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Use stickers and paint to give a new look to your heavy equipment

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Do you run a construction business? Regardless of small or big, you must own some or the other heavy construction equipment, right? Well, just like others, you too will have to encounter the problem of the heavy construction equipment being old and worn down after continuous usage for years. However, the worn down appearance of the heavy construction equipment do not affect the performance of the machines. In that case, replacing the machine or buying a new one is not at all a solution or an option. What should you do in that case?

What are the problems that you face?

Before you think of giving your heavy construction equipment a makeover or refurbishment, it is a must that you know about the problems that you will have to face with them.

  • In most cases, the heavy construction equipment loses its colour. This is because these machines and tools are exposed to concrete, cement, mud and dust and many such hard particles that can wear off the paint of the equipment. Despite cleaning the equipment regularly, you will find that the paint is not staying for long.
  • Yet another difficulty that the equipment operators face is that the machines and tools within the equipment lose their tags or instructions. Hence, new operators have to face trouble with understanding which button or lever indicates a certain function.
  • Structural damages are some of the most common damages that are caused to the heavy construction equipment. When your heavy equipment suffers this damage, it will require serious repair. Otherwise, it might lead to serious accidents.

Giving the heavy equipment a new look:

If your heavy equipment has undergone these troubles, it is a must that you choose some refurbishing techniques to give your equipment a brand new look. This is something that you will have to do carefully, so that it does not cause you too much of cost.

  1. Paint the equipment:

 

One thing that is a basic and must be done once in a while is to paint your heavy construction equipment. Your equipment requires occasional paint, as this enhances the beauty of the equipment as well as increases the life of the equipment. The reason behind this is that the paint for the heavy construction equipment is strong and protects the heavy metal bodies of the equipment. Hence, be it the weather damages or the concrete or cement damages, the paint will protect the equipment for long.

  2.  Use stickers:

 

Stickers are something that can always give a new look to any of your vehicles and other personal assets. However, when it comes to the heavy construction equipment, using stickers is a great idea. Not only can the stickers give a new look to the equipment, but they can also help you to revive the indication and instruction labels. As these stickers can be easily customized, you can make the stickers as per your requirement. Even the sticker that boldly expresses the name of your construction company can be used on the equipment.

So, what are you waiting for? Give your equipment a new look with the simple stickers and paint and get rid of the old and wearied look.

Applying Some Nice Paint Can Give Cool Looks to Your Heavy Equipment

Heavy equipments are the one that takes the maximum dust working on the construction site and that ultimately deteriorates the skin of the machine. It loses its looks and start looking old which may give others the impression that you are working with old machine even if you have just bought it around a year ago. As it is important to take great care of the parts of the machine so that it does not breaks down in mid of important project, in the same way it becomes highly imperative to put some brush on the equipment at regular intervals. The frequency largely depends on the kind of work it has to undergo on a daily basis. Depending on that, one can decide how often he needs to paint the stuff.

Putting stickers is another option to give some real cool looks to your machine. However, you can’t stick the entire body of the equipment with stickers. Other than that, if you have many machines working on different projects, it would be way too expensive for you to put them on each of your machine. In addition to this, there are high chances of the stickers getting washed off during servicing. Well, that may not be of much use then. However, a combination of both painting the equipment and sticking stickers on its body makes much more sense than just doing either of the activity. A thought on this is worth giving.

Let us now talk about few points why we should paint the heavy equipment.

Preventing it from rusting:-  We all must be having a vehicle at home and we take intense care of it. We clean the stuff probably every week and if there happens to be some dent for some reason, we try to get that fixed in no time. If we see it losing its shine, we try to get that coloured so that it looks new. We also take special care to prevent it from getting wet in the rain as that might rust the vehicle and lessen its life. So you put that in your garage and it’s safe. Well, the same goes for heavy equipments. It’s just that they don’t have a garage especially when they are on the fields. At the most, you can put a cover on it which will prevent it from getting wet. However, many times we simply do away with it which causes it to lose its shine earlier that it should have. Therefore, it is of due importance to paint the machine as and when it starts appearing to look a bit pale or fainted (in terms of colour). You can also use anti-rusting chemicals which will strengthen the quality of the paint and will prevent the machine from catching rust.

Give an impression on others:-  At times when you’re expecting a huge project, the giver of the project wants to check if you have the infrastructure to complete the project in time. Obviously, they would also like to take a peep on your machines and if they find it in poor state that might give them a negative vibe about you. So painting the stuff will always keep it new and putting some stickers here and there will only set a positive impression on others.