pavement line paint??

[Piper]

Hi All

I am having my 8 car parking lot paved at my office. As jack of all trades I am in charge of painting the lines. Now I have the gun, compressor, will make a pattern for the line and wheel chair symbol but I need paint!

Does anybody know of the paint type, availability, cost etc for this stuff? On looking at various lots it seems like exterior white maybe with some sort of reflector material in it.

Any help would be appreciated.

Piper

 

[Stuart in MN]

You can buy it from Grainger. It appears they sell a Rustoleum product, so you if you don't want to get it from them you can probably take the paint number to a local Rustoleum dealer and order it.

link to Grainger

 

[ZRX61]

What he said, call Graingers

McMasterCarr may also be a source.

 

[Jey]

Star-Brite Traffic Paint. It's the only way to go.

My friend owns a stripping business, painting parking lots for a whole slew of folks over on the left coast of michigan. When I worked with him he swore by using this stuff.

one of these would make quick work of it all though

 

[swgray]

I don't think I'd break out the compressor and spray gun for painting lines. Too much cleanup time vs time spent spraying, I think.

We use aerosol cans and a striper that can be bought at McMaster Carr. Page 1831, item 36495T81.

They also have the paint, but that can be purchased at Lowes and Sherwin- Williams around my area. S-W may also sell the stripers.

I've cut my own stencils for the handicap parking spaces using a large sheet of cardboard and an opaque projector. Or borrow a projector and use a laptop or pc.

The cans work well and can also be used by hand for doing stencils. Although you will get some on your fingers.

 

[Itzkwik]

At work, we (I) have to paint about 75 7-11 lots a year. We get the paint from ICI/Dulux. Can't remember the brand name, but its chlorinated rubber paint. Runs about $65-$70 per 5 gallon can. Its also available in gallons. Comes stock in yellow and white which can be tinted for the handicap blue. Not impressed with the Rustoleum product. Doesn't hold up all that well. If you don't want to go to the trouble of renting a line sprayer for just 8 spaces, go to Lowes/HD and buy a couple of pieces of vinyl siding to use as a shield/straight edge. Your lines should be about 3"-4" wide. Buy a 4" roller with a 3/4" nap and just roll it. Sweep the area well and then paint. If its fresh paving, give it a few days before painting it. The oil based paints don't like new asphalt for some reason.

 

[MustangRick]

Make sure you have a way to make the aisle lines even. The maintenance guys at the last place I worked tried it them selves and were a foot or so off on a couple. Kind of funny actually, but you loose some professional appearance because of it.

 

[GearHead_1]

I would like to know what the secret to using parking lot striping paint in a can is. We put a basketball court in our back yard last summer. We decided to use handicap blue paint to put the key and 3 point lines down. We followed all of the prep procedures outlined to a tee. It was supposed to be good for both asphalt and concrete. A year later these stripes are almost non existent. I used Sherwin Williams canned product. Just can't see myself renting the metal striping templates and spraying this yearly.

 

[Bear]

You could also consider the stick down tape products and not have any clean up at all.

 

[GearHead_1]

You could also consider the stick down tape products and not have any clean up at all.

What type of adhesive product is available for outdoor concrete that sees weather for -20 to 110 degrees?

 

[PAToyota]

I don't think I've ever seen an application of the tape where it didn't "squirm" from heat, turning tires, or scraped off by snowplows...

 

[Bear]

Here are a couple of places.

http://www.trafficmarkings.com/permanent.html

http://www.emedco.com/prodGroupAT.asp?dept_id=7009

 

[Mr.N]

Long ago I painted lines at MSP Airport (just the gate stuff)... talk about temp extreems and don't forget the de-icing & spilt gas fluids...

We used a couple 2x4 in a jig to get the lines straight. I'll see if I can make a call to find out the paint used.