Graffiti Cleaning Companies
Controlling graffiti is a constant battle, not just for local authorities but also for private companies. Wherever there is a public facing wall, there is the chance of graffiti appearing. But it is not only walls that are attacked, your vehicles can be vandalised too.
Methods used by graffiti cleaning companies
The best method for graffiti cleaning depends on where it is - graffiti on an old brick wall will need you to use a different technique to graffiti on a sandstone facade or cladding. If you try removing it yourself there is the distinct possibility that you could do more harm than the graffiti itself. At best, DIY removal will be incomplete and traces of the original graffiti will remain, making your property look scruffy.
Graffiti removal is a specialist area which requires an in-depth knowledge of appropriate chemicals and methods. On some occasions, removal will require the application of a thickened chemical product that can be left in contact with the offending writing for a period of time. This softens the paint so that it can be brushed or pressure washed off. Other times, the use of a non-solvent based graffiti removal chemical in a pressure washer is sufficient, for example on surfaces clad with ceramic tiles.
Our sister company, APT Commercial Chemicals, is one of the major suppliers of effective graffiti removal chemicals for the whole of the UK. Graffiti cleaning companies regularly purchase such products as Ghost Buster, a non-solvent based product for manual or machine application, Wipeout, a solvent based yet plastic safe chemical that is also available as a gel, plus graffiti wipes for small scale graffiti incidents.
How can I remove graffiti from delicate surfaces?
For very sensitive surfaces that have been defaced such as statues, memorials and listed building facades, the best graffiti cleaning company to contact is ourselves. Why? Because we are the leading soda blasting company in the UK. We have taken soda blasting and refined it to a degree where the paint used, whether it came from a pot or spray can, is completely removed.
Soda blasting uses compressed air to fire specially manufactured crystals of sodium bicarbonate at the graffiti to be removed. The soda crystals shatter on contact with the surface and the energy from that is transferred to the paint. This disrupts the paint surface, causing it to flake off. Since blasting soda is only as hard as talc, the sensitive surface under the paint is neither scratched nor damaged.
The benefits of using a professional graffiti cleaning company
Sending your own staff to clean off graffiti is a recipe for disaster. Apart from the Health and Safety aspects, they could do damage to the fabric of your building. It is unlikely that a non-professional would be able to completely remove the graffiti, partially removed graffiti can look as bad, if not worse, than the full version.
Professional graffiti cleaning companies like ourselves provide you with operatives who are fully trained in a variety of non-damaging and highly efficient techniques that will ensure the complete removal of graffiti from your premises.
How can I benefit from a professional graffiti cleaning company's services?
For all your graffiti cleaning requirements, talk to us at APT-ICC on 01495 308 048. We clean graffiti from all types of surface.
