Nice one Nick! Like most people, I can't stand graffiti. I wouldn't mind if the people who did had any talent, but they never do and you mostly get those crappy tags everywhere.
@@dupisdisasterpiece1058 Agreed, GOOD graffiti looks better. Tagging and bad graffiti looks worse than a plain wall imho When I was a youth worker we paid the local young graffiti artists to paint the walls of the youth club, looked way better than the boring plain wall
I used to live in an apartment above the parking lot, a magnet for graffiti. Also for men peeing on the wall. The landlord painted it with a special paint coating that repelled moister, and didnt allow paint to stick. It just ran off . Hilariously, it also sprayed the pee right back on the person peeing on the wall! So funny .
Excellent work Nick. You should be extremely happy with that job not just pretty happy! Here in Tassie, if there is a wall that cops a lot of graffiti, someone pays a proper graffiti artist to do the whole wall with a decent image/design that moves the "would be" artists on. Great video to watch 🎉
MO the owners of the complex should have had the anti-graffiti sprayer crew already booked to spray it on right after, as it was a Friday - by Monday, there was a good chance of more graffiti....Also, Great Job by Prestige External Cleaning!
Of COUSE it will be tagged again! All that was done was to create a fresh canvas for tagging. Perhaps they should paint it BLACK and see how the graffiti types like THAT!
@@SeattlePioneer colourful sprays are not difficult to find. These graffiti were made with green and red and both would have been visible on black wall. The only protection is anti-graffiti coating and cleaning 🤷🏼♀️
Cleaning is providing a fresh canvas for taggers. I suspect that a colorful BLACK would be FAR less of an invitation to taggers than a cleaned wall. Worth a try, I suggest. And fresh coats of black paint covering any repeated tagging should be discouraging for taggers and easy to apply to cover up tagging. But I have no experience with how effective anti tagging paints might be. Perhaps we can agree that simply cleaning a surface, as illustrated in the video, is an invitation for repeated tagging.
Looks great! I've never understood why building contractors or estates maintenance scrimp on protection. If its a publically accessed area, just get a coating on the brickwork. It saves a small fortune in the long run! I did the side of my mates house once, that faced an alley, as he was constantly getting graffiti. Once it was done and dried, quick 2 minute blast with a pressure washer when he was cleaning once a month kept it pristine!
Excellent results - what a fantastic bit of kit that is! Graffiti is awful to see, other than those rare ‘artists’ who create murals rather than tagging everything. Have a great week Nick 😊
That IBIX really did the job. Now for the golden question...how long did that take you in real time? While it erased the grafitti pretty well in the video, I am guessing that it took quite a bit of time as there wasn't a wide spray, therefore you were doing individual bricks. Great job, Nick. 👍🏼👍🏼 Another stellar job. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Thanks for sharing. ❤
Hey Denise, it didn't take that long really, was only blasting for a couple of hours. Had a nice early day that day. Thanks for the great comment as usual ❤️
@@PrestigeExternalCleaningI'm impressed, you did a really good job. It looks like you didn't pressure wash it but air blasted the graffiti and I suppose chemical treated, is that right? How much time did this actually take?
Firstly that's not art that is vandalism. There is such a thing as graffiti art and it can be lovely (not my kind of thing admittedly). That was not it on that wall 😂 Secondly wow that is a heck of a machine system and you did a wonderful job with it. Really hope they put the stuff on you recommend would probably be far cheaper in the long term for them. Anyway love and hugs to you and your family from me and mine oop norf. Hope you have had a lovely weekend and a lovely week going forward 😊 🤗🤗
I love what you did here! Thanks for sharing that technology. It's mind blowing! I have to deal with graffiti at one of the properties I service, and it's awful stuff. They're lucky to have someone like you to offer this service!
Hey Sir Nick. Here in Montreal, I live above a tunnel that leads downhill towards a Metro Station at the bottom. It is a one lane down run with a walk path to one side. Our kids tag the entire length of the walls on both the walk side as well as the car lane opposite wall. Then they have tagged all the pillars as high as they can reach at the bottom of the tunnel that holds up the elevated highway above. They stopped steam cleaning the walls a long time ago. Because every time they clean it, the tags appear almost overnight. So now they just let the taggers run amok, then come back and paint over the tagging, they don't even attempt to clean it because there are so many layers of spray paint on the walls. // Now we will see just how fast the taggers return to tag that wall again. Maybe they should not wait to treat that wall, yes??
