Graffiti removal

Graffiti has long been considered an act of vandalism that signifies urban decay and a detriment to property values in an area.

Governments see graffiti as a negative externality because it largely inhibits or detracts from the beautification of a local community.

Indeed, this converts to suppressed housing prices and has strong correlations with local crime and gang activities.

[2] Considering the great cost graffiti incurs on local communities, governments take the burden of the negative externality, through removal.

Due to the nature of graffiti, it is near impossible to eliminate, despite changes to legislation to increase the fine for committing such offences.

These approaches have been developed and shifted due to larger movements within the cleaning industry, costs of supplies and the end results of removals.

This approach is comparable in cost to a chemical or paint out removal, and often have the benefit of lower or no safety and health risk.

Removal of graffiti from historic surfaces and objects should only be undertaken by appropriately trained and skilled personnel.

This method is effective in non-regular cases, and in neighbourhoods with concerned and persistent citizens, however for locations with chronic levels of graffiti are rarely reported.

This method has been adopted in most major cities, where there are great enough economies of scale to make this kind of operation viable.