NU 12 by RT - Anti Graffiti Paint

Good morning Sir!


Here is my nu12 paper #12.


Thanks and Regards,
Risha

ANTI-GRAFFITI AND ANTI-POSTER PAINT

Time flies by so fast that pretty soon we're going to have another national elections going on. As they try to be so strict with the allocations of space for posters and banners, it's inevitable that the public (and private) walls will be bombarded with posters that would be too difficult to take away – polluting the visual images around the city again. The metro aides will work full time shortly after the winners will be proclaimed.

This doesn't just happen during election-time though. Graffiti and posters are posted just about anywhere. It's a problem that hasn't been resolved.

I researched on the available wall paints out there that may solve the problem, but the available ones fall short. Boysen's Wallguard just has higher resistance to dirt. But I would bet my money that anyone with a spray paint can would be able to use it on a wall painted with this line of Boysen's paint.

We're trying to fight against graffiti and posters.

First, the posters. If the paint of the walls has a top layer of Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) which we know as Teflon. There should be enough of PTFE that the walls come out non-stick. This way, only official signed by MMDA could be screwed or nailed onto the walls. No more surprise posters in the morning after the midnight miracle workers did their thing.

Then, the graffiti. The main objective is to avoid graffiti. The other objective is to minimize need for metro aides to clean the walls. The PTFE will help the spray paint from sticking, but as a further step, the paint should therefore be inspired by the thermal paper of fax machines – which is made of fluoran leuco dye and octadecylphosphonic acid. This way, even if images (from spray paint) may achieve contact at one point, in the long run it will detach and fade under normal humidity – bringing the wall paint back to original. This eliminates the need for the aides to clean up.

With this new breed of paint mixing PTFE and the thermal paper ingredients would help clean up the visual images of the city, any time of the year. 4