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JCPenney cleanup
After cleaning all the paint off of the letters. Unfortunately due to the vinyl material used for the black masking, I likely won't be able to scrape the rest of the paint off without damaging the sign.
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JCPenney sign recovered from Northridge Mall, Milwaukee.
Abandoned for 18 years after the store closed in 2000, and merely covered-up with cheap spraypaint (likely because it was infested with wasps). The paint covering the white plastic scraped-away easily with a quarter to reveal the letters. From there I cracked it open (to vacuum out 40+ years of dead wasps and found it just needed a regular 120v cord and some bulbs to light up, again.
JCPenney cleanup
After cleaning all the paint off of the letters. Unfortunately due to the vinyl material used for the black masking, I likely won't be able to scrape the rest of the paint off without damaging the sign.
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JCPenney sign recovered from Northridge Mall, Milwaukee.
Abandoned for 18 years after the store closed in 2000, and merely covered-up with cheap spraypaint (likely because it was infested with wasps). The paint covering the white plastic scraped-away easily with a quarter to reveal the letters. From there I cracked it open (to vacuum out 40+ years of dead wasps and found it just needed a regular 120v cord and some bulbs to light up, again.