City Parking Lots Tesla Charging Stations, Santa Barbara
Baker Electric · Santa Barbara
Purple Painting painted the conduit for new Tesla charging stations in the parking garage at the corner of Ortega and Anacapa Street, 18 E Ortega Street, for Baker Electric. The conduit was painted to hide it and to protect it from rust, using high performance, industrial coatings.
- Type
- Public Works
- Location
- 18 E Ortega Street
- Client
- Baker Electric
- Owner
- City of Santa Barbara
- Completed
- 2024
- Arizona White
Frazee 182
Vista Polytec DTM
eggshell · conduit
New Tesla Charging stations are being installed all around town - including in the parking garage located on the corner of Ortega and Anacapa Street. This new charging station required thick conduit to be ran and this conduit needed to be painted in order to hide it so it does not stand out, and to protect it so it does not rust. All finishes used were high performance, industrial coatings.
How we did it
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Mask everything not being painted
All areas around the conduit that were not being painted were masked off.
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Etch the galvanized metal
The galvanized conduit, supports and junction boxes were etched so the primer could grip.
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Prime the metal
The etched metal was primed with a bonding primer made for slick surfaces.
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Finish in two coats
Two coats of exterior industrial coating went over the primer to hide the conduit against the wall and keep it from rusting.
