| There's the "good the bad and the ugly" when it | | | | tone glossy look especially wax based / chemical |
| comes to sacrificial anti graffiti coating. Sacrificial? | | | | based systems. |
| Removable? Reversible? All the same thing – | | | | 3) Is it really effective? PSS20 was recently tested |
| basically, after application, the coating lies there on | | | | at the Olympic village in London and it flew the test. |
| your wall, or vertical surface. A good coating should | | | | Many sacrificial systems are only partially effective. |
| be proven to be, invisible and imperceptible to the | | | | Moral of the story? Use the systems that can prove |
| touch. Along comes Mr/ Ms Graffiti and sprays the | | | | their claims – Ask for their independent tests! |
| wall. | | | | Another question you may ask is - is it a good brick |
| All you have to do is hot wash off the paint and hey | | | | sealer? Well a sacrificial system would be good for a |
| presto, a clean wall as if nothing ever happened. You | | | | vertical surface as the surface would not be walked |
| then have to reapply the coating as it "sacrificed" | | | | upon, but for a horizontal surface you would probably |
| itself to remove the paint. | | | | be looking at a non-sacrificial coating system. The |
| So what should you look for in a good anti graffiti | | | | reason for this is that a sacrificial coating can be |
| coating? | | | | worn down when it comes into contact with shoes |
| 1) Is wax based or is it all natural. Why? Because | | | | as this is necessary when the surface protection |
| wax based coatings are made mainly of some pretty | | | | needs to be removed in the case of a graffiti attack. |
| heavy duty petrochemicals. When you wash your | | | | A brick has a very porous surface so the sacrificial |
| wall down these end up in your drains. Councils don't | | | | system would benefit the brick in that it would repel |
| like it and the flora and fauna that come in contact | | | | water, dirt algae, moss etc from penetrating its |
| with that contaminated water certainly won't thank | | | | surface and causing it to break up. So I'll leave you |
| you for it. All natural systems such as PSS20 are | | | | with the option.... Sacrificial or Non - Sacrificial? Weigh |
| completely safe because they are based on plant | | | | up your options based on this information, at the end |
| ingredients i.e. polysaccharides. | | | | of the day... YOU decide. |
| 2) Is the coating invisible? Many systems leave a two | | | | |