Towns and Cities Get Help from ‘Graffiti Doctor' -- Removes and Prevents Graffiti Taggers
Graffiti is a reflection on the community and the neighborhood in which it is located. Graffiti is an act of vandalism, and one company is teaching cities how to win the war on tagging.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa (PRWEB) October 20, 2006
Graffiti costs communities, schools, businesses, and individuals more and more each year, but the "Graffiti Doctor" is teaching communities how to reverse that trend.
Thanks to nanotechnology, it is now possible to clean graffiti from virtually any surface, then treat that surface so future efforts to create new graffiti will not stick.
"Taggers take pride in their graffiti, and if their paint congeals on a surface and looks bad they will stop and move on," explained Robert Lysne of Seal America, Inc. (http://www. SealAmerica. com (http://www. SealAmerica. com)).
Sandblasting, painting over with unmatched paint, and other forms of "scrubbing" often causes "scars" that are almost as unattractive as graffiti itself. Over painting also leaves a tempting canvas that invites more graffiti.
"Our highly trained technicians can quickly and completely remove graffiti from almost any substrate. They can also treat the surfaces to resist future graffiti attacks, making subsequent graffiti removal a light task," explained Lysne.
"One of our many unique products, Bullet Proof Graffiti Armor, goes a giant step farther than anything on the market. Bullet Proof will actually serve as a permanent deterrent to further "tagging." Bullet Proof's ability to cause most paints to congeal on many surfaces renders the message or "art" to be instantly illegible. With no message being left behind, most taggers will move on to a more receptive surface," he added.
Lysne teaches communities that there are three essential elements to a zero tolerance anti-graffiti effort.
"First, response time is critical. Taggers want their work to be on display for a long time. If it is gone within days that is discouraging to them and they look for another place to tag.
"Second, if you paint over graffiti that just plain looks bad, and it is a major invitation for the taggers to return. Wall-to-wall identical color matching is proven to reduce the odds of recurrence by as much as 900 percent.
"Third is economics. The way your community decides to clean graffiti determines your abatement costs. Cleaning graffiti from the same spot over and over again is costly. Using Seal America's new technological advances provide the only graffiti deterrent on the market today. Taggers will go away if their paint and markers congeal on a surface," explained Lysne.
Graffiti is often the first indication that gang activity is present in a community. It is the newspaper of gangs and serves to mark the gang's power and status. Graffiti warns intruders that they are not welcome. It is also be an advertisement for the sale of drugs. It is no wonder that there are many new laws that require owners to remove graffiti from their property.
Individuals and businesses face large penalties for allowing graffiti to stay in place. Seal America's removal, deterrent and maintenance programs are designed to keep surfaces "graffiti free."
The products are non-toxic and have no negative effects on human health or the environment.
About Seal America, Inc.
Seal America, Inc, is establishing a national team of licensed distributors and applicators who can offer permanent protection for almost any surface. The treatment can prevent the ravages of salt, freeze and thaw cycles, oil spills, general aging, moisture, and graffiti. The company provides detailed information on a web site at http://SealAmerica. com (http://SealAmerica. com).
Press Contact:
Robert Lysne
319-366-7000
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