Town's Colorful Bins Say Hello To Passers By

Town's colorful bins say hello to passers by GRAIN HANDLING Miscellaneous 14-5-36 Drivers passing through Janesville, Minn., receive a colorful welcoming from 10 grain bins on the edge of town. The once-silver bins, neatly spaced on the city's west end, are now home to a radiant yellow sun and multi-colored rainbow topped with neatly scripted letters spelling out "Janesville". Community representatives came up with the idea. Troy Doine, a Mankato State University senior, worked as an intern for the city's government and assisted in organizing workers. They used a power washer and boom truck to spray detergent on the bins to remove the graffiti. Next, the bins received a primer coat, then an oil base coat. To paint each stripe workers ran a pair of strings from the north end of the bins to the south end, then used small spray guns to paint between the strings. After they finished painting one color they moved the strings. Last, the bold, black letters were added. A Mankato State University arts student drew the letters to scale on graph paper. Workers then used chalk to project the graph and letters on the bin. Photo by Amy Jo Brandel, Agri News

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