Recently, I completed some work with the Wizard's Lacrosse Club, (http://www.wizardslacrosse.com/) who are playing out of the Garson Arena this summer. They had a great logo, but wanted to spread that image around a bit within the arena to start, and out into the community. One of the tasks at hand was to paint the logo on the cement floor of the arena. There were many challenges with this, which included, durability as the floor is covered in ice for half the year, and when that ice is thawed, the floor would get a LOT of traffic from lacrosse players. The other challenge was the time-we had about 3 days to paint, prior to an open house where 150 or so kids would be making use of the arena!
After a considerable amount of research, we opted to use a two part tinted mastic paint for the logo, and protect it with a 2 part urethane, which acts as a sealer. The court lines were also part of this procedure, and the volunteers that came out to measure, tape and paint were terrific.
In the end, the arena looks fabulous, and the kids have another great place to spend some time having fun, and staying fit...
Special thanks go out to Wizard's President, Dave Gill and everyone from the Wizard's Organization who stepped up and helped out; Vern at JVS Welding in Beausejour for the loan of a diesel heater which helped the paint cure, as well as to Marvin, John & Chris down at the Arena who were once again most accommodating...
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