I had a customer reach out that owns a daycare that asked if this is possible to remove. I removed graffiti from concrete in the past, however not sure what to use on wood.
Any products or details would be helpful.
I would advise to paint after removal, this way if they tag it again it is just a paint over.
You can mechanically or chemically remove paint from wood.
RInse wood
Apply stripper
Rinse wood
Apply brightener
rinse wood
let dry 24-48 hrs depending on climate/sun/humidity
paint
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Thanks that’s exactly what I suggested, in the event it happens again
If that is all that is there, and not another section tagged, I would sand and paint it. Why sand and paint, I don’t have to wait for it to dry out and that might be about 30-40 minutes of sanding tops. I would also advise going with a darker color.
I’d love to get a boat load of small jobs like that.
This could be a steady customer, looks like that wall on the building might have been tagged before too.
Man I feel like those tags would magically grow back a week later.
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so much headache
About 8 grand worth of headaches
I strip paint with a paint stripper, and I clean wood with a wood cleaner. Sodium metasilicate isn’t a product I usually use, so I would be reluctant to say anything about it. I went to a training and saw it being used, and it is marketed as a cleaner and mild stripper, but that doesn’t look like a mild job. Once again, I have no idea if it will work on your job. Maybe ask around on the forum to some wood people.
My guess, and it is just a guess, that black is going to shade that wood bad. Are they asking for a complete restoration or just paint removal? If it is paint removal and no shadow I see power tools in your future and ladders. For 8k, I’d hit it with powertools, lemon scented biscuits, or newts eye with a dash of spider legs. Whatever tickled them. I really think it would have to be painted to completely hide it.
Bad news is the type of fence it is makes it a little harder than a flat fence.
Edit:
Sorry, I forget that you are in cali and maybe you can’t use sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide, shipping restrictions or environmental concerns. If that is an issue for you, maybe think alternatively and see if you can get lye - it is the same thing (read the label/sds). They probably sell it in every lowes/HD/hardware and plumbing place.
Your doing the stone too right? If so I would tarp off the top of the stone/retaining wall, so the stripper doesn’t run down the front. I’d prewet, plastic, go to work, and hose it down later, then tackle the stone/retaining wall.
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I can get those products, but also after researching some more on the forums I found a manufacturer called worlds best graffiti remover. They have a very good customer support find where I uploaded pictures through their website and spoke with the main guy over there. He said it would be probably a 20 gallon job which would run me almost $2000 including shipping. Go to take multiple applications with dwell times even with using hot water. Honestly they would be better off just painting it all black. It’s not a job I would be looking forward to but I would be a master at graffiti removal afterward lol
yep, mentioned them a few times on here, great products…only place we get graffiti removal stuff from. Fortunately, we haven’t seen any really on wood like that.
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Properties
Color: Orange Brown liquid.
Odor: Citrus solvent odor.
PH: ~ 12-14
Storage: Store in a cold dry place away from heat or
flames.
Shelf Life: Approximately 2 years but up to 5 years in
unopened container.
Precaution: Flammable.
DOT Markings: UN2924, Flammable liquid, corrosive,
n.o.s., (Ethyl Alcohol, Potassium Hydroxide), 3, (8), P
I am not knocking their product, I never used it. I just know if it is stripping paint off wood that it likely had hydroxide in it. It isn’t my job and it isn’t my call, do whatever makes you the most money the easiest way you can get it.
I worked with the pool guys a couple of days this week and am looking forward to PW next week. I got absolutely filthy, sweaty, and sore. I walked back to their trailer to open my buffer tank line to rinse off…no buffer tank on their pool trailer. I laughed.
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Why not just turbo nozzle the whole wood fence? It’s out in the middle of a pasture. No one cares if it furs a little. In a month it’s going to be back to that light grey anyway. The masonary easy.
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Would you just turbo nozzle the masonry with hot water and forget about the chemicals?
FWIW, I would definitely go with the “Bare Brick & Stone” product on that. It’s just too easy a job when you let the chem do the work…wood is a different story I think.
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