Surface Protection with Anti-Graffiti Powder Coating
A masterpiece by the artist that causes considerable damage for those affected. Maliciously sprayed graffiti and the resulting damage to property pose a costly challenge.
Vandalism with an artistic twist
Some graffiti paintings cannot be denied a certain degree of artistic quality. However, most of them look different. Tasteless scribbles and slogans on the walls of buildings and railroad wagons are becoming an increasingly common feature of the modern cityscape. The quality of the artwork is often lost, because at the end of the day it remains the same offense - vandalism. A legitimate question arises: how can owners of affected objects deal with this problem?
Removal of graffiti
The chemical composition of graffiti paints allows the substance to penetrate deep into the underlying layers of paint. This makes subsequent cleaning all the more difficult. Special cleaning agents sold as graffiti removers may provide a solution, but their compatibility with the respective substrate is often insufficiently tested. In the worst case this leads to further damage or even permanent damage.
Aside from the potential damage, cleaning is costly and represents a major burden for city councils, public transport companies, and property owners. For this reason, good graffiti prevention is becoming increasingly important.
The solution: Anti-Graffiti Coating
The solution to preventing graffiti is not cleaning up the vandalized space after the fact, but, instead, deploying and harnessing preventative technologies to allow surfaces and spaces to not be vandalized. Incidentally, these anti-graffiti technologies are found in powder coating. Coating a surface with anti-graffiti powder coating, gives the surface special anti-graffiti properties.
After a single application of the anti-graffiti powder coating to a surface, it will prevent paint-based vandalism by allowing the graffiti to be easily and quickly removed with cleaning agents for continuous cleaning cycles, without compromising the color and gloss level of the surface. Indeed, anti-graffiti powder coating is the solution to preventing graffiti and paint-based vandalism.
Areas of Application for Anti-Graffiti Powder Coatings
Like other powder coatings, our Anti-Graffiti series is perfectly suited for coating metallic substrates such as aluminum, galvanized steel and blank steel. The coated components can be found mainly on the following objects:
• Rail vehicles
- paneling elements
- ceiling panels
- seat frames
• Noise barriers
• Metal facades
• Interior metal surfaces
TIGER Anti-Graffiti Powder Coatings
TIGER Drylac® Series 44: Our Anti-Graffiti Solution
TIGER Drylac has developed a special polyurethane coating specifically to have anti-graffiti properties. This anti-graffiti product series is part of our Series 44, and is perfectly suited for coating metal substrates such as aluminum, galvanized steel, and black steel.
Our Anti-Graffiti Series 44 is characterized by the following properties:
- High weather and corrosion resistance
- Beautiful flow
- Surfaces in smooth/glossy 80-95
- Covering pigmented settings and transparent coatings possible
- Also available in metallic
TIGER Drylac® Series 44 Anti-Graffiti powder coating was tested by the Dr. Kupfer laboratory in Berlin. The methods used were similar to the stress test developed by the “Gütegemeinschaft Anti-Graffiti e.V. association,” Berlin. Excellent results were obtained with TIGER Drylac® Series 44 Anti-Graffiti, even after numerous cleaning cycles. It was demonstrated that this product is suitable for permanent graffiti prevention under actual conditions.
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