Crosshatching done in between walls? WHY?!

Okay... why are crosshatches often painted this way? This makes it unreachable by my machine. I don't understand? I'm sure they were done according to the "plans" but it doesn't make sense!!??!!?? Help me understand. Also... any tips or tricks on approaching this?

Mike, we welded a post on a 4 wheel striping cart we got from SW. We can put a gun Holder and gun from machine on it an paint away. We place a 1 gal can with concrete in the bin to hold it down when spraying. It like the titan side carbut better. Works good for getting between vehicles, curb stops and any place we can't get a machine.

Milt, that is a great idea! Mike, would it be too time consuming to use a line stencil or 2 boards?

its a pita no matter how you do it.

Milt wrote on Sep 11, 2015:Go to #2

Mike, we welded a post on a 4 wheel striping cart we got from SW. We can put a gun Holder and gun from machine on it an paint away. We place a 1 gal can with concrete in the bin to hold it down when spraying. It like the titan side carbut better. Works good for getting between vehicles, curb stops and any place we can't get a machine.

Yeah... I saw a video of something like that once. Definitely need to make this a winter project for me! I'll get it done!

Chevron94 wrote on Sep 11, 2015:Go to #3

Milt, that is a great idea! Mike, would it be too time consuming to use a line stencil or 2 boards?

I use boards but like ncstripe said... it's a pain in the gonads.

Paint what you can get to with the striping gun then come back with masking tape or boards

Whatshisface wrote on Sep 12, 2015:Go to #7

Paint what you can get to with the striping gun then come back with masking tape or boards

yep. pita, charge accordingly

Check of our videos on YouTube to see how we use stencils we made specially for hard to reach places. just type valleystriping1 on the search box

But WHY are these done this way? That's what I really want to know.

because the guy drawing the garage knows absolutely nothing about striping would be my best guess. although it is a pita, I look ay it this way. more paint=more$$$ for me.

Honestly it is not hard to do this. Shoot half the line from The right than put the gun on the left side and short the other end.

italy2003gt wrote on Sep 14, 2015:Go to #12

Honestly it is not hard to do this. Shoot half the line from The right than put the gun on the left side and short the other end.

I have dual guns so my machine is set up with one on both sides. It is STILL a pain... And not possible for half of the lines in the box that I showed. Truth be told... I know how to stripe this... and still welcome tips. That wasn't the point of my post Though... WHY are these set up this way. It's insane.

italy2003gt wrote on Sep 14, 2015:Go to #12

Honestly it is not hard to do this. Shoot half the line from The right than put the gun on the left side and short the other end.

I have dual guns so my machine is set up with one on both sides. It is STILL a pain... And not possible for half of the lines in the box that I showed. Truth be told... I know how to stripe this... and still welcome tips. That wasn't the point of my post Though... WHY are these set up this way. It's insane.

Because the guy drawing these in Autocad is designing a building with all that goes with that down to the light switches. and when it comes to a no parking island its drag and drop. in the total cost of a project like this the $ 7.00 he may save on the bid to figure out what equipment will be used to paint it and how, is really not worth his time.

Because the guy drawing these in Autocad is designing a building with all that goes with that down to the light switches. and when it comes to a no parking island its drag and drop. in the total cost of a project like this the $ 7.00 he may save on the bid to figure out what equipment will be used to paint it and how, is really not worth his time.

If I am doing a new layout and see this type of no parking cross hatch on the plans, I will normally explain to the GC how I have to paint it with my equipment. I mention that there is a good possibility that the lines may come out choppy or broken where I try to join them together. I then mention how I can achieve the same result with just a slight variation in the angle of the cross hatching. If the GC is not on the job, I just go ahead and alter it. I have never been told to stick to the plans or have had to go back and paint it as it was originally drawn on the plans. How many times have you had a new handicap layout and the plans call for the access aisle stripes to be painted in such a manner that it makes it impossible to paint without moving guns from one side to another or using a template to complete. I am sure that you changed the layout so you can paint the lines in one pass without any extra work and no one has ever called you on it. Also, if there is a chance that you may be doing the restriping down the road, you certainly don't want to have to paint a pain in the butt "no parking" area again. Keep in mind that these self imposed changes are only to no parking zones. I wouldn't alter the size or number of stalls without a work order.

If I am doing a new layout and see this type of no parking cross hatch on the plans, I will normally explain to the GC how I have to paint it with my equipment. I mention that there is a good possibility that the lines may come out choppy or broken where I try to join them together. I then mention how I can achieve the same result with just a slight variation in the angle of the cross hatching. If the GC is not on the job, I just go ahead and alter it. I have never been told to stick to the plans or have had to go back and paint it as it was originally drawn on the plans. How many times have you had a new handicap layout and the plans call for the access aisle stripes to be painted in such a manner that it makes it impossible to paint without moving guns from one side to another or using a template to complete. I am sure that you changed the layout so you can paint the lines in one pass without any extra work and no one has ever called you on it. Also, if there is a chance that you may be doing the restriping down the road, you certainly don't want to have to paint a pain in the butt "no parking" area again. Keep in mind that these self imposed changes are only to no parking zones. I wouldn't alter the size or number of stalls without a work order.