I needed a small piece of coroplast for a home project and thought I was going to need to paint over the ad to be usable. I gave one try with Crown 5062 "Anti Vandal Spray", a graffiti remover I have used for overspray and an occasional tagging.

Surprised to see it wiped off the ink on the sign so easy. One application took off the letters, a second made it white again and ready to use.

Video, fun to watch!

http://s8.photobucket.com/albums/a4/barovelli/?action=view¤t=2012-03-29.mp4

>I needed a small piece of coroplast for a home project and
>thought I was going to need to paint over the ad to be usable.
>I gave one try with Crown 5062 "Anti Vandal Spray",
>a graffiti remover I have used for overspray and an occasional
>tagging.
>
>Surprised to see it wiped off the ink on the sign so easy. One
>application took off the letters, a second made it white again
>and ready to use.
>
>Video, fun to watch!
>
>http://s8.photobucket.com/albums/a4/barovelli/?action=view¤t=2012-03-29.mp4

Cool idea, but a quick Googling shows it ~$14/ can at Walmart. Pricey!

How many signs does one can do?

>
>Cool idea, but a quick Googling shows it ~$14/ can at Walmart.
>Pricey!
>
>How many signs does one can do?
>

I've had this can for a couple years. It is a neat solvent that is safe on most surfaces.

Though the funny concept of erasing an entire avenue of street spam leaving blank bandit signs comes to mind, it's just sharing a useful weapon one might add to their arsenal of sticks, scrapers & pry bars.

In a hurry? Spray & wipe out the phone number/url/address

Maybe you could erase the phone # on the sign and replace it with the phone # of your local code enforcement office. You know I'm joking(sorta) but I still think removing the sign is always the best move. I just wish I could find a way to recycle all those signs I throw in the dumpster.

Hi:

Unfortunately, there are so many types of plastics used in coroplast that they are not identifiable and the signs are not recyclable. (There are old threads about this on the forum.)

But it sure is fun driving about on Saturday mornings removing ugly coroplast!

DenverShark

We got some graffiti problems here in Las Vegas. I believe some of the problem is the actual spamkies.

Would the can work on cement walls as well as metal utility poles?

wevl

Might make a dent, but bare concrete is porous enough for paint to soak into the surface, not a good choice.

I once had the dangerous job of removing graffiti from utility boxes on busy streets, the city would send letters like you'd get if your yard was overgrown ala "remedy this or the city will have it done and fine you".

Always wondered back then who was watching me undo their work, it was always gang tags.

Yea you wonder who who's in all this trashing of our city streets. I know here its all ages according the investigators.

I like to get some face time with the city. This one guys graffitti pops up on all spamkie routes in the city, here in Las Vegas. I started noticing his when Code started cracking down on the signage on poles here. Every where I'd remove a new sign there would be his new graffitti, in big letters as to say its me what are you going to do about it.

If you look for it, like spam, you start to notice patterns. When Code finally gets the street spam issue fixed, I'd like to continue to the next level in street cleanning, Gang Graffitti. Need another forum though.

Lets see, CAUG, no CAUGG, yea that might work.

wevl