Is there anything you cant do 😂, brilliant work as usual..... One thing id do if i owned that area would be plant a hedge, preferably holly or something with prickles or even those trestle yokes for plants to grow up along......
You did an amazing job with that tiny compressor. I had a blasting business and ran a 800 CFM compressor, with that kind of air the wall you did would have been done very quickly. But I like seeing how percise your blasting was. Good Job.
Brilliant job Nick! That was an extremely satisfying video. I hope they've got that wall coated now. Thanks very much for the upload, have a great week :)
outstanding work and result. Very impressive. I get such a calming feeling watching your cleaning videos makes me want to watch more very satisfying work and profession in my humble opinion. 👍💯
Wow, great job Nick. Bloody graffiti artists would do your head in! Keeps you in work though 😅. I like how you explained the situation and what didnt work and why, and showed what did work and why.
Never thought about air pressure removing spray paint..wonder if that would remove latex paint..had that one before! Just short of a nuke to take that off, even with acetone! Great job as usual! ❤😊
Given that the brick is so porous, is there a chance that the air might blast/push the paint further into the brick? You did a great job...just wondering. Thanks.
Wow, Nick, that did the trick! You used something like that on a very old building in Cambridge, I think… one brick at a time to spare the pointing. Great job!
Nick your work is always so amazingly well done. This brick we have in California and is slump stone.. Very open aggregate that just crumbles if sandblasted.. Its color is nice but a b to clean. I hope folks all over appreciate what you do. Thanks..☺️👍
Terrific job of creating a fresh canvas for the graffiti types to paint again. I'm thinking that local residents ought to catch the taggers and spray paint THEM for a change.
I wonder if this method would work here: Many years ago I read a lengthy article about using light as a cleaner. It would flash a powerful beam of light at a wall where it would disintegrate a 1/1000th of an inch (25 microns) of the surface. Designed to remove any grime (dust & mold) built up over time on stone buildings and statues. Before & after pics looked like it was power washed, but damaged the original stone a lot less. I don't remember what it was called.
Nice to see people trying to keep things looking good. In the US, almost universally, the solution would be to just paint over it with whatever leftover color paint was in the truck.
Eugene OR here. Graffiti on freeway soundwalls and bridges is typically PAINTED OVER around here. They are so fast to paint over it that I think it has probably discouraged the graffiti artists.
That's amazing! I really hope the owners put on some anti graffiti coating on that wall immediately! I took a look at how much that machine would cost and oooohboy from first glance it is very expensive but I would think that a few jobs later using it would pay for itself in the long run. How well does the mask protect against the blasting material and how long did this project take you? It looks very easy but I'm sure your arms and trigger finger got tired after a while.
I have a 4k psi pressure washer. Added to that is a Venturi sand injector. This will take 30 mesh or 20 mesh bagged sand , sand has to be dry to flow. I remove that graffiti with that. It will take grease off engines. Just a small amount of sand mix with the high pressure water really cuts the paint off the bricks. It will be easier on the bricks as well. Best wishes tools tools tools we love ‘em.
2 seconds in and my brain went "CAMBRIDGE!". Camera panned round and I knew it, then cyclists, trains and your website confirmed it. Nice little memory-prod. Thanks.
Blimey, that's an excellent result mate!! 👏👏 Mind me asking, is that your kit or do you hire it in when needed? What media were you using buddy? That's really quite impressive. 👍👍
@@PrestigeExternalCleaning ahh, lovely bit of kit mate! Haven't had call for it where I am but can see how it could actually create business opportunities too if you've got it - hmmm, food for thought!! 🤔🤔 Take care mate! 👍
Brilliant result - what an expert job. Hope you continue to get more work as you knowledge, skills and attitude to delivering a professional service are cellar visible to anyone watching this video.
Good job done .but would it not be best to tell who ever is in charge to seal that wall with this new clear sealant which would not allow any paint on it as it will juest run off the wall if the artist try to paint on it .
Nick, great job! If management doesn't accept your suggestion, then all of you've really accomplished, unfortunately, was to create a new canvas for the graffiti artist. That would be a shame. And the sides of the buildings on the upper level need your attention even more than the wall.
