Nestled in a narrow coastal plain at the north end of Dyes Inlet, the quaint town of Silverdale, WA was founded in the 1890. Located 2-1/2 hours from Seattle across Puget Sound, the historic Port of Silverdale was once used as the drop-off point for produce coming into the Seattle area.

With 3 high schools located 3 miles from Silverdale County Park, graffiti on the park’s public buildings had become a concern. Coated originally with a four-coat fluorosilane system, the park’s existing public building which houses restrooms and storage had been tagged with graffiti that could not be removed. When it came time to coat the new building, engineers with the Port of Silverdale asked Chemprobe/Tnemec coating consultant Torin Mowbray for his recommendation.

Mowbray demonstrated the use of Chemprobe’s Series 626 Dur A Pell GS and Series 680 Mark A Way coating system and how it protects against graffiti. He even attempted to remove graffiti from the fluorosilane coating on the existing building with Chemprobe’s Series 680 citrus based cleaner and was successful. The engineers were impressed and decided to use Chemprobe’s graffiti resistant system to protect the new structure from tagging.

Two coats of Series 626 Dur A Pell GS, a RTV silicone rubber, were applied to the new building. A non-sacrificial coating, Series 626 penetrates the surface creating a barrier from which graffiti can easily be removed with the use of Series 680 Mark A Way, a citrus based cleaner. Dur A Pell GS also acts as a water repellent, protecting exterior masonry substrates from moisture and contaminants such as the salt water spray that comes in from the Bay. Reports Mowbray, “both the buildings are clean with no graffiti.”