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Rhymeswithrawk
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Posted on Monday, February 23, 2009 - 8:58 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Fed up with the city and a negligent slumlord, some neighbors and I are talking about painting a rowhouse that burned beyond salvation in May a lovely shade of Tigger orange. Since it worked in other neighborhoods, why not try it in ours.

So my questions to the forum:
1. Anyone know where to buy eye-searing orange paint on the cheap? Home Depot is a bit pricey for how much we need and for the purpose.
2. Anyone have a really tall ladder we can borrow?
3. Anyone wanna volunteer for the cause? :-)
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Sludgedaddy
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Posted on Monday, February 23, 2009 - 9:07 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Once the orange paint job is complete, write the words "Beer...Wine...Lotto" to embellish your art work.
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Rjlj
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Posted on Monday, February 23, 2009 - 9:09 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

The AAA building on Bagley could use a nice paint job.
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Alfie1a
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Posted on Monday, February 23, 2009 - 9:15 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

buy some cheap white paint and use tints.
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Alfie1a
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Posted on Monday, February 23, 2009 - 9:16 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I wanna paint the town red.
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6nois
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Posted on Monday, February 23, 2009 - 9:17 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Never painted a building orange however I have worked on similar projects called Firebreak.

see here

http://www.openarchitecturenet work.org/node/623

http://www.flickr.com/photos/n spiotrowski/3256167547/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =KB87XcMT3TI

If paint is out of the price range think creatively for a cheaper way to draw attention to this rowhouse.
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Vivadetroit
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Posted on Monday, February 23, 2009 - 9:27 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Rhymes, is it the rowhouse at the corner of Bagley & Vinewood?

you might want to check the "free paint" place on Michigan Ave. They sell paint for pretty cheap over there.
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Grumpyoldlady
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Posted on Monday, February 23, 2009 - 9:44 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Don't know about the Detroit area, but here in Minnesota we can go to our county's recycling center and get paint that has been turned in by someone who no longer need it.
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Rhymeswithrawk
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Posted on Monday, February 23, 2009 - 10:19 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

"Rhymes, is it the rowhouse at the corner of Bagley & Vinewood? "

Sure is. We've been fighting with the owner, Ms. Maha Jano, for some time.
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1953
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Posted on Monday, February 23, 2009 - 10:31 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Why not break in and fix it up?
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Rhymeswithrawk
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Posted on Monday, February 23, 2009 - 10:49 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I wish, 1953. I'm a hard-core preservationist (see efforts to save Lafayette Bldg. and Web site), but this one is way too far gone to save. The entire second floor is gutted with no roof let alone a back wall. Fire was pretty bad.
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Wolverine
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Posted on Monday, February 23, 2009 - 10:51 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

On a recent visit to Detroit, I drove past to get a photo of it. I almost thought it looked salvageable. But if the back wall is missing well...whatever I guess. A shame, it's a really cool building.[was]
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Wolverine
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Posted on Monday, February 23, 2009 - 11:01 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

This it, right?
http://www.umich.edu/~ifmuth/v inewood.jpg
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Penelopetheduck
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Posted on Monday, February 23, 2009 - 11:34 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

The Habitat ReStore tends to have good paint and you'll be hitting the housing problem coming and going.

I really support the orange paint concept. I feel like it's so easy for all of us to get complacent about the abandoned buildings around us and start to see them as normal or not a big deal.
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Zrx_doug
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Posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 12:32 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Sounds like a swell way to get fined for trespass/vandalism as you simultaneously break your neck while fooling around with an unsafe structure..

Try taking lots of pics and spreading 'em around the web..send some pics to Jenny G. in Lansing..she's just itching to find some way to spend the "porkulus" surplus.
:-)
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Lmichigan
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Posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 1:37 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

lol, doug. I was thinking the same thing (about vandalism). The whole last paragraph? Yeah, not so much.
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Rhymeswithrawk
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Posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 2:03 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

That's it, Wolvie.
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Gsgeorge
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Posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 2:27 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Looks like the facade could be saved. Let us know how to help.
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Reddog289
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Posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 4:46 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I gotta big ladder high enuff for a 2 story house. Trouble is getting it there in a timely fashion.
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Gnome
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Posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 6:18 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

With it being a little chilly as of late, you might want to wait until it warms up a tad. Hard to roll out slushy paint.

