It's a great tool to have in the toolbox. In saying that, there are companies that use it and those that don't. Everyone has their preferred technique so it's all about what works for you.

@@doinglines9587 thanks for the information

Usually after each painting session or after it gets a little heavy. We let them dry over a few days if we're not using them consistently. Then we just break it off the stencil using our hands or a scraper

Not for this job no

Until paint is dry. 5-10 minutes

Same to you Stuart! Thanks for watching

The sand you are referring to is actually reflective glass bead (it does feel like sand and is fine like sand). This drops into the MMA and sticks to it close to the surface. At night in the dark, your headlights on your vehicle will reflect off the glass bead in the MMA making the lines visible as you drive. If you watch the point when the yellow is being sprayed you will see the glass bead form a faint rainbow on the screen as the sunlight reflects off of it too. You're no idiot, you're a curious watcher. This is really interesting stuff to work with. Thanks for the comment!

They're actually just rectangle cut stencils specifically for block painting. They were cut to a desired size

What material did you use to make them? Looks like a white board or paper material rather then plastic. Hard to tell in videos

It's a very lightweight plastic

Whereabouts will you be working in the North?

Usually the customer asks for beads on the blocks straight away. We do also suggest it if we believe the circumstances should have them if they don't request it. This was a crosswalk within a parking lot so beads were not as necessary compared to crosswalk blocks across a roadway. Thanks for watching and Happy New year to you as well!

We've got a rider that connects to the machine. Definitely worth it when painting lengths this long. Thanks for the comment!

Type of paint usually comes down to the customers preference. Some ask for regular road paint while others ask for a higher quality road paint, while other jobs can ask for thermo or MMA. All types will stick to asphalt or concrete but for differing amount of times based on a number of factors such as traffic, temperature. In terms of knowing where to start and stop for stall lines we usually mark a stall width mark and then an end of stall mark together then we know where to start. In this video we are painting the centrelines so starting wherever is fine and then we end at the curb and then we circle back to head towards the curbs on the other side of the row to finish off the centreline. When doing double rows our machine will measure off how long it has painted and stop when it hits a desired length. Then it can measure off a space/aisle length before starting a new line. This machine we have to calibrate regularly and then can set it to automatically spray when required, ex. 40ft line-20ft aisle. This only works when doing double rows however; if we are doing single stall lines up to curbs then we have to measure off parking area length and mark each stall within that area with chalk then we paint using of those marks. Hopefully that answer your questions, it's pretty interesting stuff. Thanks for the comment!

If you watch the most recent video on the channel, (Parking lot Painting - Episode 2) you will see the machine in action doing the painting and then stopping once its measured off the desired length. Check that one out if you get the chance. Thanks again

@@doinglines9587 great! I will definitely watch it!