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• When using aerosol paint, take sp :cial caze to avoid inhaling the fumes. Spray at the stencil, not at the participants. Be aware of wind conditions; if it's too windy, postpone stenciling for the day. • When using liquid paint, take EXTRA special care not to spill it down the storm drain. With either method, use paint sparingly; you don't need much to make the stencil readable. • Stencil only the drains where you have written permission, provided by your project coordinator. If a car or other vehicle is parked next to a drain, skip that one and move onto another drain. DO NOT get paint on anything other than the stencil. NEVER use the paint for graffiti. $te~J°~J}/-$teEJ $tel"1CIIlt1g At the beginning, you will need about 15 minutes to stencil each drain. As you become more experienced, it will take less time. Remember, haste makes waste. Take your time and you'll have a better, more readable stencil. You may want to try using your stencil before doing it on a roadway. To practice, take a large sheet of heavy paper or several layers of newspaper, place the stencil on top and apply the paint, following the directions below. By experimenting first, you'll have more confidence when you begin to stencil at your sites. Step 1: Assign duties. Each stenciling team should have a minimum of four members: one to paint, two to hold the stencil in place when using liquid paint and at least one to monitor for traffic. Youth teams must have a supervising adult in addition to the four. Some team members should distribute leaflets to the homes or businesses in the neighborhood. Don't put leaflets in mail boxes -that's illegal! Put them in doors, instead. Step 2: Put on safety equipment. All team r"enm~rs sh^uld~ wew.^.^g :heir brightly colored clothing. Stencil holders and the painter should wear gloves and safety glasses. The traffic monitor must wear a traffic vest and put the traffic cones in place (if only one cone is used, it should be placed in the direction of the on-coming traffic). Step 3: Evalu~ie the stenciing siie. Are there cars parked nearby? .~~e there other items, like bikes or other property near enough to get paint on them? If so, skip that drain and move onto another one. Step 4: Clean up the stenciling site. Place recyclables in one bag and other wastes in another. If you find glass, needles or other sharp objects azound the drain, remove them wearing heavy gloves (an adult must ~~ this) and place them into a r~: ~-~~ conty 2::..., _~F :.._ ,t,~=...F• _~_. . ping your wire brush; c;iean the surface as well as you can -paint sticks better to clean surfaces. Drains with curb and gutter Drains without gutters