When a graffiti artist decides to go out to bomb, a whole horde of factors come into play. One of the most important factors is the paint.The way the paint appears on the surface is controlled in a number of ways...the talent of the artist, the surface itself and the flow of the paint from the can. That's what we're gonna talk about for these next couple of blogs.
Early on, graffiti artists wanted a cleaner, broader flow of paint to come from the can. The factory caps were built to spread paint over a wide surface so, in order to get a good line, you had to hold the can closer to the wall and try to control the flow by steady, medium pressure. This was a drag.
The way to counteract this was stumbled across fairly early. Taking the caps off of other spray cans...oven cleaner, deodorant, spray glue...and putting them on the spray paint cans was an easy fix.
Once this method of adjusting the flow of the paint became standard, all types of adjustments could be made to the appearance of the paint flow. All the skills that were developed before cap flipping came into play could be applied to even further change the way that bombers could make their art look. There were no parameters to the effects that could be accomplished once the flow of paint could be controlled with equipment.
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