We make two marking paints, and the choice between them comes down to a single question: how long does the mark need to stay put? Get that right and everything else follows.
Line Marker Paint — semi-permanent
This is the paint for lines that have to survive traffic, weather and time. It is hard-wearing and weatherproof, and a line will typically last up to around six months before it starts to break down — depending on UV exposure, the surface and how much traffic runs over it. It suits anywhere the marking needs to stay put: car park bays and arrows, warehouse walkways and racking lanes, traffic-management layouts, sports pitches, and road lines meant to last a season. On a busy surface it wears rather than vanishes, which makes it easy to see when a re-mark is due.
Survey Paint — temporary
Survey Paint is built to be bright when it goes down and gone when the job moves on. It is the choice for setting out, spot marking, dig locations and utility marks — anything that guides the next few days of work and would only be a nuisance to remove later. Because it is designed to break down sooner, it saves the job of scrubbing or blacking out marks once they have served their purpose.
A few real examples
Setting out a new car park calls for survey paint on the set-out marks that get covered by the finished bays, and Line Marker on the bays themselves. Marking a service run for a dig next week is a survey-paint job. Laying permanent walkway lines in a live warehouse is a Line Marker job. The pattern is simple: guidance that gets built over or dug up wants the temporary paint; anything a person will rely on next month wants the semi-permanent one.
How to choose, in one line
If someone will rely on the mark next week, next month or next season, Line Marker is the one. If it is guidance for the next few days that is better off fading on its own, Survey is the one. Both share the same professional formula and spray exactly the same way — the only difference is how long the mark is designed to last. Both also come in the same seven colours, so a site colour scheme can be kept whichever durability is chosen.