A fresh approach to graffiti removal

Graffiti is a growing challenge. Community fear grows when they see it, and it’s embarrassing when visitors experience it. Historically, dealing with graffiti has been time-consuming and expensive; with councils having to adopt a largely reactive stance.

According to the Norfolk Police “Evidence does show that if graffiti is removed rapidly and persistently, it is less likely to come back. A neglected physical environment is unsafe as it undermines pride in the local community that can lead to further degradation. It can also trigger other anti-social behaviour activities”.

A rapid response to graffitti removal appears to be the best solution (drawing inspiration from New York’s ‘broken windows’ policy). However, traditional approaches using teams of removers with high-pressure washers spraying chemicals around public areas can be dangerous, time-consuming and expensive.

But not anymore.

Coating surfaces such as stonework, painted walls/doors, litter bins, seats, lighting columns and bus shelters with Tecqua enables graffiti to be removed in a fraction of the current cleaning times, without the use of any expensive toxic chemicals.

Fly posters simply peel off surfaces like a price sticker on a bunch of flowers. All of this results in huge savings in time and money – whilst improving responsiveness – and it’s totally environmentally-friendly.

And because Tecqua-coated surfaces are up to 80% self-cleaning, where rainfall does most of the work in removing bird-droppings, grime and mould, ongoing cleaning and maintenence costs are significantly reduced too.

We’re currently working with a two large councils in Scotland, who are keen to adopt a more cost-effective rapid response approach with ‘roaming graffiti removers’ throughout the city, quickly cleaning graffiti off as it appears.

Would this approach work for you?

Contact us to find out more.