JIM FISHER, ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, STIRLING COUNCIL,
Stirling Council were fighting a losing battle against flyposters
until we applied our specialist high-profile coating.
STIRLING
Unlike many of the UK’s bigger towns and cities, Stirling
in central Scotland was relatively free of litter and graffiti.
However, large areas of the city centre and many of the
surrounding routes had been targeted by flyposters.
It was a major problem – and a losing battle – for Stirling
Council’s Environmental Services department. No sooner
had workers removed the posters from utility and traffic
signal cabinets around the city centre, than the flyposters
struck again.
We were contacted by the Council in 2005 and asked
to suggest an appropriate solution. After carrying out
a comprehensive survey, we recommended applying
our Original High Profile Anti-Flyposting Coating to
the cabinets in the town centre – 70 in all.
A great team effort
Our team was based in Stirling for a week. After they
stripped off the posters and washed the cabinets to
remove all remaining city grime, the coating was applied
in a four-stage process.
First, a primer was used to ensure good adhesion of the
textured coating and to prevent corrosion. The textured
coating was then applied – but only after carefully masking
off all hinges, keyholes and openings. Two coats of our
Anti-Graffiti Glaze completed the job.
The success of the project prompted Stirling Council to
ask us to treat more cabinets with our Anti-Flyposting
system. The textured coating thwarted the flyposters to
such an extent that not one cabinet was targeted in the
year after the work was completed.
