Graffiti on Fibre glass boats
Submitted by Bodie on Sat, 2012-10-13 19:25
Some little shits decided it would be a good idea to add some more colour to the side of my boat last night..............if only i had of caught them. Just so happens to be the one night the dog isnt here.... everytime someone has gone near the boat she has let me know about it.
Got no idea what drives kids do to this shit. Im sure if it were my car parked outside, they wouldnt have even thought about tagging it.
Anyone know what can remove permenant marker and nail polish by the looks of it from firbe glass?? Did try boat bleach but didnt seem to do much.
Not having much luck with vandals and theifs lately, might be time to consider moving it to secure boat storage soon.
Bodie
tiimmbo
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Little bastards, you could
Little bastards, you could try an alcohol based cleaner maybe some metho on a rag for the marker and get some nail polish remover to try for the polish. Try it on a small patch to make sure it doesnt stain/smudge it worse to begin with.
outdoinit
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Graffiti on Fibre glass boats
Hey Bodie try straight Eucalyptus oil first, It should work.. May take a little rubbing... bloody little shite beads :-/
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wangler
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try using acetone
but try it on a small spot 1st and keep the stuff away from your decals
cheers
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pricey10
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i know aerogard insect
i know aerogard insect repellant works well to remover permanant marker! and red wine stains so i found out last weekend
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Xtreme Coolers
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Hi Bodie
Take some pics and hand them in to the local police station and ask them to put them on file. If they are tagging your boat they are tagging other things and the police might have an idea who they are. Worth a try.
Dave
Perry Home
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Yeah
Bloody good call Dave - sooner or later little shits like this'll get busted and the more evidence of Tagging that they have the deeper the shite is that they end up in. I'd also speak to someone getting a quote to see how much it is to have it taken off. That way when they re caught you can seek some financial restitution.
rocket73
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I wonder
If the one who tagged it "cock head" is known to police?? Reckon there may be a few suspects.
Good idea though, the other ones will get caught sooner or later and at least charged with this retrospectively.
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TheJettyRat
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Good idea the cops may have
Good idea the cops may have their tags on file and be able to find little shit heads who did this to ya boat.
Brock O
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I would try
Prep sol or thinners, but it may need a slight cut and polish.
I would take daves advise too.
Hard to understand why the young kids do this shit, last night we had 4 rubbish bins set on fire and burnt to the ground leaving massive big black burn marks at the people's front yard, I was one house off. Touch wood, my bins were 1 metre from the boat cover!! wont be putting them there again.
Hope you get it sorted!!
kane
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Try jif
If the others don't work - it is abrasive though
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Jody
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Magic fix-all
WD-40
or perhaps Permanent Marker Remover ...
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rocket73
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Little pricks
But it will come off easy.....please don't go with the Jiff & scourer though......fly spray, aerogaurd or many of the suggestions above will work.
Muppet
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Edge my bets on acetone
I reckon acetone would do the trick. They usually use that in fibreglass clean up so it should do the job. Shouldnt hurt your gelcoat either but will need a polish after.
As dave said ealier, take some pics and email them to your local cop shop after speaking with them. If the little shits were out doing it all night, guaranteed, someone else has already made a report and the crapheads tags may already be in the database along with their name.
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squidder
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I had a bit of "Tagging"
done , some years back, took some pics, done some homework to find out the culprit, waited till the shit bought a car them payback was a bitch, with a footnote, not that funny when someone Tags your property.
Michael Yoni
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Better that than damaging or
Better that than damaging or stealing things from the nice boat. Often driven by bordom.
What a pain to clean.
All great ideas to remove graffiti, if you have white board markers write over the top with that then wipe off.
Good luck
Mulie
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Boredom?
Micael, I think it's more that they've never never had the living shit kicked out of them for doing the wrong thing than boredom.
Mulie
johnno67
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Hope ya find them
Then we could take them fishing
Rob H
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Try a similar pen, write on
Try a similar pen, write on top then clean. It should soften it.
Wax your boat, then the stuff probably wont stick anyway if theres a repeat?
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Baden01
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Muppets right on the Money
Acetone will do the trick its the best stuff for removing shit like that and not bad on the Gelcoat either
Brocky
Ric
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Cop generally have a file
Cop generally have a file with the tags in, so report it mate... Or go down the local hang outs and offer anyone 50$ for the name n address of the taggers, young kids generally talk pretty easy , then go have a chat with them?
tantrum
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Makes you want to cut their
Makes you want to cut their bloody hands off but the problem is catching them... I have two Rotties behind my gates to "Greet" people that think they're going to have a go at this sort of thing with my place. Sorry to hear about this Bodie.
Midor
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such low lifes! ethanol
such low lifes!
ethanol definitely removes permanent marker, and so does acetone (nail polish remover)
nick82
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Prepsols the go(wax and
Prepsols the go(wax and grease remover)try that first and i wouldnt use Acetone it will take graffiti off but not good on finished paintwork
fisho-ron
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shit bodie.. f n low lifes,
shit bodie.. f n low lifes, they need to be strung up by the balls and then grafitied all over with a oxy torch!!
thank god i have cameras over my boat, i will catch them if they do it to mine.
goog luck mate
solly
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White board marker
Go over the permanent marker with whiteboard marker and wipe it straight off.You will be amazed how easy it is.Dont know about the nail polish but as the others said nail polish remover always works on the missus so it should work.Unlucky mate it always pissus me off that there is no respect in the kids of today.
