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REPAIRING GRAFFITI AND VANDAL DAMAGE TO TRAINS AND BUSES
Most graffiti is created using glass cutters, carbide probes or spark plugs. It is either random swirling scratches over a large area or is concentrated to show words (some of which are offensive), symbols or letters - football club initials for example, or gang tags.Chicago Glass can supply technicians, singly or in teams, to solve these problems in depots, either on a call-out basis in an emergency, for day or night work, as part of a planned glass maintenance programme or as permanent on-site staff.
Acid graffiti is a new phenomena to the UK, where vandals use hydrochloric acid, mixed either with shoe polish or acetone, in a shoe cleaning dispenser, creating a much wider band of graffiti - sometimes coloured which is both etched into the glass and forms a hard crust on the surface. Using a two-stage process, the system removes, abrasively, the hard crust and polishes out the etched surface with a minimum of distortion, leaving a smooth, clear surface. The system has been used extensively in the USA over the past three years where the problem is endemic.At Chicago Glass we pride ourselves in providing our clients with a very cost effective alternative to scratched glass replacement, by providing in-situ glass repairs, such as glass polishing, scratch removal and removal of scratched graffiti on glass. We have taken scratch polishing to the next level by being able to remove scratches from glass leaving very little distortion and in some instances where our clients request it, we polish glass scratches totally distortion free as a bespoke service. Our two-stage polishing process has brought scratch repair costs to a minimum making it the solution of choice to last minute glass snagging issues.
We also specialise in complex glass repairs such as chip repair, shell repair, crack repair and restoration of glass damaged by grinder spatter and weld splatter. Our glass renovation and glass restoration services would not be complete without our solutions to tackle etched and scratched graffiti on glass especially on shop fronts and train and bus windows, which include applying protective window film as part of our anti-graffiti service package. |









Most graffiti is created using glass cutters, carbide probes or spark plugs. It is either random swirling scratches over a large area or is concentrated to show words (some of which are offensive), symbols or letters - football club initials for example, or gang tags.
Acid graffiti is a new phenomena to the UK, where vandals use hydrochloric acid, mixed either with shoe polish or acetone, in a shoe cleaning dispenser, creating a much wider band of graffiti - sometimes coloured which is both etched into the glass and forms a hard crust on the surface. Using a two-stage process, the system removes, abrasively, the hard crust and polishes out the etched surface with a minimum of distortion, leaving a smooth, clear surface. The system has been used extensively in the USA over the past three years where the problem is endemic.
