Limiting Sales of Spray Paint to Curb Graffiti
I have followed with interest the letters and editorials on graffiti. In fact, The Times did a story on me and my graffiti-plagued wall. No mention seems ever to be made of the solution.
There is a San Fernando Valley company called Graffiti Prevention Systems. Phone: (800) 247-3395. This company completely solved the problem.
I hired a painter to paint out all graffiti while their serviceman stood by. The moment the paint dried the serviceman sprayed on a coat of thin invisible wax.
The next morning the wall had been vandalized again. But later in the day Graffiti Prevention arrived, steamed off the wax and the wall was pristine again.
The first week they had to make several trips. After that word was apparently out that vandalism didn’t last long on those particular walls.
I paid Graffiti Prevention a monthly fee to be ready to melt off any further assaults. I think I needed to call them only once during the next several years, before the property was sold.
I do not understand why no mention is ever made of the foolproof solution to the problem.
THOMAS L. DAWSON
Los Angeles
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