Nice one Nick! Like most people, I can't stand graffiti. I wouldn't mind if the people who did had any talent, but they never do and you mostly get those crappy tags everywhere.
Totally agree 👍, thanks Martin 👍
Graffiti looks better than a blank wall
@@dupisdisasterpiece1058Disagree.
@@dupisdisasterpiece1058
Agreed, GOOD graffiti looks better. Tagging and bad graffiti looks worse than a plain wall imho
When I was a youth worker we paid the local young graffiti artists to paint the walls of the youth club, looked way better than the boring plain wall
None of them have any artistic talent. They just learn how to do one thing and repeat it, over and over again.
That is stunning! I hope they protect that wall for easier removal going forward. You should be so happy and proud of that clean up. 🎉🎉🎉
Thank you so much Trisha 🥰
Yep - great job - just needs a follow up with a decent porous protection coating & 24/7/365 guarding of course!
😢😢Is there a sealant that you can put on the brick to protect it so that future graffiti can be easily removed???
Throw the wogs outta country.. they can go paint kenya and saudi arabia
I used to live in an apartment above the parking lot, a magnet for graffiti. Also for men peeing on the wall. The landlord painted it with a special paint coating that repelled moister, and didnt allow paint to stick. It just ran off . Hilariously, it also sprayed the pee right back on the person peeing on the wall! So funny .
😂 👍
@lauralake7430- Hopefully they learned a good lesson not to destroy other peoples property!
been dreaming of someone inventing a coating that does not just that but releases something like tear gas when hit by paint :)
😂😂😂
This is the only correct answer. 😎
That is a stellar job! Wall looks stunning!
Thank you so much Elizabeth 😍
Amazing! I had yet to see anyone able to remove graffiti.
Thank you! Cheers!
Very Nicely Done... I can't stand these people who get a charge out of defacing other people's property
Unbelievably effective. Wow!
Many thanks ☺️
Excellent work Nick.
You should be extremely happy with that job not just pretty happy!
Here in Tassie, if there is a wall that cops a lot of graffiti, someone pays a proper graffiti artist to do the whole wall with a decent image/design that moves the "would be" artists on.
Great video to watch 🎉
That's a great idea, thanks Dianne 💕
Same in ACT - an entire open drain with high walls devoted to street art - just happens to be next to Canberra College
You did such a good job that it would be a shame were that wall to be soon "tagged" again. They definitely need to put an anti-graffiti coating on it.
MO the owners of the complex should have had the anti-graffiti sprayer crew already booked to spray it on right after, as it was a Friday - by Monday, there was a good chance of more graffiti....Also, Great Job by Prestige External Cleaning!
Of COUSE it will be tagged again! All that was done was to create a fresh canvas for tagging.
Perhaps they should paint it BLACK and see how the graffiti types like THAT!
@@SeattlePioneer colourful sprays are not difficult to find. These graffiti were made with green and red and both would have been visible on black wall. The only protection is anti-graffiti coating and cleaning 🤷🏼♀️
Cleaning is providing a fresh canvas for taggers.
I suspect that a colorful BLACK would be FAR less of an invitation to taggers than a cleaned wall.
Worth a try, I suggest. And fresh coats of black paint covering any repeated tagging should be discouraging for taggers and easy to apply to cover up tagging.
But I have no experience with how effective anti tagging paints might be.
Perhaps we can agree that simply cleaning a surface, as illustrated in the video, is an invitation for repeated tagging.
@@SeattlePioneer no it will not be tagged ever again, it will stay clean and respected.
Nick fantastic job
Cheers dude, much appreciated 👍👍
Amazing job as always Nick, I have heard of an Ibix but never seen it in action what an incredible result!!! I was thinking sandblasting
Looks great!
I've never understood why building contractors or estates maintenance scrimp on protection.
If its a publically accessed area, just get a coating on the brickwork.
It saves a small fortune in the long run!
I did the side of my mates house once, that faced an alley, as he was constantly getting graffiti.
Once it was done and dried, quick 2 minute blast with a pressure washer when he was cleaning once a month kept it pristine!
Easily more satisfying to watch than Saturday evening TV on the BBC!!
Impressive. And for some reason relaxing to watch.
