b"product featureSet between the coastal road, iWay cycle path and the sea, the Haumoana Public ToiletsResene did you know? left: Bridges, underpasses, transit service coastal walkers, cyclists and overnight freedom campers that park in the Cape Kidnappers-adjacent reserve. One of the most important considerations in designingWoodsmanstations and play spaces are other public toilets is to detract vandalism, and if it does happen, ensuring that graffiti can beShadow Match Resene donates 100% recycled paint collected through theplaces where graffiti tagging frequentlyReseneremoved without damage. The exterior concrete panels are painted in Resene UracrylResene PaintWise service to not-for-profit organisations andoccurs. Barrier walls running the lengthScarpa Flowtinted to Resene Hot Chile and protected with a finishing coat of clear Resene Uracryl GraffitiShield. The recesses are coated in clear Resene Uracryl GraffitiShield, the timberschools. This paint is ideal for covering tagging on areas like fences.of the SH1 bypass near Hamilton are battens are stained in Resene Waterborne Woodsman Shadow Match and the timberResene Find out more and register online at www.resene.com/paintwise. comprised of precast tilt slab concrete Ironbark finished in a Resene anti-graffiti system soffits are in Resene Ironbark. This project received a Resene Total Commercial Resene of two coats of Resene Uracryl 403 in Exterior Colour Maestro Award. Design by Citrus Studio, www.citrusstudio.co.nz. Hot Chile Resene Scarpa Flow (steel grey) and Build and painting by Gemco Construction, www.gemcogroup.co.nz.Resene Mountain Mist (soft grey). Applied in a wave effect to suit theResenebarrier mouldings, the two-tone greyMountain Mistprovides visual relief while protecting against graffiti. Project by Brian Perry Civil and Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency, painting by GMR Holmac.Product tipsDuring application until the product is touch dry, temperatures cannot drop below 10C and the relative humidity must be below 85%. In the early stages of curing, protect the film from mechanical damage until its been allowed of work out in the elements in order to beautify a surface only to havewhy toilet stalls are among the most graffiti-prone surfaces in theto dry fully to keep the surface looking good it ruined by tagging. Even if there is budget and availability to haveworld. Compound this with a far-flung and unstaffed setting thatand help it perform as intended. an artist return to fix a damaged mural, those mixing their own paintdoesnt allow for constant guardianship, and its easy to see why toiletResene Uracryl GraffitiShield is not colours as they work might find it difficult or impossible to replicateblocks become easy targets for taggers. recommended for protecting exterior timbers the colours or effects beneath the tagging in a uniform manner. Melinda previously tested other products to try and protect heror as an anti-graffiti clear over epoxy, alkyd Artist Melinda Butt uses Resene products to create her distinctlyartwork, but she found she wasn't as satisfied with their performanceor chlorinated rubber-based paints subject to graphic murals, including some notable large works and others whichas she has been with Resene Uracryl GraffitiShield. I prefer it becauseexterior exposure. The same applies to factory-are easily recognisable in Auckland, Northland and other parts of Newit's lower in VOCs and I feel its effective. I think its fairly easy to apply,coated roofing. Appropriately primed and Zealand. Under the moniker MIN Design, her signature style is partbut first and foremost, its a good deterrent for potential graffiti taggers.painted or galvanised steel can be upgraded pop art, part Art Deco, part Bauhaus, mixed in variable amounts andBecause I primarily paint murals in Resene Lumbersider Low Sheen, Ito give control against graffiti. Check with knitted together with nods to architecture, retro Japanese poster artuse the semi-gloss formula because it has a similar sheen but I also thinkyour Resene Representative for suitable and Egyptian motifs. She discovered Resene Uracryl GraffitiShieldits gloss level lets you know it has been coated with some sort of guard recommendations for these substrates.a little over a year ago, when a project manager who commissionedso then people might not even bother trying to tag it, she says. To prevent ghosting when removing marker pen, her work specifically required it be used. I was impressed with itsI have also noticed that it ages well. Other guards can get a tadyour Resene Uracryl GraffitiShield coating must durability and that I could get an all over semi-gloss look. Since then,flaky over time, and from my experience, Resene Uracryl GraffitiShieldhave cured for a minimum of four weeks. Where I have only been using Resene Uracryl GraffitiShield as my graffitidoesnt do this. I would recommend this product to public artists,possible, its smart to keep other protections in guard of choice, she says. designers, architects and anyone else who is looking to protect theirplace for areas at risk of marker pen tagging until Many of the murals that Melinda has been commissioned for oversurfaces from damage, she adds.enough time has elapsed. the years are on toilet blocks, which can be in somewhat remoteApply Resene Uracryl GraffitiShield where locations, or at least off the beaten path. By nature, these structuresFor more practical tips to protect your project from unwanted tagging, surfaces are at the highest risk, such as the first are intended to keep certain activities hidden from viewwhich ischeck out www.graffitifree.co.nz. one or two storeys of a multi-storey building.64 blackwhitemag.com blackwhitemag.com 65"