Pros And Cons Of Thermoplastic Parking

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(i) Thermoplastic are most durable

(ii) Thermoplastic parking stripping’s stands up to extreme weight and traffic.

(iii) Thermoplastic parking stripping’s long life and doesn’t need to make new stripping’s for years.

(iv) Thermoplastic Parking stripping increases surface finish and visibility for the parking area.

(v) Needs no maintenance for years.

Cons:

(i) Thermoplastic is very expensive and in some projects doesn’t fit in the project budget.

(ii) Thermoplastic parking strips needs an equipment to install; one can’t install it with brush like in paint stripping.

(iii) Thermoplastic tape equipment is very expensive and costly because it needs hot tape exception.

(iv) Thermoplastic parking stripping installation process is very long

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