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in 00 16,200. 'TRAFFIC LINE PAINTING t Specific and General Requirements 16,200.0. GENERAL: rhis work shall consist of the necessary preliminary sur- face cleaning and the painting of traffic control lines such as centerline t striping, shoulder line or pavement edge striping and cross walk striping. 16,200.1. DESCRIPTION: All traffic markings shall conform completely to all pertinent sections of the latest addition of the manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways of the State of Minnesota as prepared and published by the Dept. of 'rransportation, St. Paul, MN. Conformance shall he to color, width of line, placement of markings and all othv r requirements. 16,20, COLOR AND WIDTH OF LINES: The color and width of lines shall be as follows. Item Color Line Width Center lines Yellow 4" Pavement edge line White 4" Stop lines White 24" Crosswalk lines White 6" 16,200.3 SURFACE PREPARATION: All surfaces should be cleaned and brush`o remove a?f da eterious material that would be detrimental to the pai operation or "wearability" of the paint. No painting shall be done unti, e surface has been inspected and approved by the Engineer or his authorized re- presentative. 16,200.5. PAINT APPLIC A'r[ON: All traffic paints shall be applied by brush, spray or flow methods au approved by the Engineer. Painting equipment shall he capable of applying a smooth, even coat of paint at the rates required. All paint apllicstors shall be carefully cleaned prior. to start of operations to avoid skippit.,; or application of dried chunks or boavy particles of pig- ment. Rate of application shall be as recommended by paint manufacturer. All paints shall be as presently approved by th.• .esota Department of Transportation and the approval of the Project Fngisteer shall he obtaine..1 prior to start of painting operations. A general rate for 4" wide lines shall 1t he approximately 15 to 20 gallons per mile or spreading rate of 90 to 120 It! sq.ft. per gallon. Il 16,200.6. MATERIALS: All paints shall meet the pre.teent standard. the Mn/DOT. Only new fresh paints will be accepted. Oil base paintt� al to Foreman Ford 'Traffic Marking Psint 3392 (yellow) or 3393 (white) .t be used. Glass beads are required for reflective purposes. They shall. he of 't translucent glass and as sperical as possible. Cloudy beads shall not Le acceptable. The glass shall be resistant to weathering and surta. 2:ch- ing. They must meet sufficient crushing strength standards to avoid de rior- ation. Beads shall be applied at the rate of 4 to 6 Ibs. per gallon of paint. L 16,200-1 0-8074c Copyright 1y85 Ronestroo, Rosene, AnderIik b Associates, Ine.