Excellent results - what a fantastic bit of kit that is! Graffiti is awful to see, other than those rare ‘artists’ who create murals rather than tagging everything. Have a great week Nick 😊
Aw thanks Mishka 💕
you are delusional. they all "mural artist" started like this
Your hand must be so tired after that! Great job!
Thank you Linda 😍
That IBIX really did the job. Now for the golden question...how long did that take you in real time? While it erased the grafitti pretty well in the video, I am guessing that it took quite a bit of time as there wasn't a wide spray, therefore you were doing individual bricks. Great job, Nick. 👍🏼👍🏼 Another stellar job. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Thanks for sharing. ❤
Hey Denise, it didn't take that long really, was only blasting for a couple of hours. Had a nice early day that day. Thanks for the great comment as usual ❤️
Couldn't they hire you to spray the protection,or is it expensive?.
That really did work great!
@@PrestigeExternalCleaningI'm impressed, you did a really good job. It looks like you didn't pressure wash it but air blasted the graffiti and I suppose chemical treated, is that right? How much time did this actually take?
wow..all that paint just melted away...awesome to watch!
Firstly that's not art that is vandalism. There is such a thing as graffiti art and it can be lovely (not my kind of thing admittedly). That was not it on that wall 😂
Secondly wow that is a heck of a machine system and you did a wonderful job with it. Really hope they put the stuff on you recommend would probably be far cheaper in the long term for them.
Anyway love and hugs to you and your family from me and mine oop norf. Hope you have had a lovely weekend and a lovely week going forward 😊 🤗🤗
Well said Polgara, lovely to hear from you as always, thanks for the awesome comment 💕
I love what you did here! Thanks for sharing that technology. It's mind blowing! I have to deal with graffiti at one of the properties I service, and it's awful stuff. They're lucky to have someone like you to offer this service!
Many thanks ☺️
Its so satisfying watching you sand blast that wall. You really know your stuff !!!
Hey Sir Nick. Here in Montreal, I live above a tunnel that leads downhill towards a Metro Station at the bottom. It is a one lane down run with a walk path to one side. Our kids tag the entire length of the walls on both the walk side as well as the car lane opposite wall. Then they have tagged all the pillars as high as they can reach at the bottom of the tunnel that holds up the elevated highway above. They stopped steam cleaning the walls a long time ago. Because every time they clean it, the tags appear almost overnight. So now they just let the taggers run amok, then come back and paint over the tagging, they don't even attempt to clean it because there are so many layers of spray paint on the walls. // Now we will see just how fast the taggers return to tag that wall again. Maybe they should not wait to treat that wall, yes??
Hey Jeremy, thanks for your comment mate. Yeah it would probably be better if they didn't wait, but unfortunately that's out of my control. 👍
Is there anything you cant do 😂, brilliant work as usual.....
One thing id do if i owned that area would be plant a hedge, preferably holly or something with prickles or even those trestle yokes for plants to grow up along......
Lol, cheers Al 👍. That's a really good idea, i'll suggest it to them 👍
Incredible. I wish every city had a team of this guy to keep places clean.
That looks great, I hope they listen to you and get that protected! Have a great day.!
I hope so too, many thanks Toni ❤️
You did an amazing job with that tiny compressor. I had a blasting business and ran a 800 CFM compressor, with that kind of air the wall you did would have been done very quickly. But I like seeing how percise your blasting was. Good Job.
Some serious equipment Nick. Well done it turned out well.
Nice one Paudie 👍
Brilliant ! What a fantastic result and satisfying to watch !!
Many thanks!
Great job! What is the commercial name of the product you recommend for the anti-graffiti coating? Thank you in advance.
That was an amazing cleanup.. that machine is great.
Thanks so much Mirtha 💕
That made the difference! I hope they get you to put the coating on!
Wow...huge difference. Better than new. Very impressive work...so enjoyable to watch. Thanks for the entertainment.
When you want it done right you hire in the right man with the right tools. Right Nick?
Right LuAnn ❤️
I don't pretend to understand how that works but it did an amazing job undoing that graffiti. You are a gem
😊
Thanks Valerie 😍
Brilliant job Nick! That was an extremely satisfying video. I hope they've got that wall coated now.