I'll help, Rhawk, if you've tried everything else, and the place can't be saved... You've proven yourself to be a solid citizen around here so count me in.

That sure is a big building though.
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Ruxy17
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Posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 8:29 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

i'm in. i happen to have a few cans of "tiggerific orange" paint as well.
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The_recycling_people
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Posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 8:31 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Recycle Here! is painted bright orange... for visibility.
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Abraham
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Posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 3:57 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

why orange though. I love orange but not for a exterior of a house.
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Abraham
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Posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 3:59 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

pretty big building to "roll out" Definitly want a sprayer for this job. Always better for exterior.
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Ruxy17
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Posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 4:07 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

abraham check this out:

http://www.goodmagazine.com/se ction/Look/Bright_Orange
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Nate
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Posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 4:11 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

6nois, awesome project!
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Hood2643
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Posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 4:20 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

you can also get random leftover colors at any paint store for <$5 a gallon.

also, water balloons filled with paint plus a water balloon launcher works for those hard to reach spots.

http://s27.photobucket.com/alb ums/c171/harryhood2643/?action =view&current=paint2.jpg
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Raptor56
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Posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 4:41 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

On a side note, I'd recomend waiting until a sunny day in spring before painting. when it's this cold, the paint

A) doesn't stick

B) freezes before it dries

C) does not absorb well into the brick since the pores of the brick open up more during the warm weather and constrict during frigid temps (it's not much, but it makes a difference).

Great concept, but bad weather timing.
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Wolverine
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Posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 4:53 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I don't think "pores" in the brick matter. The building is already painted, but yeah... I know nothing else about temperature and paint. Good luck though. Something should be done about the situation, but I hope whoever owns the property won't show up to your painting party.
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Johnlodge
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Posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 5:12 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I'm a fan of Ford Competition Orange and Caterpillar Yellow.
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Eastsideal
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Posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 5:19 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

quote:

why orange though. I love orange but not for a exterior of a house.



Not painting it to be pretty. Painting it to call attention to it so someone might finally tear the damn thing down.
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Leannam1989
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Posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 6:11 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I think Home Depot sells oops paint for pretty cheap.
http://www.westnet.com/~andrew /howto-cheappaint.html
I wonder if you could get that orange color that hunters wear in the woods. Nobody would miss that.
http://www.yoopersteez.com/ima ges/blog/hats/hunter-orange-ha t.jpg

FreeCycle might have stuff. I've never looked into it. Craigslist maybe?

I believe Lowes also sells paint, as does Walmart.
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Deteamster
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Posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 10:21 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Somebody got a truck? Why not hook some chains up to that puppy and pull the mother fucker down yourselves? I know of a dude who's done this a couple times.
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Wolverine
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Posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 11:28 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Yeah, do that! Uninsured! Without permits! We'll just guess where the bricks fall. Seriously, inform me if you do that so I can video and submit it to one of those websites that pays $600 for people doing silly things.

Otherwise, save me some bricks.

(Message edited by wolverine on February 24, 2009)
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Lmichigan
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Posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 11:30 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Come on, Wolverine. If they are already going to do something illegal, what's the difference in painting it or tearing it down manually? I love how you make such a big distinction between the two.
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Wolverine
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Posted on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 - 11:43 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I already said you wouldn't catch me near them painting. I don't agree with it, but that's their neighborhood, and their decision. I don't live in Detroit....which is interesting.....because I have a nicely bound book from the city called "The Detroit Vacant Property Toolbox." It's 27 pages that tells me how to deal with vacant property in fair to terrible condition, legally.
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Jerrytimes
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Posted on Wednesday, February 25, 2009 - 3:12 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

The city should thank them if they tear it down.
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Reddog289
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Posted on Wednesday, February 25, 2009 - 3:57 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Tear it down, I'll get the bricks if the truck is runnin , and plant a garden. PROBLEM SOLVED.

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