Effectiveness of Anti-Graffiti Coatings used in Rolling Stock

Effectiveness of Anti-Graffiti Coatings used in Rolling Stock

GARBACZ Marcin and KOWALIK Paweł

Abstract The article presents the problem of graffiti on protective coatings on the wagon bodies of rail vehicles. It presents a way of dealing with this phenomenon by adding an anti-graffiti clear coat, allowing easy cleaning of graffiti without damaging the paint coat. The anti-graffiti clear coats available on the market and the agents used to wash them are briefly characterized. The research methodology and research results on the anti-graffiti protection effectiveness of various paint coats used in the railway industry, tested between the years 2010 and 2018 in the Railway Research Institute in the Materials & Structure Laboratory, are also presented.

Keywords
Rolling Stock, Coatings, Graffiti Removal

Published online , 7 pages
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Published under license by Materials Research Forum LLC., Millersville PA, USA

Citation: GARBACZ Marcin and KOWALIK Paweł, Effectiveness of Anti-Graffiti Coatings used in Rolling Stock, Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 17, pp 233-239, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644901038-34

The article was published as article 34 of the book Terotechnology XI

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