Innovation Description and Benefit:

The Stripe Saver is a field line marker (Line Ranger 50) purchased from Missouri Turf Paint & Field and repurposed for covering road stripes with masonry sand. This process saves the stripes from getting covered with paving sealer during bridge deck sealing operations. The machine evenly distributes sand over road stripes and provides mobility, portability and ease of access of material for blocking drain holes on bridges in order to keep sealer from running off into waterways. Labor, material and fuel costs for restriping sealed bridges are saved by using stripe saver. This innovation saves time by providing faster application of sand before spraying sealer.  The stripe saver eliminates physically carrying heavy sand buckets and bending over to apply sand to deck drains. With even distribution of sand, the worry about covering lines with overspray and spraying around lines is has decreased.