Striping Roadway

Hello to all. I'm new to this forum and fairly new to the striping biz. About to complete my 2nd year. I have a question pertaining to striping road ways. I was called on today to bid a striping job in an industrial environment (oil refinery) which requires layout and stripe for new parking lot and a new road way that runs through the plant. I have never laid out and striped a road way, and actually the only thing I will be marking is the center of the road. Is there a standard guide for how long the lines should be, how much space between lines, etc.? Also, is there a particular type of paint I should use for the roadway or would the paint I use on parking lots be sufficient? I have generally used SealMaster TTP-1952b Traffic Paint with good success, but recently started using some paint from ICI Paint that is also TTP-1952b Traffic Paint. Both are waterborne paints. The bid requires a 1 year guarantee so I want to make certain that the paint I use is going to hold up in that environment, particularly on the roadway. I did a parking lot at this plant 1 1/2 years ago and used the SealMaster paint and it held up well, but I'm wondering if this paint spec. is good for roadways. Any advice and recommendations would be appreciated. Jerry

I would use a paint that meets 1952-D specs instead of 1952-B like you have been using. It will hold up longer. Most hiway skip line is 10ft long with 20ft skips. You can use smaller lengths on smaller roads.

For the width between the centerlines, it used to be the width of one line, but now is is wider to accomodate pavement markers. Your state DOT should have a "Standard Specifications" manual that will layout every spec for every marking (centerlines, gores, turn lanes, arrows, accel/deccel lanes, etc.) with diagrams.

The highway striping (dash) is depending on highway speed. Most roads (in city) use a 40' cycle ,start with 10' of stripe and then 30' of skip. The faster the traffic the longer the paint stripe. Any line length can be used but if you keep it 3:1 (3'of skip for every 1' of paint) it will look in proportion. As far as paint I would use C/R

Proline - Regarding that one year warranty: what exactly does it say if anything? If it is heavy truck traffic, I would imagine the areas where the trucks turn may wear the paint off within a year. You said the parking lines you painted lasted over a year without excessive wear. They obviously liked your original work to let you bid the new work. My suggestion if you want some good karma: Tell them you will certainly guarantee the work for a year. Knowing that the centerlines will receive a lot of traffic, tell them you will put the paint on thicker than normal. Then if the paint does wear off prematurely, you will restripe it. It appears like you are giving something away, and your are, but you are also getting something too: a life long customer who you can count on for some big bucks every year or two. This is how you build up your business. On this job you should bid so as to make some good money on the new layout and striping. With the little extras you are offering, the company should give you the job even If you are a little higher than the next person, providing they even put it out for bid. If you do have to restripe a year down the road, if may cost you a five gallon bucket of paint and a little time, but they may also want to pay to get the rest of the facility repainted also. Good Luck.