This advice note provides guidance for the removal of graffiti from historic buildings and monuments. It includes information on the identification of graffiti media, describes appropriate removal techniques and discusses strategies for prevention.
Graffiti prevention and removal
Graffiti attacks on historic buildings and monuments are best countered with passive design and active management measures. Good lighting and security are examples, but this is not always possible. Existing graffiti and persistent attacks require a strategy for removal, or the protection of surfaces, to limit further violations.
Guidance on graffiti prevention and removal focuses on the following:
- types of graffiti
- substrates
- graffiti removal methods
- planning a graffiti removal operation
- strategies for preventing or reducing graffiti attacks
- historic graffiti
