graffiti 'artists'

[SouthEastern-465]

I actually disagree with that, the mindless tagging is what I hate most, but then those that do the 'murals' and not the 'community/artistic type' are also the same people that do the mindless tagging anyway.

The murals are like their 'main piece', depending on its size and level of complicity a lot of money and time goes into them, and they are still done illegally, some poor sap has to paint over it and that's why its graffiti because that's exactly what it is.

Graffiti is generally defined as a "marking of property by either painted, scribbled or scratched that is not their own, nor without permission". And the state of Victoria defines graffiti as something applied on a surface that cannot be removed with a dry cloth.

So on that basis, whether its a mural, a tag or a scratching on a window, it is still graffiti and it is still illegal. No matter how pretty or brilliant it might look.

What I ment to mean was there are two types,chavs who do tagging illigal and normal artists which use brushes aswell as spray canns to do there art in a "Legal" matter.

I do agree with your views on graffiti its disgusting,looks horrible and where it is put makes a place look worser than what it actually is and costs taxpayers money.
Regards

 

[monkey]

...is there no coating or what nto that will stop the spray paint sticking to the paintwork? also anti-climb paint, perhaps to stop spraying on other parts?

 

[Aussie_Rail]

...is there no coating or what nto that will stop the spray paint sticking to the paintwork? also anti-climb paint, perhaps to stop spraying on other parts?

Not really, you can apply sacrificial and non sacrificial coatings to surfaces to protect them from cleaning agents etc which makes removing graffiti a lot easier.

But as for surfaces that prevent paint from sticking to them, there are none that I know of, not to say they don't exist. One possibility that I know of is when they built the new Craigieburn station in Melbourne, apparently the walls were built with a type of metal that allows graffiti to simply hose off, but I don't know if that is true.

The best method in most cases is to simply scrub or paint over graffiti. I know that for windows etc you can get an anti graffiti film that you apply to a window and it protects it from being scratched. The film simply peels off when its had it and you can put a new one up. Buses use them a fair bit.