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Technical Questions about Painting Long Blue Lines
Fightin Kentuckian

Posted on 07/17/2020 12:17:28 PM PDT by fightin kentuckian

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"World's Amazing Modern Road Marking Machine - Intelligent Technology"


"Line Painting"

61 posted on 07/17/2020 5:30:11 PM PDT by Songcraft
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Lots of good ideas in the thread.

I’d probably rig an Airless paint sprayer to a hitch ball mount.

-Prime line, fill with paint, zip tie grip open to ball mount, pointed down
-Attach sprayer ac power line to extension cord in cab of truck
-approach target zone.
-Plug sprayer into a 12v-120v inverter that is attached to a battery.
-unplug at end of target zone.
-Drive away.

A nice .017 tip will probably spit a quart over 300 feet, depending on speed. Priming will use another quart. Have extra.

Obscure plates of vehicle ;)


62 posted on 07/17/2020 6:17:02 PM PDT by Malsua
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63 posted on 07/17/2020 6:49:54 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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I would think that if the road is not going to get mauled with traffic the minute you paint it ... the simplest thing is to order some blue road paint and blow it out a power paint sprayer.

Might be harder to find the highway painting devices. But maybe a sports field sprayer is easier to find.

Seems like the easiest, least moving parts, simplest ... is a power sprayer and then with a little experimentation you can figure out how fast you can go and still get the line down.

I DO think you want road paint or something made to adhere maybe to concrete. Basement sealer I bet, if you can tint it blue ... would probably be a bitch to get off (in a good way given what you're hypothetically imagining) ... if getting actual road lining paint is too difficult.

Hypothetically of course I might not want to buy the obvious equipment and paint if I wanted to avoid detection. That is, Dateline Mystery is littered with inmates filmed at Home Depot buying plastic bags and axes and duct tape .... and well, just ask the Juicy Smollier team.

So maybe a power sprayer at one place by one person and not-road-but-still-adheres-to-that-kind-of-surface paint bought by another and tint by a 3rd.

Hypothetically right? You're talking about writing a crime novel? Thought so.

64 posted on 07/17/2020 8:11:00 PM PDT by tinyowl (A is A)
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If neatness doesn’t count, put a 50 gallon drum, on its side in the bed of a pickup truck, position it at the begin point, have someone pop the cap; then pop the clutch.


65 posted on 07/18/2020 2:56:32 AM PDT by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches, or Trump in general, while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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