Anti Graffiti Paint

Group 10
Jason Price, Martin Gamel Bjørner, Michael
Jønch Pedersen and Mathilde Daugaard
Agenda
Needs
Specifications
Concepts
Product recipe
Process
Equipment and scale-up issues
Conclusions and future work

Needs
 Questionnaire and phone interview
 People contacted:
◦ DSB
◦ Metro
◦ Movia
◦ Municipality of Copenhagen
◦ Municipality of Lyngby-Tårbæk
◦ Maersk
◦ Campus Service
◦ Alliance Clean and Care
◦ SSG A/S
◦ Graffiti painter
Needs
 It is transparent
 You only need to apply one layer
 The surface is allowed to breath
 Graffiti is prevented from sticking
 It is cheap
 Non-toxic
 Easy application/Time to dry
 Long lifetime
 Weather resistant
 Durability (Hardness)
 Multi surface application
 Easy graffiti removal
 Specifications
Interpreted need Metrics Unit Ideal value Marginal value Benchmark
(Tor Paint)
It is transparent Refractive index Dimensionless 1 2 1.5*

You only need to Amount of layers Dimensionless 1 2 2

apply one layer
Graffiti is Surface Tension dyne/cm 5 15 10*
prevented from
It is cheap
sticking Price £/L 20 25 23

Non-toxic Volatile Organic g/l 5 50 25

Compounds
Easy application/ Time hours 1 1.5 1
Time to Touch dry
Long lifetime Time years 5 3 3*

Weather resistant Time years 5 3 3*

* Value obtained from other sources than the benchmark TorLife Anti Graffiti paint
 Concepts
C.Layer that reacts with the adhesives/binders
D.Layer that reacts with the pigments
K.Prevent graffiti from sticking
Concepts
 C D I Weight
Criteria

End users cost 0 0.00 -1 -0.09 -1 -0.09 0.09
Ease of graffiti 2 0.36 2 0.36 2 0.36 0.25
removal
Appliance time 0 0.00 1 0.13 0 0.00 0.13
Cost of production 0 0.00 0 0.00 -1 -0.07 0.07
Lifetime / 1 0.11 1 0.11 2 0.22 0.11
durability
Breathability 0 0.00 0 0.00 -1 -0.13 0.13
Transparency 0 0.00 0 0.00 -1 -0.13 0.13
Toxicity -1 -0.16 -1 -0.16 0 0.00 0.09
Sum of weighted 0 . 31 0 . 35   0 . 16 1.00
ideas
The Recipe and Final
concept Component Weight %
Mineral spirits 55
Silicone adhesive 30
(Binder )
Polyurethane having 15
fluorinated side chains
and enzymes on backbone Negligible
Additives
Equipment and scale-up
issues
Conclusion and future work
 Selection of a workable enzyme
 Bind enzyme on the polyurethane backbone
 Primer paint to protect underlying paint
 Deactivating coating
 Other types of surfaces and applications
 Use of a Continuously Oscillating Batch
Reactor (COBR)
END OF PRESENTATION
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