Line Striping

Thirty to sixty minutes to walk on and drive over in normal conditions, longer in humidity or cold. That is why most lots get striped overnight or on a weekend — by opening time the lines are ready.

Yes. Accessible stalls, access aisles, the required signage and the van-accessible dimensions all get laid out to current spec rather than repainted over whatever faded layout was there. Worn ADA markings are the thing that turns into a problem at inspection.

Every one to two years for a busy lot, longer for light traffic. Snow plows are harder on paint than cars are, so Michigan lots tend toward the shorter end. If drivers are parking crooked, the lines have already faded past useful.

Traffic paint for most parking lots — it is cost-effective, dries fast and reapplies easily. Thermoplastic makes sense for high-wear points like drive aisles, crosswalks and entrances where paint gets scrubbed off quickly. We will tell you where the extra cost actually earns its keep.

The ADA standard is at least one accessible space for the first 25 total spaces, scaling up from there, and at least one in every six accessible spaces has to be van accessible with a wider access aisle. Local code can be stricter than the federal minimum, so we lay out to whichever applies.

Often, yes. Re-striping to a new layout costs no more than repeating the old one, and angled parking or a revised aisle width can sometimes add spaces without touching the asphalt. We will measure and show you what fits before anything gets painted.

All of it — stall numbering, directional arrows, stop bars, crosswalks, loading zones, fire lanes and no-parking hatching. If the fire marshal or your insurer has asked for something specific, send us what they wrote and we will mark it to suit.

Only the section we are working on. We stripe in phases and cone off one area at a time, which is why most lots get done overnight or on a weekend without ever closing.