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Right now the do'ers are the doing it
And the watchers are watching us do it
Buz
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x2 for trying a whiteboard
x2 for trying a whiteboard marker. Thats what i used for getting permanent marker off fibreglass surfboards.
The_Wanderer
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hey Solly Tired your trick
hey Solly Tired your trick of Nail polish remover on the Mrs when she was sleeping..... It Didnt F*CKN work she was still there the next morning!
Seaquest
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Not good mate. Hope it cleans
Not good mate. Hope it cleans up for you.
Walking home from the pup one night we caught a young guy tagging a fence. My mate held him down while I sprayed him from head to toe a nice blue colour.
till
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I love it, like the dyemarker
I love it, like the dyemarker bomb!
pale ale
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Good shit, I have always said
Good shit, I have always said if I catch some effwit graffiti-ing my property, I will get the bastard and paint his eyeballs. He will never do it again (unless it is in braille)
bsir
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Funny
Awesome...well done
sandbar
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If you have cut n polish in
If you have cut n polish in your shed for a car that is the very first thing I would head for. Mothers or any other brand will do it without harming the finish and not leave smear marks.
Acetone will try and soften the finish and prepsol is more for removing dirt wax and grease. It may still work.
Should be gone in no time.
beau
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Bloody shit joke Bodie! Are
Bloody shit joke Bodie! Are you still in Bertram or have you moved already?
Barrd Up
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Bodie,We obviously live ion
Bodie,
We obviously live ion the same area. My boat was done on Thursday night and they are the same tags. They did a number of cars and letterboxes in my street with the marker pens. However on one of the cars they poured a tin of pain all over the car, real mess. As my boat is aluminium, I was able to polish the tags out of the paint.
I have provided the police with photos of the tags to their graffiti unit. I had the feeling that the police that attended recognised at least one of the tags, but were not about to tell me, as I was still seeing red at the time.
Mark
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You pay good money for tubs
You pay good money for tubs at allboats for designs like that. Clean them off, then lay a few bear traps under the turf around the boat chained to the trailer lol
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pakulacockroach
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baby oil
You could try using baby oil. I know it works like a charm getting marker off of skin. Just ask my 5yo who decided to draw a huge " third eye " on his forehead at 6am on the first day back to school last term.
sea-kem
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Hey Bodie Lacquer thinners
Hey Bodie Lacquer thinners will definately move it. I would kick there arses so hard they wouldn't be able to sit down for a week.
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sherbert
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Was in the carpet cleaning game
For nailpolish, We used nail polish remover [Try only on a corner of the tagg And wash off after
Cheers steve
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scubafish
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I would try hull clean from
I would try hull clean from the boat shop .But watch out its pretty potent need to wear gloves.Whitworths have it i think.
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Bodie
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Did try this stuff, didn't
Did try this stuff, didn't even fade the colour of it!!! Cleaned the fibre glass but left the tag
pale ale
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Bloody useless scum shit
Bloody useless scum shit heads. Looks like only one of them can spell, and he calls himself cockhead!
fisher12
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lol
lol
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chris raff
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Little Pharkers
to much of this shit going on...they don't give a rats , wouldn't be too hard to track down due to the fact they're basically signing their name...even if they do catch them is there enough of a deterent for them not to do it again ...doubt it ...as a parent if it was my young bloke regardless of the law after a good kick in the arse..I'd drag him by his ear hole to each and every property owner to apologise and then have him contribute X amount of hours working on their behalf
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Bodie
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Reported it to the cops, not
Reported it to the cops, not much they can do bar take a report.
seems like the area I'm in had a bit of this over the weekend, probably won't be the last time it happens
thanks for all the suggestions on removing it will give them a go
Georgejungle
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bodie get down to the
bodie get down to the boatlifters at freo and chat to the pros who polish all the big boats mate .If you use the wrong stuff your gunna fuck it for good. ask them mate im sure they have removed that shit off a boat before
Bruce
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Jiff and acetone would be my
Jiff and acetone would be my choice. As previously said the jiff will work but will rough it up and get this chalky feel about it. Then you might have to polish it up a bit. That is just totally unfortunate I would be devastated if it were my boat. Low life pricks
Nickk
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what a bunch of
what a bunch of heads aha looks like a really nice boat too! they better hope you dont catch them!!
meglodon
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make sure you get a quote to
i'ld definently get a quote on how much it would cost to get ride of the markings and take a photo of the damage to the cops it might not happens in the immediate future but at some time in the future the bastards will do it again and if you make a report and the cops get them you have a good chance of seeking retribution through the courts. I wouldn't be set on thinking they might be youg kids some of the teenager types are known for this stuff if they get caught and you get an order for financial restitution it will hurt them for a long time
tyrone86
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Hey bodie
Little turds ay. What suburb u in mate and I would just give it a good cut b polish ay see if that takes it out
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Bodie
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Spent the arvo cleaning
Spent the arvo cleaning it...Scano came round with a buffer and a mixture of elbow grease and the buffer did the job... Not easy tho. Tried many things but 3m boat restorer wworked.
writing over with whiteboard marker didn't work, neither did fibre glass bleach, nor about 5 othe products I tried.
chris raff
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glad to hear
it come off eventually Bodie...you'll have to get the dog back on duty , hope you don't have any more dramas
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SABRE
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tattoo
They should tattoo there tags to thier foreheads when they catch the lowlife pieces of s**t.
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fisher12
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not cool
man that must suck little bastards