Or you coulda just used a hot jet wash and some DCM Stripper and knocked it on the head in 2 days 

Matt

I used a Falch T3 300 Bar at around 75/80 Degrees with a Mosmatic Hand Held  FSC with Vacuum Take off and still had to use a specialised Vertical rotary fitted with a SIC Brush afterwards.  DCM Stripper has zero effect on the type of paint I was stripping trust me

[paolo82]

Ok thanks for all your advice gonna give him a price of £200  . Will apply graffsolve then   will scrub down with hot water then pressure wash off on low pressure .then see how that goes then maybe repeat. .
if i get the job will post after picture.
Thanks

[paolo82]

hi all. Got the graffiti removal job so gave it a treatment today . Used graffsolve to remove  most of the graffiti  gave it a good scrub too. I need to go back for another go.
but might use another graffiti remover . Spoke to Richard at tensid uk very helpful.
But not sure which one to go for to remove remaining graffiti.  Can anyone recommend one.
Thanks

[paolo82]

Sos about pictures being upside down uploaded that way

[paolo82]

So will it be best to use graffi clean 300 or graffi ghost or both  fron tensid uk to clean rest of graffiti

[Richy L]

You need paint

[Kev Martin]

You need paint

Richy

Ever feel like your wasting your time?

[BDCS]

 

[Kev Martin]

Let's See!

I would jet wash it and kill the algae , then repaint the wall. Removing the graffiti is not practical or even possible without removing the paint underneath. It would look terrible if you just tried to remove the graffiti.
Either that or a full paint strip, but that would be costly!

It would probably be very hard work to get all the paint off!   It is one of those jobs "Shall I"  "Shan't I"  Let's face it eve3n if you got it all off and got it immaculate some scrot is just gonna Graff it again anyway

You need paint

[paolo82]

Ok thanks to everyone who replied I took this job on for a training to see how it went. I know to use paint next time.

[Kev Martin]

Paolo

The whole point is that forums like the CIU exist to help people.  If you decide to ask for help and advice on a forum and you get that help and advice then the general idea surely is to take that advice???  Otherwise if you ignore it what was the point in asking!

Kev

[paolo82]

The advise you all gave me was much appreciated . The forum is here to help everyone pros and newbies.  obviously some of you would of come across these problems so thats why i posted.  Graffiti removal is something i want to expand into, So  that's why i decided to go ahead with the job . The only way your going to come across these problems is by taking  them on  and learning .  A training  day which i got paid for 

[Richy L]

Paulo, Experience is needed, of course, but if you are told the right way to tackle a problem that you have not come across before(by people who have carried out this type of work many times), and decide to ignore them then what was the point in asking in the first place?
Yes you got paid for the job, but I doubt you will get any more work from the customer. Its not a case of earning your wage for the day, its building relationships with companies by carrying out the job to the best standard,  to make sure they come back.

[paolo82]

As i said before i took the job on as training.  I have learnt from the job and yes i should of taken the your advice.  The building is not in use and will be demolished at some point  . I asked the management company if they considered  re painting,  as the paint was flaking , which they did not want . Too costly
This was why i took the job.
Every job i take on I give 100%   even the one's which i shouldn't of taken .
The client was happy with the removal of the graffiti.
I worked hard on that job and removed wot i could .   You can do a great job and still not get called back thats how it is.