Thanks very much for the upload, have a great week :)
Cheers Al, top, top man 🤝
outstanding work and result. Very impressive. I get such a calming feeling watching your cleaning videos makes me want to watch more very satisfying work and profession in my humble opinion. 👍💯
That machine is a the equivalent to a magic wand!
😆👍
Wow, that is REALLY impressive. They should use this video as an advert!!
👍👍👏👏👏👍👍
Beautiful work. Quick question though, where did you get your mask? I am loving that the filters are above the face instead of blocking your vision.
That was amazing work! I'd never heard of it before! Thank you ❤
Hi Nick, that was immensly satistfying to watch. Away with the crappy graphs you did! Cheers
Glad you enjoyed it mate 👍
I love media blast jobs, it's like you handle a magical gun 😊
I miss the background music a bit, it gets less. For me it adds extra comfort :)
Aw cheers Tatjana, aplologies, probably should have put more music in on this one. Next time 🥰
Wow, great job Nick. Bloody graffiti artists would do your head in! Keeps you in work though 😅. I like how you explained the situation and what didnt work and why, and showed what did work and why.
Thank you so much 😀
This is way too satisfying to watch
Really impressive. Great job.
Nice one Nick cant stand Graffiti myself either looks so untidy messy !! but fantastic job .👍
Thanks Russ, much appreciated mate 👍
Never thought about air pressure removing spray paint..wonder if that would remove latex paint..had that one before! Just short of a nuke to take that off, even with acetone! Great job as usual! ❤😊
The air is carrying sand. He sand blasted the point off the brick, aswell as a layer of brick.
Great work, Nick. Wall looks so much better. 💥🇦🇺
Thanks Suzanne 👍
How about trying some type of sandblasting technique whether it be sand ice pellets or whatever
Good job! I was wondering if those laser cleaning machines would be also appropriate to get the same results.
that little bit at the end, cleaned calcite deposits on the bricks to🙂having tools needed, and just did as there where passing it any way?
I like the respirator set up..looks easy to move in
And now for something completely different! That as fun to watch!
Aw cheers cleopatra 😍
Just a random question: I thought sandblasting required the full hood and respirator, was this medium not fine enough to cause a breathing hazard?
Given that the brick is so porous, is there a chance that the air might blast/push the paint further into the brick? You did a great job...just wondering. Thanks.
Wow, Nick, that did the trick! You used something like that on a very old building in Cambridge, I think… one brick at a time to spare the pointing. Great job!
Quite a weapon, hope you charge them accordingly. Amazing result, well done.
I am impressed! Great job done.👍
Thank you very much!
Watching you remove the graffiti was sooooooo satisfying!
Nick, which blasting media were you using to lift that paint off? It seems to be a low dust outcome.
I used garnet
That’s a awesome bit of kit like it gets it off straight away
Nick your work is always so amazingly well done. This brick we have in California and is slump stone.. Very open aggregate that just crumbles if sandblasted.. Its color is nice but a b to clean. I hope folks all over appreciate what you do. Thanks..☺️👍
So you are using a SandBlaster, easwy to see why the graffiti is coming off, what is the medium, nut shells?
Terrific job of creating a fresh canvas for the graffiti types to paint again.
I'm thinking that local residents ought to catch the taggers and spray paint THEM for a change.
well that's how these guys get paid by clearing up after you bunch of mugs, so please keep it up and make them richer.
Cracking job. It's all about knowing the right methods. Well done. I assume you hire the compressor and ibix?
Hey Ched, cheers mate 👍. No didn't hire it, it's my equipment bud 👍
@@PrestigeExternalCleaning Nice, I bet that was a decent outlay. Good to have your own kit as you know how it works and can look after it.
Wow ! Look at you go ! No one can hold a candle to you and your amazing work ethic to get it done right ! 😊
Thank you! 😊
Great job 👌it could probably remove tattoos
guessing thats sarcasm. its called a blaster for a reason, the skin under the tattoo would be gone too
@@Thunderpants33 and bone
Many thanks 🙏
Awesome job on removal 🎉
Thank you! Cheers Dean 👍
Would it be cheaper to put a graffiti resistant FACADE.???
Does that machine work's with some kind of chemical or is it just compressed air?
