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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">There is quite a bit of technical information available in the Internet for anti-graffiti coatings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically they prevent any paint from bonding to the factory finish once it has been applied.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The one question I wonder about is the cost of these coatings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you paint a new railcar, what is the added cost to add an anti-graffiti coating to the factory paint?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If there is significant extra cost, I wonder if the freight railroads would simply live with the graffiti rather than spend the money on anti-graffiti coatings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">Some of the anti-graffiti coatings are sacrificial, meaning that they must be pressure washed to remove the graffiti along with a portion of the anti-graffiti coating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then more anti-graffiti coating must be applied over the original coating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, I would tend to conclude that these anti-graffiti coatings and their maintenance would be deemed too costly for freight cars.</span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">On thing to consider is that the availability of these anti-graffiti coatings might inspire the making of laws requiring such coatings in order to protect the aesthetic sensibilities of the general public.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The freight railroads might be concerned about that development.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
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