Disney Paint in the parks

[dieboy]

I'd also like to mention, Things that your see that are very close to you, are repainted frequently, while things that are further away or higher up are less frequently painted. If you look hard its pretty apparent.

So I do not think they are using any magical paint formula, its just things get touched up on the regular. Most likely its just a very durable high gloss exterior paint. As someone said its most likely PPG. (paint and tile contractor for ten years).

 

[Phonedave]

They also just paint over existing paint with not much prep most of the time.

If you look around, there is a lot of chipped paint where the chips were just painted over, not scraped, sanded and primed.

They do a full job from time to time, especially at the resorts. You see a lot of scraping and priming of exterior paint being done at the resorts. But many times in the parks (likely because of time constraints) things are just painted over (maybe a quick wash down with TSP and a scrubbie before, but maybe not)

-dave

 

[KBLovedDisney]

They also just paint over existing paint with not much prep most of the time.

If you look around, there is a lot of chipped paint where the chips were just painted over, not scraped, sanded and primed.

Like the freshly painted purple rocks...Those just weren't done well.

 

[Phonedave]

Concrete, paint. Is someone stealing Disney's trade secrets?

Honestly, I am not interested in stealing their secrets, but I am interested in not having to fix things around my house. I try to use quality products on my home projects, but sometimes it is helpful to know what they are using in commercial applications.

 

[graphite1326]

I had a "bus driver" tell us that they start at one end of Main street and paint. When they get to the other end they start over. EH, I really didn't believe him.

 

[WDW Monorail]

They also just paint over existing paint with not much prep most of the time.

If you look around, there is a lot of chipped paint where the chips were just painted over, not scraped, sanded and primed.

They do a full job from time to time, especially at the resorts. You see a lot of scraping and priming of exterior paint being done at the resorts. But many times in the parks (likely because of time constraints) things are just painted over (maybe a quick wash down with TSP and a scrubbie before, but maybe not)

-dave

That is apparent in some areas and appears to work really well. I’m not sure what surface preparation is used for just an overlay like that.
I’m used to projects were the old coating and any surface contamination must be removed prior to applying a new coating such as steel tanks or other structural steel structures.

Interestingly, I’ve never worked with a PPG product. We’ve had to deal with them for remediation issues but generally we work with Tnemec or Sherwin Williams High Performance Coatings.

 

[Phonedave]

Didn't mean to offend - I just saw this and the concrete thread on the same page. It made me chuckle.

No offense taken. I just find that a lot of the things WDW does (used to do) were well researched and tested to be the "best' (cost effective, easiest, fastest, most durable, etc.) way of doing things. They came up with some very innovative solutions to the wear a tear of the elements and thousands of guests. If I can copy a successful process, I will.