I wonder if this method would work here:
Many years ago I read a lengthy article about using light as a cleaner. It would flash a powerful beam of light at a wall where it would disintegrate a 1/1000th of an inch (25 microns) of the surface. Designed to remove any grime (dust & mold) built up over time on stone buildings and statues. Before & after pics looked like it was power washed, but damaged the original stone a lot less. I don't remember what it was called.
How long did it take for some to vandalise the wall again after you'd finished?
Wow, that hose definitely made light work of that hideous daubing. It was great to watch. Well done!
Almost like magic with hard work included.
How does the Ibex machine work? Is it literally just very high-pressure air?
Damnnnn....and I thought pressure washing was theraputic ...
Top Job Nick, as usual
Stu
Lol, nice one Stu, really appreciate that mate 👍
Who are the group or sector of people most responsible for the graffiti?
Beautiful job! You really know your stuff! Can't wait to see the wall get protected and hope the funding goes through. Awesome work!
Thanks so much!
Nice to see people trying to keep things looking good. In the US, almost universally, the solution would be to just paint over it with whatever leftover color paint was in the truck.
Thanks for sharing
Amazingly effective --- good job!😊
Thank you! 😊
Eugene OR here. Graffiti on freeway soundwalls and bridges is typically PAINTED OVER around here. They are so fast to paint over it that I think it has probably discouraged the graffiti artists.
That's amazing! I really hope the owners put on some anti graffiti coating on that wall immediately! I took a look at how much that machine would cost and oooohboy from first glance it is very expensive but I would think that a few jobs later using it would pay for itself in the long run. How well does the mask protect against the blasting material and how long did this project take you? It looks very easy but I'm sure your arms and trigger finger got tired after a while.
These would tend to be rental unless doing this type of work full time
Magic now you see now you don’t ,good job well done mate !it’s a pitty it won’t stay clean 👍👍
I have a 4k psi pressure washer. Added to that is a Venturi sand injector. This will take 30 mesh or 20 mesh bagged sand , sand has to be dry to flow. I remove that graffiti with that. It will take grease off engines. Just a small amount of sand mix with the high pressure water really cuts the paint off the bricks. It will be easier on the bricks as well. Best wishes tools tools tools we love ‘em.
2 seconds in and my brain went "CAMBRIDGE!". Camera panned round and I knew it, then cyclists, trains and your website confirmed it. Nice little memory-prod. Thanks.
You didn't mention the blasting media. What did you use?
Knew you could do it. No one does it quite like our Nick.🎉🎉🎉
Aw thanks Jay 😍
Awesome bit of kit 👏👍
Blimey, that's an excellent result mate!! 👏👏 Mind me asking, is that your kit or do you hire it in when needed? What media were you using buddy? That's really quite impressive. 👍👍
Cheers mate 👍, yeah it's mine bud, I used a material called garnet 👍
@@PrestigeExternalCleaning ahh, lovely bit of kit mate! Haven't had call for it where I am but can see how it could actually create business opportunities too if you've got it - hmmm, food for thought!! 🤔🤔 Take care mate! 👍
Brilliant result - what an expert job. Hope you continue to get more work as you knowledge, skills and attitude to delivering a professional service are cellar visible to anyone watching this video.
What a lovely thing to say, thank you so much 😊
Brilliant as usual 👍
Thank you so much 😀
Good job done .but would it not be best to tell who ever is in charge to seal that wall with this new clear sealant which would not allow any paint on it as it will juest run off the wall if the artist try to paint on it .
Thanks, but that's exactly what I mentioned in the video, at the beginning, and at the end.
Nick, great job! If management doesn't accept your suggestion, then all of you've really accomplished, unfortunately, was to create a new canvas for the graffiti artist. That would be a shame. And the sides of the buildings on the upper level need your attention even more than the wall.
That’s so cool. It looks like you’re spraying on paint rather than blasting it off.
Wow. Amazing! What kind of abrasive media are you using?
Thank you, I used garnet 👍
Obviously a media blast. I'm guessing something on the softer side so as not to damage the brick too much.
Any idea what sort of grit is being used?
What about laser ablation? No media and no residual clean-up
You can use automotive brake fluid apply leave 24 hours rinse with water & repeat on stubborn spots
Brake fluid will rince clean with water
Wow. What a impressive machine. Good work buddy ❤