Splashes on non-tinted windows can be removed by applying lacquer thinner and then scraping the paint with a razor blade.

Steve primarily paints exterior window surfaces, but in extreme weather conditions, he paints interior window surfaces, onto which he must draw and paint everything in reverse.

Window splashes remain popular advertising forms. However, businesses have begun moving away from the handpainted approach due to the cost and inconvenience of finding, and then hiring, an artist. According to Steve, companies are more apt to purchase custom, computer-generated, vinyl graphics (usually fluorescent-coloured) they can install themselves.

"Anything that can be created using a Gerber EDGE, for example, will do the job," he said. Although he agrees that such an approach is seemingly more affordable and hassle free, Steve believes computer-generated graphics usually "lack the artistic flair" of hand-painted window splashes.

"They're just not the same," he concluded.