Featured in Pioneer Press

On August 12, 2024, Graffiti Solutions was featured in Pioneer Press. Here are a few excerpts:

Train cars, overpasses and abandoned buildings often find themselves on the wrong end of a spray paint canister. But what happens when taggers target ecologically-sensitive areas like the Petroglyph National Monument or Joshua Tree National Park?

Based in North St. Paul, Graffiti Solutions is removing marks from the Twin Cities and across the country with its biodegradable, environmentally safe graffiti-removal product, Elephant Snot.

Named for its striking appearance, Elephant Snot can remove paint from porous surfaces like brick, concrete and sandstone without damaging them.

The Minnesota State Capitol, Ramsey County Courthouse and the Mill City Museum are just a few of the local establishments that have been coated in Elephant Snot over the years.

Elephant Snot also has touched most locations you’d find on a traveler’s bucket list: Red Rock Canyon, the Great Smoky Mountains, Joshua Tree, Lake Tahoe, Grand Teton, Zion and the Petroglyph National Monument, to name a few.

“From what we’ve heard, Elephant Snot is the only product in the world that can safely remove graffiti from a petroglyph,” Shipshock said.

“We never know what’s going to happen when we come in each day, but we leave satisfied because we helped someone solve a problem.”