The hitting wall still smelled of fresh spray paint at 9 a.m.
The other side is marked, too: “Bitch.”
(Somebody has rubbed out the “B” – thanks!
(The southeast staircase is marked, too.)
May 30
Bad news this morning at Maple Leaf Park
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also Motsenbocker’s Lift-Off #4 works well with most aerosol paints if you get it soon enough. Ace sells it. Kinda pricey. Be careful; it will damage some surfaces. Water cleanup. Paper towels.
Lacquer thinner also works well for removing residual adhesive after you’ve scraped off the stickers.
I’ve cleaned this site twice. It needs to be either graffiti-proofed or removed. If anyone can put me in touch with people who can do this, I’m happy to help.
Unfortunately, somebody just painted the entire sign with low-quality brown paint, essentially ruining it.
If the original finish can be restored, there may be graffiti-resistant coating that could be applied, but a professional might need to be consulted.
CALL 684-7587 (684-PKUP) TO REPORT GRAFFITI VANDALISM (it works surprisingly well).
Much of this stuff can be removed rather well with lacquer thinner, nitrile or neoprene gloves, and paper towels. Although lacquer thinner must be treated with respect, they’ve removed the toluene from it — it doesn’t work quite as well, but the toluene was the most neurotoxic component of the old stuff. NEVER bring solvent-soaked rags indoors — spontaneous combustion hazard (esp. with acetone and diesel oil)!
BTW almost none of the graffiti is gang-related. These are just loser kids (some of them surprisingly old; they’re not all pimply-faced middle schoolers).
Several neighbors have recently done remarkably good jobs of removing conspicuous vandalism; thanks.
It’s kinda hard to complain about graffiti vandalism when we allow the real vandals like Clear Channel to desecrate our landscape on an industrial scale with billboards. Morality is a top-down thing; the tone is set by the powerful people at the top. Long ago, I found myself cleaning a tag off a large structure, and looked up to realize I was cleaning… yes, a billboard. Oh, the irony. I walked away from that one.
Seriously, are we surprised? This tag showed up on the side of the restrooms adjacent to the playground. This is a target begging to be tagged. If you want to be practical about surfaces in any public area they should be designed so that the graffiti patrol can cover them up quickly and efficiently. That means good old fashion concrete. Wood with a pretty design?
Maybe the taggers and burglars just need more social services. Kidding. Actually they need to be sentenced to hard labor. I wasn’t aware that punishing criminals was a partisan issue.
Jim Dandy probably spraypainted it himself so he could make rude comments about liberals and the mentally challenged. In what world Jim are slurs using the word retard still OK? And in what world is graffiti a political issue defined by party? I guess haters gotta hate.
Angry much, Jim? Not sure how this is a political issue. I do appreciate your clever and oh-so unique play on words (Faux News and the like have been inspiring you, I see) to describe the painfully obvious obstacles preventing permanent resolution of…..well, anything, apparently. Clearly you have figured out what the cause is, and so surely you must have the most reasonable and universally acceptable solution.
Or you just want to complain and be a dick, and have no real tangible ideas to speak of.
Weird, coming from a guy who uses such brilliant words as “libtard”.
Maybe you could be the superhero we need. “The Repainter” has a nice ring to it. Or “The GraffitiNaut”.
Doesn’t look like a gang sign but then I’m no expert.
I’ve called 911 several times about things going on in the park, police have responded quickly.
The libtards would abhor the neighborhood taking any action other than complete inaction. We don’t have room for vigilantes, the cops have plenty to not do.
Move along theres nothing to see here.
The cops wont even do anything about the junky pushers and burglars around here. We need more inactivity from them, I feel safer without the police anyway.
soooo much rage… maybe we need a local neighborhood super hero who can patrol and night and catch vandals and scoundrels?
It has been reported to the city and (hopefully) will be taken care of before the weekend.