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Need some help! Had my first major f@#$ up today, I was adjusting the gun and for some reason (mental screw up) the gun sprayed paint all over the concrete. I panic and try to get it to the grass, dumb move, now I have a line of unwanted paint. It's latex paint on older concrete. I wiped it up quickly, so it's not very thick. What's the best way to get rid of this screw up? Power wash? Thanks for the help.

I have used a bio-degradable paint stripper,apply let sit power wash.Only problem is water run off into sewer is a no no. I tend to do this later in the evening to cut down on some problems.

If it is a little screw up, use a sidewalk edger with a twisted wire brush mounted on it. If you don't have one of those, do what Cheny said. If you were using latex paint, I can't imagine why you did not have water with you or water available on the job. If it is a short line, wiping up the major paint then with a few gallons of water and a wire brush you would have completely removed it all without having to return to the job. We have 50 or 100 gallon water tanks in our trailers for latex machine clean-up so we always have water available to clean up any latex misahps.

go get a pressure washer. It will take it up. Concrete is forgiving. Black top is not. I have made the same mistake myself. Dont sweat it. Jon

pressure was for sure will do it - use a rotary tip with high pressure and she'll come right up - no residue to worry about either!

Has anyone had a good or bad experience with those plastic sign posts on a "spring" base mounted to the asphalt with lag bolts and epoxy? Guess these things are supposed to "flex" back if struck by a car.

The posts themselves seem to be quite resilient. I can't say the same for the signs mounted on them.

Have not used them, but I do know they are pretty expensive. When we pitch them to owners, and they see the price, all have gone back to tele-spar or u-channel

They work. stand up to 20 to 30 running overs by thoes that can't drive. Plan on replacing them every year as they do ware out. They are easy to replace. Still nothing better then a 10" well casing filled with concrete. They last and will destroy 10 to 20 cars before requiring any maintance.

The customer does not want any sign (handicap parking signs) that can be knocked over and cause damage to other cars. They have had issues in the past with claims. Also no bumper blocks because of plows in the winter and trip and fall issues. Same goes with steel bollard pipes filled with cement, they say too much of a liability. I tried offering everything but the kitchen sink. The idea of "spring back" sign posts is the only one i could come up with. Little pricey though.

Not to change the subject or anything, but be cautious of customers like that, get everything in writting and cover your bases. If they are hard to please once, chances are they will be hard to please again, and its the contractor that usually gets stuck in the middle.

Might also want to explain the danger of these sign bases to the customer. I installed one of them at a recreation center and some kids got hurt by pulling them back and letting go.

Another idea, go to Harbor Frieght tools (or similar) and get a little 30lb sand blaster, these are for small jobs only, but work great for little paint spills or if you sealcoat too, it works wonders for sealer spills.

Gotta be careful with the sand though - it has to be disposed of properly in some area as hazardous waste!

I didn't see any post dated for Friday and Sat.? Did I miss them? Happy 4th everybody!!

Gerzie is exactly right. I come from the angle of being a sign guru for a govt. entity where everything is looked at from a liability angle. We looked at spring return sign posts for use around bridges here in farm country where big equipment just wrecks havic on signs. After experimenting with these and seeing how hard they rebound all I could see was a kid having his buddy hold still while letting one go right into his mug. We're talking serious force! I am a diehard telespar fan. Its lightweight easy to work with and almost endlessly reusable when spliced. We have literally installed over 5000 of these and think they are great. They don't rust like the green u-channel either. Anybody out there with sign questions let me know.