The Repainting of the Whittier Park Courts

Over a three day period in 2017, approximately 200 hours of labor was donated by our volunteers to: remove nets, set-up electric and water supplies, power wash courts, grind crack repairs smooth, drill 96 reference holes, run gas blowers, mix paint, carry paint, pour paint, spread paint, snap chalk lines, mask painted areas, run the tape machine, paint the white lines, remove tape & masking, repair fence gates, install nets, and clean-up (just to name a few things we did!).

– We put down OVER ONE MILE of painter’s tape, masking tape, and masking paper (5,688 feet).
– We applied approximately 150 gallons of court paint.
– We painted 1,584 feet of white lines.

While to have had these updates done professionally would have likely cost >$18,000, our volunteer crew did it for <$5000. Plus, we had more control over the timing (to match the weather forecasts) and the ability to minimize the disruption time to our players – the courts were only out of commission for 4 days: 3 to do the work and 1 extra to let the fresh paint dry!