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November 20, 2008 at 2:57 am #588772
guitarboy53MemberI was wondering if anyone knew if it is illegal for a home owner not to paint over graffiti? I know of a garage door that has had graffiti on it for several months..Thanks!
November 20, 2008 at 3:28 am #647740
FullTiltParticipantIt is illegal. Check out this link. To bad the city doesn’t follow their own rules though.
November 20, 2008 at 7:00 pm #647741
BayouMemberTwice this week I’ve seen private citizens removing graffiti from public land. I just wanted to give kudos to those people that are working to restore our public spaces.
November 20, 2008 at 9:54 pm #647742
walfredoMemberGee- that seems like a good rule. Fine people because they had their homes vandalized… Genius!
Why not have a group that goes to all homes that have been robbed and kicks the homeowner in the balls for not doing enough to prevent crime.
November 20, 2008 at 10:07 pm #647743
ZenguyParticipantStudies have shown that grafitti creates a feeling of disorder and can lead to an increase of other types of crime.
I can see the kick me when I am down side of this but will err on the side of caution.
November 20, 2008 at 10:09 pm #647744
GenHillOneParticipantDon’t think it’s illegal to offer your painting assistance to the garage owner :)
Maybe there are circumstances that have prevented them from taking care of it.
November 21, 2008 at 6:31 am #647745
WSBKeymasterThat’s a really great point. I noticed while coming home post-dusk tonight that there’s some kind of tagging on a very prominent street sign at the busy intersection near our house, and am going to figure out how to report it or whether I just need to go get paint myself (it’s on the back side of the street sign, but that side faces the arterial).
November 22, 2008 at 5:32 pm #647746
JayDeeParticipantFYI: Most spray paint is pretty wimpy stuff, especially compared to original paint surfaces. If one gets a good pair of rubber gloves, a can of lacquer thinner, and a sacrificial old towel, it is easy to remove. Lacquer thinner is highly volatile, and if you pour some on a towel, then quickly rub at the graffiti, it will transfer to the towel. Keep repeating with a fresher part of the towel and fresh solvent, and voila! the graffiti is gone. Just keep the rag outside your car, or an enclosed space and the solvent will completely disappear.
If the surface is adsorbent, then a masking color is the only way to “remove” it. I keep spray paint in common utility colors like Metro brown, cable box mint green, white, and black for erasing graffiti in my self-defined neck of the woods (59th, Charleston, 49th, Admiral, sometimes up to the old folks mailbox at 47th.)
SDOT and Metro seem to respond quickly to graffiti, but I tackle problems in the ‘hood myself.
November 22, 2008 at 9:02 pm #647747
KeithMemberThe garbage cans on my street have been tagged, but I thought the neighbors would think I was crazy if they saw me out there scrubbing them.
November 23, 2008 at 1:26 am #647748
homedkParticipantThe Seattle.gov website has some useful info regarding graffiti:
http://www.seattle.gov/police/prevention/Neighborhood/vandalism.htm
When a street sign near our house was tagged, we reported it using their online form; within a few days someone came out to replace the sign.
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