Graffiti removal

anyone ever had to remove spraypaint off a wall? Some little **** (or as gordon brown would say, poor misguided youth) has spraypainted their initials on the side of my house. The wall is painted a cream colour and the graffiti is black, so i want to try to remove it before repainting to save multiple coats on a big wall. Im thinking acetone might work, but im not sure what spraypaints contain to find the right solvent.

paint the wall black

Argh little ********* you have my sympathies. baseball bat next time.

3 coats should probably cover it. Keep on painting over it (preferably in a colour matched paint) and eventually grafitti stops, at least until the next scrote comes along. Reason being, cans of paint for graffiti are reasonably expensive (if you do it a lot and bearing in mind, most scrote's limited financial resources) and it is cheaper for them to mark their territory elsewhere, where the owner can't be bothered to paint over it.

i like Graffiti

Originally Posted by Ceri JC

3 coats should probably cover it. Keep on painting over it (preferably in a colour matched paint) and eventually grafitti stops, at least until the next scrote comes along. Reason being, cans of paint for graffiti are reasonably expensive (if you do it a lot and bearing in mind, most scrote's limited financial resources) and it is cheaper for them to mark their territory elsewhere, where the owner can't be bothered to paint over it.

what on earth makes you think scrotes pay for their paint ?????

Originally Posted by missyorkie_chris

paint the wall black

That's what we did with the barn doors on the office.

Well dark green actually.

Very Dark green..

Almost black...

Originally Posted by custard

what on earth makes you think scrotes pay for their paint ?????

I've seen them buying it down Halfords.

Even if they're stealing it, having to steal 1 can is preferable to having to steal 5.

phone the council and ask for them to remove it then paint over the square.
that whats your council tax should help with

Originally Posted by Quedos

phone the council and ask for them to remove it then paint over the square.
that whats your council tax should help with

'Should' being the important word. They said they wont do it. They dont some too bothered as apparently 'it's just some kid tagging', its not offensive so they dont really care.

I guess I will just have to paint many coats over it if the acetone doesnt shift it.