- 1). Hold a contest for the pavement painting design. Ask local residents or local artists to design a street mural for a particular intersection. Hold a town meeting to vote on a design and choose winner. Ask for volunteers to help with the project.
- 2). Apply for a permit in your city to stop the traffic for 12 hours and to paint the street. Depending on your local ordinances, apply for a day that should be dry and not too hot, such as early summer.
- 3). Raise funds to pay for the paint for the project. Request donations and host fundraising events, such as pancake breakfasts or silent auctions. Ask local businesses to contribute to the cause.
- 4). Sweep the intersection with brooms the night before the painting begins. Collect debris into trash bags. Hose off the area with a power washer. Then, sweep the intersection one last time in the morning.
- 5). Set up orange cones around the intersection to stop traffic. Draw the design onto the street with chalk to figure out where everything will go. Use the winning drawing as the guide. Hand out the design on paper to all your volunteers so they know where the colors go. Write the colors' names on the street if possible.
- 6). Dip paintbrushes into the traffic marking paint with anti-skid additive. Be sure the paint is well mixed before using and that you have plenty of volunteers. Mechanical mixing can be done at paint stores. Paint each area according to the colors of the design within the 12 hours of the permit.
- 7). Repaint the street painting every two years with a new design and paint job.
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